Mayfair High School

Mayfair High School is a high school in the Bellflower Unified School District in the city of Lakewood, California. The school first opened in 1959. The student population is approximately 3616 in grades 7 through 12. Mayfair serves students in the cities of Lakewood, Bellflower, Cerritos, as well as other surrounding cities though the students not from Cerritos, Bellflower, or Lakewood usually need special waivers to attend.

School Info and Achievements

The school mascot is the "Monsoons" and is illustrated as a tornado. School colors are white, blue, and grey. The school newspaper is "The Windjammer," which is also available online, and the yearbook is known as "Tradewinds." There are many clubs available at Mayfair in which students can be involved with including Key Club, American Red Cross, Environmental Science Club, History Club, Young Black Scholars, California Scholarship Federation (CSF), Link Crew, Spanish Club, Latino Club, Math Club, Science Bowl, Bicycle Club, Filipino Club, Asian Entertainment Club, Japanese Club, and more. The school offers an academic program known as "MAP," or the Mayfair Academic Program, for advanced students who are at the top of their classes (in terms of GPA and class ranks) and successfully take Honors and AP courses. It has sent many students to top UC schools and private universities.

Mayfair also boasts its athletic program in the Suburban League where its athletic teams have won titles in sports such as Football, Boys/Girls Basketball, Boys/Girls Soccer, Boys/Girls Volleyball, Boys Wrestling, Boys/Girls Tennis, Boys/Girls Golf, Swimming, and Boys/Girls Track and Field.

The Mayfair Monsoon Marching Corp. is the band at Mayfair, under director Tom Philips. The Marching Corps. is a 150 plus member unit which performs an award winning field show and parade march across the state, Nevada, and Hawaii. The Corps. earned the title California State Band Champions in 2007 and 2009. In the 2007-2008 school year, the Mayfair Monsoon Marching Corp., Colorguard, and the Pep Squad all took home first place state titles for their division.^{[citation needed]} Mayfair also has award winning show choirs that include an all girl group named the Mariners and the mixed choir named Showtime. These two programs continue to succeed and also perform all around the world, in most recently Boston, Massachusetts.

Mayfair was recognized as a California Distinguished School, the highest award a California high school can obtain. In 2001, Mayfair received the Golden Bell award from the California School Board Association for their Academy of Animation and Digital Art Program.

Statistics

The student population racial makeup (2004) was African-American 17.7%, American Indian or Alaskan Native 0.3, Asian 5.0, Hispanic or Latino 31.2, Pacific Islander 1.4, White (Not Hispanic) 37.1 and Multiple or No Response 2.5. Mayfair High School is a high school in the Bellflower Unified School District in the city of Lakewood, California. The school first opened in 1959. The student population is approximately 3700+ in grades 7 through 12. Mayfair serves students in the cities of Lakewood, Bellflower, and Cerritos. Mayfair is recognized as a California Distinguished School, the highest award a California high school can obtain. In 2001, Mayfair received the Golden Bell award from the California School Board Association for their Academy of Animation and Digital Art Program.

Athletics

Mayfair High School athletic teams participate in the Southern Section of CIF in the Suburban League with Cerritos, Artesia, La Mirada, Norwalk, Bellflower, and John Glenn high schools. The Monsoon athletic teams continue to be seen as dominant forces within the Suburban League.

Football, Baseball, Girls Soccer and Boys Volleyball

The Monsoon football team Baseball team girls soccer teams and the boys volleyball teams are the most successful of the sports teams at Mayfair. The girls soccer program has won league for 5 years straight and been to the CIF Southern Section Finals for the past three years with a record of 1 win, 1 loss, and 1 tie, with the tie coming from league rival La Mirada and lost against them in penalties.

The football team has won CIF titles in 1998 and 2001 and made it to the playoffs numerous times. They have won the Suburban League 8 seasons in a row and most recently advanced to the CIF Southern Section Finals in December 2008.

The Baseball team has won 11 league titles and is in a position to win several more in the next few seasons winning titles in 2008,2011, 2012. The Monsoons had there first undefeated season under the tutelage of Head Baseball coach Joe Magno (Owner of the Mister Baseball Training Academy). The Baseball program has many professional ball players to their credit with recent entries to the MLB ranks, Justin Turner (NY METS), Jay Gibbons (LA Dodgers) and Mark Wagner (Boston Red Sox).

The boys volleyball team is one of the most dominant teams at mayfair high school in respect to other league opponents. They have won the league championship 11 of the past 13 seasons and won the CIF Southern Section Championship in 2003.

Fall Sports

• Football Website
• Girls Tennis
• Girls Volleyball
• Boys and Girls Cross Country
• Cheerleading
• Marching Band
• Cross Country

Winter Sports

• Boys and Girls Wrestling
• Boys and Girls Basketball
• Boys and Girls Soccer

Spring Sports

• Baseball
• Softball
• Swimming
• Track and Field
• Boys Volleyball
• Boys Tennis

Suburban League Championships

• Softball: 75, 77, 79, 80, 93, 95, 09, 10, 11
• Girls Basketball: 80, 81, 04, 06, 10
• Girls Soccer: 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 00, 01, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10 (14 championships out of the past 16 seasons)
• Girls Volleyball: 84, 85, 88, 96, 97, 98, 99, 00, 01, 02, 03, 04, 06, 07 (9 championships out of the past 12 seasons)
• Girls Track: 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09 (7 championships out of the past 7 seasons)
• Girls Tennis: 76, 81, 97, 98
• Baseball: 63, 64, 65, 82, 83, 94, 97, 02, 08, 11,12
• Boys Basketball: 63, 64, 65, 72, 79, 86, 98, 99, 00, 01, 02, 04, 08, 09, 10 (9 championships out of the past 13 seasons)
• Football: 68, 80, 99, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09 (10 championships out of the past 11 seasons)
• Wrestling: 65, 66, 67, 74, 83, 00, 01, 08, 12
• Boys Tennis: 67, 69, 73, 75, 79, 83, 95, 96
• Boys Track: 65, 68, 75, 89, 90, 03, 04, 05
• Boys Soccer: 75, 76, 85, 86, 88
• Boys Volleyball: 00, 01, 02, 03, 04, 06, 07, 09, 10, 11 (10 championships out of the past 12 seasons)
• Golf: 83, 84, 94, 97, 00, 05
• Cross Country: 64, 66, 78, 85

CIF Division Players of the Year

• Athletes

            Bain Brick         Football       2A    67
            Tom Kuyper         Basketball     2A    78
            Shaun Harris       Soccer         III   95             
            Mike Harrison      Football       IX    98
            Josh Childress     Basketball     IIA   99
            Kelly Nelson       Soccer         IIIA  00
            David Malonson     Track          III   00
            Josh Childress     Basketball     IIA   01
            Jimmy Manley       Football       VI    01
            Tiya Gallegos      Soccer         III   06
            Greg Utupo         Volleyball     IV    07
            Nicole Hubbard     Soccer         III   08

Competitive Anomaly

At the CIF Southern Section Council meeting on October 23, 2008, a committee of public and private schools put forth a proposal to declare Mayfair High School athletic teams a "competitive anomaly," in an effort to deal with competitive equality issues between public and private school athletic programs. To be declared a "competitive anomaly," leagues within the CIF Southern Section would vote on whether or not to declare a school dominant within their respective league, thus forcing that school to leave their league and play on a freelance schedule.

The criteria to declare a school a "competitive anomaly" would be playing in the Southern Section playoffs five consecutive years, having a dominant won-loss record against league schools over five years and winning the vast majority of its league games by excessive margins over the previous five years. Schools that are already being considered as a "competitive anomaly" are Southern Section powerhouses Orange Lutheran, Dominguez, Long Beach Poly, and Mayfair.^[1]

Showtime and Mariners

Showtime and Mariners are musical/performing arts groups at Mayfair. Showtime is made of both men and women, while Mariners is an all female group. Showtime and Mariners have toured various locations including San Antonio, Nashville, Boston, and Hawaii. In recent years, the groups have been under the direction of Mrs. Holcomb. They also hold shows at the Bellflower Civic Center, and perform at the Bellflower Annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony every year. These groups perform around the school for different events throughout the school year.

Digital Archive of Yearbooks

The school produced digital format of Yearbooks from 1959 to 2009 on Yearbook CD's.

Notable alumni

• Justin Turner, Utility Infielder for the New York Mets^[2]
• Charles L. Beck, Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD).
• Josh Childress, current NBA basketball player for the Phoenix Suns. At Mayfair, Childress was selected as a McDonald's High School All-American.^[3][4]
• Synyster Gates, lead guitarist of Avenged Sevenfold^[5] and owner of Syn Gates Clothing.
• Jay Gibbons, Major League Baseball outfielder.^[6]
• Shaun Anthony Harris, Major League Soccer, professional soccer coach.
• Marque Richardson, USC alumni and an American actor/screenwriter.

References

External links

• "Mayfair High School". Bellflower Unified School District. Retrieved June 10, 2005. 
• "Mayfair High School Accountability Report Card for 2003-2004". Bellflower Unified School District. Retrieved June 10, 2005. 
• "Competitive equity issues on section's meeting agenda". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 5, 2009. 
• "Yearbook CDs". Digital Archive. Retrieved August 21, 2013. 

Coordinates: 33°51′51″N 118°06′51″W / 33.86410°N 118.11430°W / 33.86410; -118.11430