BOB JONES HIGH SCHOOL

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'Bob Jones High School'

District	Madison City School System
School type	Public
Religious affiliation	None
Opened	1974
Location	Madison, Alabama, USA
Enrollment 2006-2007	1806 students
Grades	10-12
Campus surroundings	Suburban
School Mascot	Patriots
School colors	Red, White, and Blue
School Hours	8:15 A.M. - 3:27 P.M.
School motto	"Preparing today for the challenges of tomorrow."
School mission	It is the mission of Bob Jones High School to prepare productive citizens who can think critically, communicate effectively, and use technology confidently and intelligently in order to facilitate life-long learning. We will accomplish this mission by recruiting and employing a competent and enthusiastic educational staff. Bob Jones High School teachers will be skillfully prepared to offer a challenging and individualized curriculum in a healthy, safe, and stimulating environment[1].

'Bob Jones High School' is the only public high school of Madison, Alabama and runs from 10th through 12th grades. The school is a part of Madison City Schools. Despite its name, it is not affiliated with Bob Jones University of Greenville, South Carolina. The school is named for former Alabama congressman Robert E. "Bob" Jones. The current principal is Robert Parker, and the school is in Region 8 of class 6A in the AHSAA. As of 2007, it is the largest high school in Alabama by enrollment.
Bob Jones High School opened in 1974 at 1304 Hughes Road and moved to a newly-constructed building at 650 Hughes Road in 1996, leaving the previous building for a needed new middle school, Discovery. The school plans underestimated the rate at which Madison was growing, and a few years after moving to the new location, the 9th grade, traditionally part of the high school, had to be put into the middle schools to make room at the new building. A new wing has since been added to alleviate further growth problems. However, BRAC has assigned a net gain of 30,000 jobs into nearby Huntsville, bringing many school-aged children who will require even greater space than is currently available.


Bob Jones High School was recently ranked by ''Newsweek'' in the top 5% of American High Schools[2]. This title is based solely on the strength of the school's AP (Advanced Placement) courses. Although Bob Jones is extremely competitive in areas other than AP exams, this ranking does not deal with subjective material such as teacher quality. The high school nevertheless offers around thirty AP classes to its students. These students are nationally known for their scholastic aptitude, with eleven students having been selected as Presidential Scholars Program candidates in the last three years alone[3].



'Scheduling'
Bob Jones High School operates on a four-block schedule. The school, however, offers options such as dual enrollment and co-op education programs for those who qualify.



'Faculty'
The high school has an excellent staff that includes many National Board certified teachers. Students also look up to the janitorial staff: many are often seen giving high-fives and hugs to famously friendly janitor Gary Elliot.


'Scholarships'
This year the Class of 2007 broke the record for the amount of scholarships awarded. Over $20.4 million was offered to about 160 students.

Contents

Theater Department

Journalism Department

Athletics

External links

Theater Department

Bob Jones' theater department has won recognition and numerous awards at the Walter S. Trumbauer Theater Festival in recent years, in both group and individual events. Furthermore, the group has been a regular representitive for the state of Alabama at the Southeastern Theatre Confrerence in the last decade.

Journalism Department

Bob Jones' 2005-2006 yearbook, ''Fusion'', was given the All-Alabama Award by the Alabama Scholastic Press Association. Many spreads from past yearbooks have been featured in Taylor Publications' ''Yearbook Yearbook'', a publication featuring only the very best of the best. Because the yearbook covers the entire school year, the book is not distributed until August of the following semester.

Students also look forward to distributions of the school's student-produced newspaper, ''the Patriot Pages''.

The high school additionally operated a literary magazine called the ''Eclectic''; however, the magazine was dropped after the 2006-2007 school year.

Athletics

Bob Jones High School is often noticed for the excellent athletic programs. For the 2006-2007 school year Bob Jones finished 6th in the Birmingham News All-Sports rankings[4].


'Competition Cheerleading'
The Patriot cheerleaders won the Universal Cheerleaders Association National Championship title for the second consecutive year in 2007. In 2007, the girls competed at the Super Varsity level, which is the highest level and differentiates from other levels because Super Varsity squads have a higher number of competitors per team.
'Football'
this year Football team received a pre-season ranking of 11.
'Girls' Soccer'
The 2007 Varsity team finished as one of the top 10 teams in the state with a 15-7-4 record.

External links

★ Official school homepage

★ Robert E "Bob" Jones biography