Jemison High School is a new

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. It is named for Mae Jemison, a native of nearby

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. The school is built on the same campus as McNair Junior High School, which is named for the late

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to provide students with college credit throughout high school. The mascot of Jemison High School is the

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s. The school replaces J.O. Johnson High School, which closed its doors at the end of the 2015–16 school year. Jemison Highschool is a 6A school.

Administration

*Principal: Demetris Harris-Leverette, PhD *Assistant Principal: Patrick Holder *Dean of Students: Kelvis White *College Academy Dean: Patrick Holder

College Academy

The College Academy is a magnet program that allows students to obtain up to 60 college credit hours as a student in high school. Partnered with the University of Alabama in Huntsville, the students have the opportunity to attend classes on campus. This allows students to be prepared for college and get a head start on their major. As an incentive, all students that graduate from the College Academy will be able to keep any scholarship that they receive for the next 4 years. Students who choose to continue at University of Alabama in Huntsville will have a chance to use that scholarship toward a master's degree. If the students attend somewhere else, there is no guarantee of a scholarship.

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{{Huntsville, Alabama High schools in Huntsville, Alabama Schools in Madison County, Alabama Public high schools in Alabama

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College Academy

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