Jim Hill High School

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Jim Hill High School

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Coordinates 32°17′23″N90°13′8″W / 32.28972°N 90.21889°W / 32.28972; -90.21889 Coordinates: 32°17′23″N90°13′8″W / 32.28972°N 90.21889°W / 32.28972; -90.21889 [1]
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Type Comprehensive Public High School
MottoBelieve, Achieve, Succeed!
Established1912 (1912)
School district Jackson Public School District
PrincipalBobby D. Brown [2]
Staff70.27 (FTE) [3]
Grades 9 to 12
Gender Coed
Enrollment1,015 (2018–19) [3]
Student to teacher ratio14.44 [3]
Color(s)Green and Gold   
Team nameTigers
NewspaperThe Echo
Website www.jackson.k12.ms.us/jimhill

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.

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History

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

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

The following schools feed into Jim Hill High School: [4]

Notable alumni

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References

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