John Marshall High School is a public high school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (United States). John Marshall is part of the Milwaukee Public Schools. Formerly a junior-senior high school, the 7th and 8th grades were dropped in 1979 to expand the growing senior high. Recently, the school was redesigned into three divisions: Marshall Montessori IB High School, High School of Sports Education and Employment, and Foster & Williams Visual Communication Campus. As of 2009, the school merged with Samuel Morse Middle School for the Gifted and Talented to form Samuel J. Morse ● John Marshall School for the Gifted & Talented.
Incidents In August 2021 the school announced new safety measures after several days of cars driving on sidewalks and lawns at dismissal time.
Athletics The school's mascot is the Eagles and the colors are Columbia Blue and Scarlet. The Marshall Eagles have several sports teams including:"Athletics", John Marshall High School
Baseball Basketball Cross Country Football Soccer Track and Field Volleyball Wrestling
The boys cross country team won a state championship in 1970.
Demographics John Marshall High School's demographics as of 2017–2018 were: 0.1% Native American/Alaska Native, 1 student 6.2% Asian, 50 students 85.0% Black, 681 students 2.6% Hispanic, 21 students 0% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, 0 students 4.5% White, 36 students 1.5% Two or more race, 12 students
Notable graduates Michael J. Barber, engineer and Chief Diversity Officer of General Electric Mandela Barnes, 45th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, former state legislator David Berger, Wisconsin state senator"Berger, David G 1946" Wisconsin Historical Society David Cullen, Wisconsin state representative and county supervisor Floyd Heard, Olympic sprinter"Floyd Heard" USA Track & Field Derrick Jackson, Boston Globe columnist and 2001 Pulitzer Prize finalistSensat Waldren, Julie. "Where I’m From: Oprah, Frank Caliendo, Gene Wilder, Tony Romo. 30 celebrities remember growing up here" Milwaukee Magazine August 25, 2008 Warren Kozak, writer and journalist Kozak, Warren. "A Parent's Education: The foibles of progressive schooling prompt a search for a better alternative" Wisconsin Interest Volume 19, No. 1 (March 2010) Shirley Krug, Wisconsin state representative, first woman to become a Democratic Party floor leader in the Wisconsin Legislature Mona Sutphen, lobbyist, foreign service officer and White House aide under Clinton and ObamaAssociated Press "Illinois/Wisconsin Briefs: Sutphen to play role in administration " Dubuque Telegraph Herald November 30, 2008. Mike Taylor, NBA Player George Tillman Jr., filmmaker and television producerCausey, James E. "Filmmaker focuses on black experience" Milwaukee Sentinel June 22, 1992 Sheldon Wasserman, Wisconsin state legislator and physician
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