Jim Hill High School is a public high school located in Jackson, Mississippi, United States, hosting the state's first International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB) program.[citation needed] It hosts Advanced Placement courses, a JROTC, and a SOAR program.
| Jim Hill High School | |
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| Location | |
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United States | |
| Coordinates | 32°17′23″N 90°13′8″W / 32.28972°N 90.21889°W[1] |
| Information | |
| Type | Comprehensive Public High School |
| Motto | Believe, Achieve, Succeed! |
| Established | 1912 |
| School district | Jackson Public School District |
| Principal | Bobby D. Brown[2] |
| Staff | 70.27 (FTE)[3] |
| Grades | 9 to 12 |
| Gender | Coed |
| Enrollment | 1,015 (2018–19)[3] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 14.44[3] |
| Color(s) | Green and Gold |
| Team name | Tigers |
| Newspaper | The Echo |
| Website | www |
History edit
Jim Hill was founded in 1912 by James Hill, hence the name "Jim Hill" High School,[citation needed] for the establishment of a secondary institution for African Americans in the Jackson, Mississippi area. The former building was established on Lynch Street as an elementary school to educate the youth of West Jackson. The current building was constructed in the 1960s in the Washington Addition neighborhood. The school also was formerly housed in a building that operated as Blackburn Middle School where a new school was established in 2010. The International Baccalaureate Program hosted there was established in 1992. The new wing was annexed in 2001. Author, Richard Wright was a student.
Special programs edit
Jim Hill was the only high school in the state of Mississippi with the International Baccalaureate Diploma program. This school offers these classes in Geometry MYP, Biology MYP and IB, Humanities MYP and IB, Language MYP and IB, Physical Education MYP, Algebra II MYP, Math Studies IB, Theory of Knowledge IB, Psychology IB, Technology IB, Art MYP and IB, French MYP and IB, and Spanish MYP and IB.
For the program, students must complete a Personal Project in their 10th grade year and sign a contract, write Internal Assessments for World Literature, Mathematics, Humanities; create 12 art pieces to be sent off with their Developmental Workbooks; and take an exam in Language, Math, Humanities, Science, Psychology, Theory of Knowledge, and a foreign language in the IB Diploma years. If the composite score of the IB exam is high enough, then the student may qualify for the IB Diploma. Students who aren't as esteemed are granted the IB scholarship. Community Service (CAS hours) is calculated into the equation. Davis Magnet Elementary serves IB grades K-5 and Northwest Middle School serves IB grades 6-8.
The AP Program is offered at the school.
Feeder pattern edit
The following schools feed into Jim Hill High School:[4]
- Middle Schools
- Blackburn Laboratory Middle School
- Northwest Jackson Middle School (IB)
- Elementary Schools
- Baker Elementary School
- Isable Elementary School
- Obama Magnet Elementary School (IB)
- Shirley Elementary School
Notable alumni edit
- Al Coleman, former NFL defensive back (1967–1973)[5]
- Roosevelt Davis, former NFL defensive end for the New York Giants (1965–1967)[6]
References edit
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jim Hill High School
- ^ "Administrative Team". Jackson Public Schools. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
- ^ a b c "Jim Hill High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
- ^ Feeder Patterns Archived 2007-10-11 at the Wayback Machine – Jackson Public Schools.
- ^ "Al Coleman Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". pro-football-reference.com.
- ^ "Rosey Davis Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". pro-football-reference.com.