Armijo High School Explained

Armijo High School
Size:200px
Location:824 Washington Street
Fairfield, California 94533
Country:USA
Coordinates:38.251°N -122.038°W
Pushpin Map:California#USA
Principal:John McMorris [1]
Faculty:89.17 (FTE)
Ratio:23.64
Nickname:Royals
Motto:All students can grow and achieve. It is everyone's responsibility to see that the opportunity is present.
Accreditation:Western Association of Schools and Colleges[2]
International Baccalaureate[3]
Conference:CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division I[4]
Mascot:The Royals, Lion
Team Name:Armijo Royals[5]
Enrollment:2,108 (2018–19)[6]
Publication:The Armijo Signal
Yearbook:La Mezcla
Established:1891[7]
Free Label:Former name
Free:Armijo Union High School[8]

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.

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Armijo / Armijo High.
  2. Web site: Directory of Schools 2007-2008 . . 2008-02-25 . 2016-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000845/http://www.acswasc.org/pdf_general/WASC_Directory_latest.pdf . dead .
  3. Web site: Armijo High School . . 2008-02-25 . IB school code: 001317...since July 2001.
  4. Web site: SJS League Alignment 2006-2010 . . 2008-02-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080305043506/http://www.cifsjs.org/leaguealign/leaguealign0610.html . 2008-03-05 . dead .
  5. Web site: Armijo Indians . MaxPreps.com . 2008-02-25.
  6. Web site: Armijo High. National Center for Education Statistics. March 5, 2021.
  7. http://ww4.fsusd.k12.ca.us/schools/armijo/history.html History of Armijo High School
  8. Book: Goerke-Shrode, Sabine . Fairfield . 2005 . Arcadia Publishing . 0-7385-2888-9 . 37.
  9. Web site: Jim Bowie Statistics . The Baseball Cube.
  10. News: Richard Freedman . Colla sings like a demon on "Lucky Devil" . Vallejo Times-Herald . reprint at johnnycolla.com . September 6, 2002 . 2008-02-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080305030943/http://www.johnnycolla.com/Vallejo%20Times-Herald.htm . 5 March 2008 . dead . dmy-all .
  11. Web site: Huck Flener Statistics . The Baseball Cube dick . 2008-02-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080720024957/http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/F/Huck-Flener.shtml . 2008-07-20 .
  12. News: Mike Lefkow . CARTER'S BLAST TOUGH PILL TO SWALLOW . . July 26, 1996 . D01.
  13. Web site: George Martin Statistics . databaseFootball.com . 2009-10-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090827091141/http://databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MARTIGEO01 . 2009-08-27 .
  14. Web site: David Moraga Statistics . The Baseball Cube.
  15. News: Sacramento Area Native Pat Morita Dies . . November 25, 2005 . 2008-02-25.