Mayo High School
| Mayo High School | |
|---|---|
 "To be a Spartan is to be the very best one can be" | |
| Address | |
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1420 11th Avenue Southeast Rochester, Minnesota, 55904 United States | |
| Coordinates | 44°0′10″N 92°26′51″W / 44.00278°N 92.44750°WCoordinates: 44°0′10″N 92°26′51″W / 44.00278°N 92.44750°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Coed Public High School |
| Established | 1966 |
| CEEB Code | 242103 |
| Principal | Tom Olson |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1622 (May 21, 2014) |
| Color(s) | Green & Gold |
| Mascot | Sparty the Mayo Spartan |
| Nickname | Spartans |
| Newspaper | Advocate |
| Yearbook | Odyssey |
| Website | School website |
| [1] | |
Mayo High School (Mayo) is an American high school in Rochester, Minnesota. It is named after the brothers William James Mayo and Charles Horace Mayo, physicians and founders of the Mayo Clinic. It is a public school and part of the Rochester Independent School District #535. The current principal of Mayo High School is Tom Olson.[2]
History
Mayo High School was built in 1966 in the southeastern section of Rochester, Minnesota. It has a capacity to hold approximately 1800 students and was the largest high school in the city until Century High School was built, and was named after the brothers William James Mayo and Charles Horace Mayo, physicians and founders of the Mayo Clinic.
Statistics
As of 2014, there are 1622 students attending Mayo High School.[1] There are 87 teachers and a student to teacher ratio of 19:1. The boy to girl student ratio is 51:49.[3]
Architecture
Unusual for a high school building, Mayo has a circular design. It also features a planetarium. In 2000, the school underwent remodeling to replace asbestos based materials found in its original construction. With the new construction, Mayo High School has now lost its totally circular design and now looks more like "Mickey Mouse", with 2 extensions (ears) separately extending from the main circular structure (head). Another name that is more common with students and teachers is the Concrete Doughnut. The extensions include classrooms and a new cafeteria.
Curricular and extra curricular
The school mascot is a Spartan warrior. The sports teams, students, and staff are known as the Mayo Spartans. The school colors are green and gold. It has teams in speech, chess, classic debate, mock trial, football, tennis, swimming, cross country, soccer, lacrosse, softball, baseball, rowing, basketball, golf, hockey, volleyball, track and field, Science Olympiad, First Robotics Team, Math League, and Knowledge Bowl. Students may also letter in city-wide athletics such as crew with the Rochester Rowing Club and figure-skating with the Rochester Figure Skating Club.
Sports
Mayo High School participates in many sports, competing in the Big 9 conference within the Minnesota State High School League, usually at the largest class level. The sports available are boys baseball, boys and girls basketball, boys and girls cross country, boys and girls hockey, girls cheerleading, boys football, boys and girls soccer, boys and girls golf, girls softball, boys and girls swimming, girls dance team, boys and girls track and field, boys and girls tennis, boys wrestling, and girls volleyball.
Mayo boasts a particularly strong tennis program and are perennial favorites to win the Big Nine conference championship. In 2010, the Mayo Boys Tennis Team lost the Big Nine Championship to Century due to some absences within the Spartan lineup. The girls and boys tennis teams have also each reached the state tournament for the past several years. The boys tennis team has gone to the state tournament for the past 11 years (2003–2013). In 2007, the boys tennis team won the team state championship, giving Mayo its first ever boys state championship in any sport.[4] In 2006, the volleying duo of Phil Loprinzi and Cole Patterson were the first Boys Doubles Champions for Mayo High School.[5] In 2008, the tennis duo of Amrik Donkena and Will Tremaine won the State Doubles Title.[5] In 2010, the boys team were able to bring home a dramatic third place state championship win.[6] In 2011, the boys team, once again, won first place in the state class AA championship.[7] In addition to the usual high school sports, students at Mayo also participate in crew. Even though the Rochester Rowing Club (RRC) is an all-city club, students from Mayo who are in the club can earn Mayo varsity letters, just as in other varsity sports. The current Activities Director at Mayo High School is Jeff Whitney.
Notable alumni
- Michael Restovich - MLB Player[8]
- Aaron Senne - Minor League baseball player
- Eric Strobel - Member of Miracle on Ice, gold medalist at the 1980 Winter Olympics in hockey[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Mayo Senior High School". GreatSchools.org. GreatSchools.org. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ↑ "Administrative Offices". rschooltoday.com. Rochester Public Schools. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ↑ "Mayo Senior High School". publicschoolreview.com. Public School Review 244 5th Avenue, # J-229 New York, NY 10001. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ↑ http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-164645423.html
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 http://www.mshsl.org/mshsl/activitypage.asp?actnum=419
- ↑ http://www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?z=22&a=456341,
- ↑ Ruff. "Rochester tennis tops in the state". Post-Bulletin. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
- ↑ Official Player Profile
- ↑ David, Dan. "Eric Strobel". hockeydraftcentral.com. Dan David. Retrieved 14 October 2014.