Armijo High School

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, as one of the three main Secondary Schools in the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District.

Armijo High School
Location
824 Washington Street
Fairfield, California 94533

United States
Coordinates38.251°N 122.038°W / 38.251; -122.038
Information
TypePublic
MottoAll students can grow and achieve. It is everyone's responsibility to see that the opportunity is present.
Established1891[1] [2]
School districtFairfield-Suisun Unified School District
PrincipalSheila Smith[3]
Faculty95.93 (on FTE basis)[4]
Grades9 to 12
Enrollment2,155 (2017-18)[5]
Student to teacher ratio22.46[4]
Color(s)Purple and Gold[6]   
Athletics conferenceCIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division I[7]
MascotThe Royals
NicknameAHS, Armijo High, Armijo
Team nameArmijo Royals[6]
AccreditationWestern Association of Schools and Colleges[8]
International Baccalaureate[9]
PublicationThe Armijo Signal
YearbookLa Mezcla
Former nameArmijo Union High School[2]
Websitewww.fsusd.org/armijo

The school started in 1891 with 30 students in a single classroom located in the Crystal Elementary School building. In 1893, 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. There, it stayed for nearly 50 years, with construction 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

References
  1. History of Armijo High School Archived 2008-01-05 at the Wayback Machine. Armijo High School. Retrieved on 2008-02-25.
  2. Goerke-Shrode, Sabine (2005). Fairfield. Arcadia Publishing. p. 37. ISBN 0-7385-2888-9.
  3. "Armijo High School Administrators". Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District. Archived from the original on 28 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
  4. "Armijo High". National Center for Education Statistics. Archived from the original on 4 March 2008. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  5. "Armijo High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  6. "Armijo Indians". MaxPreps.com. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
  7. "SJS League Alignment 2006-2010". Sac-Joaquin Section. Archived from the original on 2008-03-05. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
  8. "Directory of Schools 2007-2008" (PDF). Western Association of Schools and Colleges. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
  9. "Armijo High School". International Baccalaureate Organization. Retrieved 2008-02-25. IB school code: 001317...since July 2001
  10. Richard Freedman (6 September 2002). "Colla sings like a demon on "Lucky Devil"". Vallejo Times-Herald. reprint at johnnycolla.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 25 February 2008.
  11. "Huck Flener Statistics". The Baseball Cube dick. Archived from the original on 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
  12. Mike Lefkow (July 26, 1996). "CARTER'S BLAST TOUGH PILL TO SWALLOW". Contra Costa Times. pp. D01.
  13. "George Martin Statistics". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on 2009-08-27. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
  14. "Sacramento Area Native Pat Morita Dies". The Sacramento Union. November 25, 2005. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
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