James Madison Middle School

{{Short description|Magnet school in Roanoke, Virginia}}{{Infobox school | established = {{start year and age|1970}} | mascot = Matadors }}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} '''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: :* 1998-99 - 5th out of 183 schools<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mathleague.com/reports/1998_99/grade678/VA_6.HTM |title="Virginia Mathematics League 1998-1999 6th Grade Score Report Summary" |access-date=2007-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927203228/http://www.mathleague.com/reports/1998_99/grade678/VA_6.HTM |archive-date=2007-09-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref> :* 2000-01 - 6th out of 141 Schools<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mathleague.com/reports/2000_01/grade678/VA_6.HTM |title="Virginia Mathematics League 2000-2001 6th Grade Score Report Summary" |access-date=2007-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930014457/http://www.mathleague.com/reports/2000_01/grade678/VA_6.HTM |archive-date=2007-09-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref> :* 2002-03 - 5th out of 108 schools<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mathleague.com/reports/2002_03/grade678/VA_6.HTM |title="Virginia Mathematics League 2002-2003 6th Grade Score Report Summary" |access-date=2007-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930014506/http://www.mathleague.com/reports/2002_03/grade678/VA_6.HTM |archive-date=2007-09-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040128220245/http://www.roanoke.k12.va.us/departments/communityrelations/publicinfo/Str2001.pdf "Roanoke City Public Schools - Star Statistics 2001"]</ref>

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.<ref>[http://www.uschess.org/news/newsletter/2005/050323/USNews.php "Almost 500 Compete in Virginia Scholastic Chess Championships"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070111040521/http://www.uschess.org/news/newsletter/2005/050323/USNews.php |date=2007-01-11 }}, Mike Hoffpauir, Chess Review Online, United States Chess Federation, March 23, 2005</ref>

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== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070405151102/http://www.roanoke.k12.va.us/schools/madison/default.htm Official site]

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