James Madison Middle School located in the Franklin-Colonial neighborhood of Roanoke, Virginia, USA, is situated on a large hill with a view of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Opened in 1970, it is a magnet school for technology and is part of the Roanoke City Public Schools. The school's athletics teams are the Matadors.
Notable achievements
The school has competed in the Virginia Mathematics 6th Grade League with the following notable results:
In the international Odyssey of the Mind competition in 2001, James Madison Middle School won through to represent the US and placed 3rd out of a field of 57 teams representing the United States. [4]
James Madison has a notable chess team that in 2005 were runners up in the Virginia State K-8 Team Championships, losing by half a point. [5]
References
- ^ ""Virginia Mathematics League 1998-1999 6th Grade Score Report Summary"". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-04-08.
- ^ ""Virginia Mathematics League 2000-2001 6th Grade Score Report Summary"". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-04-08.
- ^ ""Virginia Mathematics League 2002-2003 6th Grade Score Report Summary"". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-04-08.
- ^ "Roanoke City Public Schools - Star Statistics 2001"
- ^ "Almost 500 Compete in Virginia Scholastic Chess Championships" Archived 2007-01-11 at the Wayback Machine, Mike Hoffpauir, Chess Review Online, United States Chess Federation, March 23, 2005
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