Bishop Amat Memorial High School
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| Bishop Amat Memorial High School | |
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| 14301 Fairgrove Ave La Puente, CA 91746 USA |
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| Students | 1,520 |
| Type | Private Secondary |
| Tuition | $5,700 (as of 07-08) |
| Grades | 09-12 |
| Mascot | Lancer |
| Color(s) | Royal Blue and Gold |
| Established | 1957 |
| Homepage | Bishop Amat Memorial High School |
Bishop Amat Memorial High School is a co-ed Catholic high school serving the San Gabriel Valley in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, and was founded in 1957. The campus is located in La Puente, California, approximately 20 miles east of downtown Los Angeles in Los Angeles County. The coeducational student body comprises approximately 1,520 students in grades 9 through 12, making Bishop Amat the largest private high school in Los Angeles County. It is the only Catholic high school in Los Angeles County that offers the rigorous Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB). It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The school's yearbook is called Tusitala.
The school is named for the first Bishop of Monterey-Los Angeles, the Most Reverend Thaddeus Amat y Brusi, who served as the ordinary of Los Angeles from 1853 to 1878. He founded some of the first schools in Los Angeles and invited the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul to open St. Vincent's College, which was the predecessor to Loyola Marymount University.
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[edit] Athletics
"Lancers" is the school's team's nicknames. Female teams are known as the "Lady Lancers."
Bishop Amat competes in the following sports:
- Football
- Baseball
- Softball
- Wrestling
- Track
- Boys' and girls' cross country
- Boys' and girls' volleyball
- Boys' and girls' golf
- Boys' and girls' tennis
- Boys' and girls' swimming
- Boys' and girls' soccer
- Boys' and girls' basketball.
Bishop Amat participates in the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Del Rey League against Bishop Montgomery (Torrance), St. Bernard (Playa del Rey), St. Paul (Santa Fe Springs), Serra, and Don Bosco Technical Institute (Rosemead, California) (Gardena).
Bishop Amat's rival school is St. Paul High School in Santa Fe Springs, California
[edit] Anniversary
On September 17, 2007, Bishop Amat celebrated their 50th anniversary mass. The mass included a guest appearance by Roger Cardinal Mahony. A school history written by Ronald C. Woolsey, Steadfast, Loyal and True: The Lancers of Bishop Amat High School, 1957-2007, is available for purchase through the school.
[edit] Notable Alumni
- Tamara Mello (actress)
- Nisha Gutierrez (television news reporter, Idaho's KPVI)
- Pat Haden (football hero/sportscaster)
- Eric Bieniemy (NFL star)
- Rick Montanez (TV News Reporter KIDK, Idaho Falls, ID)
- Dan Haren (Super Star Pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks)
- Michael Young (current shortstop for the Texas Rangers) Class of 1994
- Mike Lamb (current 3rd baseman for the Minnesota Twins) Class of 1993
- Jesus Medrano (formerly played for Florida Marlins) Class of 1997
- P.J. Piliterre (catcher for New York Yankees) Class of 1999
- Ralph Brown (Arizona Cardinals) Class of 1995
- William Robinson (American football)
- Brian Russell (American football) (currently with the Seattle Seahawks) Class of 1995
- Ryan Smith (Tennessee Titans)
- Daylon McCutcheon (retired NFL player)
- John McKay Jr.
- John Sciarra
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