{"id":2482,"date":"2015-12-12T09:04:50","date_gmt":"2015-12-12T09:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www5.milwaukee.k12.wi.us\/school\/madison\/?page_id=2482"},"modified":"2026-01-21T19:42:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T19:42:06","slug":"principals-message","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mps.school\/madison\/about\/principals-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Principal&#8217;s Message"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.2&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-radius: 500px 500px 500px 500px; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/mpsschoolsites.wpenginepowered.com\/madison\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2024\/09\/Alonzo-Fuller-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Alonzo Fuller\" class=\"wp-image-235299 alignright size-medium\" \/>On behalf of the Madison Knights family, I proudly welcome you to James Madison Academic Campus (\u201cMadison\u201d). My name is Mr. Fuller. I\u2019m embarking on my thirtieth year with Milwaukee Public Schools, my sixteenth year at Madison, and my third year as principal.<\/p>\n<p>Prioritizing our students\u2019 academic and social and emotional growth is work we do together. Madison creates space for family engagement through our Family Leadership Organization.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about Madison, call our office at (414) 393-6100 or visit our athletics site. Our new fieldhouse is ready to host Milwaukee City Conference events with new bleachers, scoreboard, and sound system. A renovated and reopened pool gives our athletes access to top-tier training facilities. \u201cTop tier\u201d also applies to our academic facilities. In our campus culinary laboratory, students are earning credit toward graduation and getting a head start on careers in the hospitality and tourism industry. You can say the same about students in our NAF Academy of Health Sciences. They are learning and earning credits in Madison\u2019s health sciences laboratory, and they receive professional-grade training and mentoring support working with healthcare organizations city-wide.<\/p>\n<p>Our educators and counselors are experts in advising students on personalized college and career goals. All students work toward the shared goal of graduation day, but they know earning a diploma from Madison means more than graduating from high school. It means they cross the commencement stage with community-building experience, job-ready skills, and communication and critical thinking abilities that can help them navigate any obstacle \u2014 and achieve greater success in the real world.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Fuller, principal<br \/>James Madison Academic Campus<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On behalf of the Madison Knights family, I proudly welcome you to James Madison Academic Campus (\u201cMadison\u201d). My name is Mr. Fuller. I\u2019m embarking on my thirtieth year with Milwaukee Public Schools, my sixteenth year at Madison, and my third year as principal. Prioritizing our students\u2019 academic and social and emotional growth is work we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":0,"parent":3511,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"Hello,\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4140 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/mpsschoolsites.wpenginepowered.com\/madison\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2015\/12\/Torres-2019-Graduation-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>My name is\u00a0Jineen McLemore Torres and I am the proud principal at James Madison Academic Campus (JMAC). Our school is located on the north side of Milwaukee at 8135 W. Florist Avenue, 53218.\u00a0 We strive to become one of the best high schools in the Milwaukee Public Schools district.\u00a0 To achieve this, we have many initiatives to attract and retain our students and teachers.\r\n\r\nJMAC has partnered with the\u00a0<a title=\"NAF Academy\" href=\"https:\/\/mpsschoolsites.wpenginepowered.com\/madison\/naf-academy\/\">National Academy Foundation<\/a>\u00a0(NAF) to implement a stronger academic curriculum through two NAF academies that will prepare students for a career or higher education.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>The Academy of Finance (AOF) is the only such academy in the state of Wisconsin.\u00a0 Any student that successfully complete the course work will obtain a certificate that will signify preparedness to work in any financial organization.\u00a0 Some of our business partners are guaranteeing that those students will have an advantage for recruitment into their industry.\u00a0 The students will be exposed to many facets of the financial world that will open a gambit of opportunities.\u00a0 Students will also be exposed to varieties of opportunities in higher institutions.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>The Academy of Health Sciences (AOHS) will prepare students for entry level opportunities into the health industry and also expose them to the varieties of opportunities in health related courses in higher education.\u00a0 We are working with our partners to start C.N.A. classes and other front desk related duties in health fields.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>The Academy of\u00a0Hospitality and Tourism (AOH&amp;T) prepares students for entry opportunities in one of the top three economic sectors in Wisconsin - the hospitality and tourism industry.\u00a0Through partnerships with industry professionals in culinary and event planning employment, our courses expose students\u00a0to the variety of opportunities\u00a0and higher education coursework related to hospitality services as well as culinary arts.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nThere is variety of support staff \u00a0ready to assist your children to be successful.\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>City Year<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0is a national organization that works with our freshmen to provide academic help and to guide them through their first year in high school.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Violence Free Zone:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0This group assists our young adults to talk through issues before escalating to violence.\u00a0 They talk to students and assist in resolving issues with others students, staff and administration.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Athletics<\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>is an extension of the school day.\u00a0 JMAC has an award winning athletic program. We hope your children will participate in one of the many different sports offered at JMAC.\r\n\r\nIf you have any questions please contact us at the listed e-mail address or phone numbers.\r\n\r\nIt is our hope that the community will take a second look at all of the wonderful things JMAC has in place for the upcoming school year.\u00a0\u00a0 Please consider selecting our campus to assist\u00a0 in educating our young men and\u00a0women to achieve greater heights and be better prepared for their post-secondary education or career.\r\n\r\nSincerely,\r\n\r\nJineen Mclemore Torres, Principal","_et_gb_content_width":"","_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2482","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/madison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/madison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/madison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/madison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/madison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/madison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2482\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/madison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/madison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}