Jordan-Matthews High School is found in Siler City, North Carolina

Siler City, North Carolina

Siler City is a town in Chatham County, North Carolina, United States. The population is right at 8,747 within corporate limits and 14,005 within corporate limits and ETJ...

. This high school is a 2-A classification with about 800 students and 60 staff members. It is often referred to as J-M. It's county rivals include Chatham Central High School (Bear Creek, NC), and Northwood High School (Pittsboro, NC).

The ABC’s accountability program designated Jordan-Matthews as a “School of Progress, Expected Growth” in 2005-2006. In the 2006-2007 school year, the school received a “Priority School, High Growth” ranking. These rankings show how the school is doing compared to state standards and average test scores.

Basic Information

The school team is the Jordan-Matthews Jets. The team was originally the Blue Phantoms, but changed when the schools were integrated in 1968-69 to avoid controversy over the resemblance to the KKK. The school's colors are royal blue and gold.

The school offers a block style schedule which allows students to take eight classes a year. A wide variety of AP classes and career development classes are offered here. Jordan-Matthews also has a newly created school newspaper, The Aviator.
In 2009 Us News and World Report assigned JM a Silver Medal as one of the best high schools in America.

Sports and clubs are popular activities at the school. Some clubs such as DECA

DECA (organization)

DECA, also known as Collegiate DECA on the college level) is an international association of students and teachers of marketing, management and entrepreneurship in business, finance, hospitality, and marketing sales and service . DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing,...

, FBLA

FBLA-PBL

The Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, or FBLA-PBL, is an American career and technical student organization that has its headquarters in Reston, Virginia...

, and HOSA

HOSA

Health Occupations Students of America is a national career and technical student organization endorsed by the U.S. Department of Education and the Health Science Technology Education Division of ACTE. HOSA is composed of secondary and postsecondary students. It is headquartered in Flower Mound,...

 compete at district, state, and national levels. In the past, sports such as women’s tennis, golf, and men’s basketball and soccer have won state championships. The book "A Home on the Field", was written by the Jordan-Matthews soccer coach, Paul Cuadros. The book is about the challenges faced by many of the Hispanic immigrants to Siler City, and how this high school soccer team changed things around.

Student population

Chatham County, where the school is located, has experienced an influx of Hispanics over the last ten to fifteen years. The number of Hispanic children enrolled in school has increased by 598% from 1990 to 1998. In the 2010-11 school year, of the 732 students, 42% were Hispanic, 36% were White, 21% were Black, and less than 1% were American Indian or Asian.

Teachers

Of the 60 staff members, 48 are white, 9 are black, and 3 are Hispanic. Ninety percent of the teachers are fully licensed. The current principal is Martin McDonald. The current Vice-Principal is Eliu Guzman. He is the first Hispanic Vice Principal in the history of Chatham County since the county was formed in 1757.

Athletics

The Wachovia Cup is awarded to a school in each conference that exhibits an outstanding athletic program. Points are awarded for 1st,2nd, or 3rd in each sport. JM has just been awarded their 4th cup in a row in 2011. In addition., there is a sportsmanship award that is voted on by the coaches of each sport. In the past, no school had ever won both awards the same year. This is the 3rd year of the last 4 that JM has won both. This is a testament to JM's skills and how they exhibit them.

Boys Varsity Basketball: Head Coach, PJ Lowman

Girls Varsity Basketball: Head Coach, Jeff Stutts

Junior Varsity Boys Basketball: Head Coach, Charles Tysor

Varsity Football: Head Coach, Marty Scotten

Junior Varsity Football: Head Coach,

Varsity Baseball: Head Coach, Chuck Overman

Junior Varsity Baseball: Head Coach, Ray Scott

Softball: Head Coach,

Boys Varsity Soccer: Head Coach, Paul Cuadros

Girls Varsity Soccer: Head Coach, Paul Caudros

Athletic Facilities

Frank N. Justice Gymnasium- Has a unique style and known for a pumped atmosphere, recently renovated, Home to Basketball teams

Jimmy Warford Field- Brand new scoreboard put up in 2010, College/Major league field dimensions, Home to Baseball teams

Phil E. Senter Stadium- Field is well kept, directly behind the school, Home to Football, Soccer, and Track teams

6 Tennis Courts- Home to Boys and Girls Tennis

Jets Softball Field- Behind Phil Senter Stadium's Concessions/Locker Rooms, Home to Softball

Football

The Jordan-Matthews Jets, are members of NCHSAA Division 2-A and The 2-A Mid-State Conference. Under head coach Marty Scotten, the Jets have been a football powerhouse throughout the last couple of years, making claim to 3 straight 10+ wins seasons. In recent years, The Jets have consistently been ranked in many local and state media polls making them a team to watch. The football team is regarded as one of the centerpieces of their conference which in that list are included Cummings High School and Reidsville High School. Jordan-Matthews is in its 2nd year as being a part of the Mid-State 2A conference and they've continued their huge success that they had while playing as 1A.

2006 Season

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2007 Season

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