Madera South High School (also known as Madera South, Madera South High or MSHS) is a high school located in

Madera, California Madera (Spanish language, Spanish for "Wood") is a city and county seat of Madera County, California, Madera County, California. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 66,224. Located in the San Joaquin Valley, Madera i ...

and is part of the

Madera Unified School District Madera Unified School District is a public school district serving Madera, California. History The district was first incorporated in 1966 to consolidate the administration of schools in and around the City of Madera. The district has 28 school ...

. Previously functioning as the second campus of the town's other high school,

Madera High Madera High School is the first school and original high school in the central San Joaquin Valley city of Madera, California, serving students since 1894. The school colors are royal blue & white and its mascot is the coyote. History Madera Hi ...

, the school officially became Madera's second official high school in August 2006.

Courses

Similar to Madera High School, Madera South High features many "career schools"—i.e., mini-schools located within the campus, customized for whichever career a student wishes to choose from. Current career schools include: *Agriculture *Business/Human Services (originally two separate career schools prior to 2006) *Humanities (performing arts, etc.) *Health Sciences

Athletics

Madera South High School competes in the

North Yosemite League The North Yosemite League is a high school athletics league that is a part of the CIF Central Section. It encompasses public high schools in Fresno County and Madera, California The current NYL was formed before the start of the 1996-97 school ye ...

of the

CIF Central Section The California Interscholastic Federation—Central Section (CIF-CS) is the governing body of high school athletics in the central and southern portions of the San Joaquin Valley The San Joaquin Valley ( ; es, Valle de San Joaquín) is the ...

Fall Sports: * Cross country *

Football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

*Girls

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

*Girls

Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

*Girls

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

Gymnastics Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, shou ...

Water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

*Cheer & Dance Winter Sports: *Girls

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

*Boys Basketball *Boys

Soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

*Girls Soccer *

Wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...

*Cheer & Dance Spring Sports: *

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

*Boys Golf *

Softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

*Boys Tennis *

Swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...

Track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

*Boys Volleyball

Agriculture

The Agriculture Department is the crowning jewel of Madera South High School and it hosts the Madera FFA Chapter. The Madera FFA Chapter was founded at the same time as the National FFA Organization in 1928. Since then Madera FFA has experienced years of excellence.

First graduating class

In 2009, Madera South graduated their first class as a high school. Even though the Class of 2009 was mixed with Madera High students their freshman year (2005–2006), the two schools were completely separated by their senior year (2008–2009)

Feeder schools

The middle schools that feed into Madera South are: Martin Luther King Jr, Middle School and Jack G. Desmond, Middle School. The elementary schools that feed into the two middle schools are: Jack G. Desmond Middle School, Berenda Elementary School, Nishimoto Elementary School, James Monroe Elementary School, and Pershing Elementary School. Martin Luther King Jr, Middle School- Alpha Elementary School, Chavez Elementary School, Millview Elementary School, and Sierra Vista Elementary School.

References

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