Madison High School (Madison, Ohio)
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Madison High School is a public high school
located in the town of Madison, Ohio
, USA
. The only high school in the Madison Local School District, it was established in 1970.
, physics
, earth sciences, algebra
s 1 & 2, geometry
, calculus
, intro to business
, accounting, business law classes, wood shop, engineering
classes, and many others.
, technology club, drama club, model un, newspaper, NHS, and many others are available to students.
Madison High School is a part of the Premier Athletic Conference. Madison's main rivals are Perry, Riverside and Chardon High Schools. Madison currently offers many sports for both boys and girls. They include, for boys, golf
, soccer, Cross Country
, basketball
, swimming, wrestling
, baseball
, football
, track and field
, tennis
, and cheerleading
.
As it is with most high schools, girls at Madison also have the opportunity to engage in many sports, which include tennis, volleyball
, soccer, Cross Country, basketball, swimming, softball
, track and field, and cheerleading.
Madison High School
Madison is a name for several high schools in North America, including:James Madison High School Dallas Texas*Madison Area Memorial High School, Madison, Maine*Madison County High School , Gurley, Alabama*Madison High School , Rexburg, Idaho...
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Madison High School is a public high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
located in the town of Madison, Ohio
Madison, Ohio
Madison is a village in Lake County, Ohio, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 2,921.-Geography:Madison is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land....
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The only high school in the Madison Local School District, it was established in 1970.
Classes
Madison High offers a wide variety of classes to its students. Some of said classes are biology, chemistryChemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
, physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
, earth sciences, algebra
Algebra
Algebra is the branch of mathematics concerning the study of the rules of operations and relations, and the constructions and concepts arising from them, including terms, polynomials, equations and algebraic structures...
s 1 & 2, geometry
Geometry
Geometry arose as the field of knowledge dealing with spatial relationships. Geometry was one of the two fields of pre-modern mathematics, the other being the study of numbers ....
, calculus
Calculus
Calculus is a branch of mathematics focused on limits, functions, derivatives, integrals, and infinite series. This subject constitutes a major part of modern mathematics education. It has two major branches, differential calculus and integral calculus, which are related by the fundamental theorem...
, intro to business
Business
A business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...
, accounting, business law classes, wood shop, engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
classes, and many others.
Extracurricular activities
The school offers many clubs and activities for students to take part in. Groups such as key clubKey Club
Key Club International is the oldest and largest service program for high school students. It is a student-led organization whose goal is to teach leadership through serving others. Key Club International is a part of the Kiwanis International family of service-leadership programs...
, technology club, drama club, model un, newspaper, NHS, and many others are available to students.
Madison High School is a part of the Premier Athletic Conference. Madison's main rivals are Perry, Riverside and Chardon High Schools. Madison currently offers many sports for both boys and girls. They include, for boys, golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, soccer, Cross Country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, swimming, wrestling
Wrestling
Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
, baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
, football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
, track and field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
, tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, and cheerleading
Cheerleading
Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
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As it is with most high schools, girls at Madison also have the opportunity to engage in many sports, which include tennis, volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, soccer, Cross Country, basketball, swimming, softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
, track and field, and cheerleading.