Mount Miguel High School
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| Established | 1957 |
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| Type | Public comprehensive secondary |
| Principal | Steve Coover |
| Students | 2,061 (2004-2005 school year) |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Location | 8585 Blossom Lane, Spring Valley, California 91977, USA |
| District | Grossmont Union High School District |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Red and black |
| Mascot | Matador |
| Yearbook | 'Mil Memorias' |
| Newspaper | 'El Trovador' |
| Nickname | Matadors |
| Website | www.mountmiguelhs.org |
Mount Miguel High School is public, comprehensive high school located in Spring Valley, California and serves 2,061 students in grades nine through twelve. Opened in 1957, Mount Miguel is the fourth of twelve high schools constructed in the Grossmont Union High School District. MMHS is the home of the Matadors.
Mount Miguel High School is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and is a 1990 California Distinguished School.
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[edit] Extracurricular activities
[edit] Athletics
Mount Miguel's athletic teams, the Matadors, compete in the South League of the Grossmont Conference and the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) - San Diego Section.
The school fields teams in the following sports: baseball, boys and girls basketball, boys and girls cross country, football, boys and girls golf, gymnastics, boys and girls soccer, softball, boys and girls swimming & diving, boys and girls tennis, boys and girls track & field, boys and girls volleyball, boys and girls water polo, and wrestling.
[edit] Student ethnicity
Mount Miguel's student body is composed of pupils from the following ethnic backgrounds (2004-2005 school year):
- Hispanic or Latino - 38.2%
- White (not Hispanic) - 21.3%
- African American - 21.1%
- Filipino - 2.8%
- American Indian or Alaska Native - 2.5%
- Asian - 2.4 %
- Pacific Islander - 2.4%
- Multiple or No Response - 9.2%
[edit] Notable alumni
- Khalif Barnes, 2000, National Football League (NFL) offensive tackle, Jacksonville Jaguars
- James Kirby 1967 Converted to Judaism in1994 and shortly thereafter gained national notoriety after shooting a woman sitting in front of him in the back during a showing of Schindler's List at a downtown San Diego multiplex theater. He later said that he didn’t expect the gun to go off, but was subsequently sentenced to 6 years in the state penitentiary.
- Robert Griffith Strong safety for the Arizona Cardinals
- J Robinson head wrestling coach for the Golden Gophers
- "Shotgun" Tom Kelly, longtime television commercial spokesperson on San Diego County television; currently disc jockey in Los Angeles for KRTH-FM (K-Earth 101).
- Hula a talk show host of Channel 93.3
- Tom Gatch, 1965, Writer/Columnist, Author of "Hooked on Baja" (Published by W.W. Norton & Co./ Countryman Press)
[edit] References
- Grossmont Union High School District - school mascots and colors
- List of California Distinguished Schools in San Diego County
- Mount Miguel High School - School Accountability Report Card 2004-2005 (PDF)
- Mount Miguel High School Student Handbook 2005-2006 (PDF)
- Western Association of Schools and Colleges Directory of Accredited Schools 2005-2006 (PDF)
[edit] External links
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