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Armijo High School is a public secondary school located in Fairfield, California, United States. It is the oldest of the three high schools in the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District, the other two being Fairfield High School and Angelo Rodriguez High School. It is named after the Armijo family, who purchased one of the original six land grants in Solano County awarded to General Mariano Vallejo. The school serves about 2600 students in grades 9 to 12 from the central part of Fairfield and Suisun City.
| Armijo High School | |
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| Coordinates | 38°15′04″N 122°02′17″W / 38.251°N 122.038°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | All students can grow and achieve. It is everyone's responsibility to see that the opportunity is present. |
| Established | 1891[7] [8] |
| School district | Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District |
| Principal | John McMorris [1] |
| Faculty | 89.17 (FTE)[2] |
| Grades | 9 to 12 |
| Enrollment | 2,108 (2018–19)[2] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 23.64[2] |
| Color(s) | Purple and Gold[6] |
| Athletics conference | CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division I[5] |
| Mascot | The Royals, Lion |
| Nickname | Royals |
| Team name | Armijo Royals[6] |
| Accreditation | Western Association of Schools and Colleges[3] International Baccalaureate[4] |
| Publication | The Armijo Signal |
| Yearbook | La Mezcla |
| Former name | Armijo Union High School[8] |
| Website | www |
The school started in 1891 with 30 students in a single classroom located in the Crystal Elementary School building. In 1893, a separate wooden building was built for use as the high school. In 1915, the school moved to a large stone building on Union Avenue in downtown Fairfield that is now used as the Solano County courthouse. It stayed there for nearly 50 years until construction was completed in 1964 on a newer facility located on Washington Street, roughly two blocks from the Union Avenue location. In 2019, the Fairfield-Suisun School District board voted unanimously to replace the "Armijo Indian" mascot. As of 2020, the school's mascot is "The Royals".
Notable alumni edit
- Jim Bowie, former Major League Baseball player (Oakland Athletics)[9]
- Robert E. "Rufus" Bowen (1964), Mathematician
- Johnny Colla (1967), Huey Lewis and the News Saxophonist/Guitarist[10]
- Huck Flener (1985), former Major League Baseball player (Toronto Blue Jays)[11][12]
- Luis Grijalva (2017), professional runner representing Guatemala; Olympian
- Robert F. Hale (1964), Undersecretary of Defense (Comptroller)
- George Martin (1971), National Football League player[13]
- David Moraga, former Major League Baseball player (Montreal Expos, Colorado Rockies)[14]
- Pat Morita (1947), Film actor who portrayed Mr. Miyagi.[15]
- Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins (1983), American sustainability advocate and CEO of the anti-poverty organization Green For All.
- Doug Martin (1976), National Football League Minnesota Vikings
References edit
- ^ "Armijo / Armijo High".
- ^ a b c "Armijo High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
- ^ "Directory of Schools 2007-2008" (PDF). Western Association of Schools and Colleges. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
- ^ "Armijo High School". International Baccalaureate Organization. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
IB school code: 001317...since July 2001
- ^ "SJS League Alignment 2006-2010". Sac-Joaquin Section. Archived from the original on 2008-03-05. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
- ^ a b "Armijo Indians". MaxPreps.com. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
- ^ History of Armijo High School Archived 2008-01-05 at the Wayback Machine. Armijo High School. Retrieved on 2008-02-25.
- ^ a b Goerke-Shrode, Sabine (2005). Fairfield. Arcadia Publishing. p. 37. ISBN 0-7385-2888-9.
- ^ "Jim Bowie Statistics". The Baseball Cube.
- ^ Richard Freedman (6 September 2002). "Colla sings like a demon on "Lucky Devil"". Vallejo Times-Herald. reprint at johnnycolla.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 25 February 2008.
- ^ "Huck Flener Statistics". The Baseball Cube dick. Archived from the original on 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
- ^ Mike Lefkow (July 26, 1996). "CARTER'S BLAST TOUGH PILL TO SWALLOW". Contra Costa Times. pp. D01.
- ^ "George Martin Statistics". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on 2009-08-27. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
- ^ "David Moraga Statistics". The Baseball Cube.
- ^ "Sacramento Area Native Pat Morita Dies". The Sacramento Union. November 25, 2005. Retrieved 2008-02-25. [dead link]
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