Montebello High School
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Founded in 1909, Montebello High School is a public high school which is part of the Montebello Unified School District, and has an enrollment of approximately 2,600[1] students in grades 9-12. Its campus is located in Montebello, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. It is named for the city of Montebello.
Overview
The Montebello High School mascot is known as Ollie the Oiler, and the school's students and alumni are referred to as Oilers, (a reference to when Montebello was an oil-drilling town during the 1920s and 1930s).
Demographics
Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The demographic breakdown of the 3,191 students enrolled for the 2012-2013 school year was:
- Male - 50.7%
- Female - 49.3%
- Native American/Alaskan - 0.1%
- Asian/Pacific islander - 0.9%
- Black - 0.3%
- Hispanic - 96.1%
- White - 2.4%
- Multiracial - 0.2%
Additionally, 86.3% of the students were eligible for free or reduced lunch.[2]
Extracurricular activities
Athletics
The varsity sports teams are referred to as the "Montebello Oilers." The school colors are blue and gold. The school has an athletic rivalry with nearby Schurr High School.
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Notable alumni
Government and politics
- David L. Snowden, 1961: Police Chief of City of Beverly Hills, California (2004-2015)[4]
- Art Torres, 1964: former United States Democratic Party state senator
Arts, sciences, and education
- John DeCuir, 1936: art director and production designer
- Robert Bruce Merrifield, 1939: biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1984 for the invention of solid phase Peptide synthesis
Sports and entertainment
- Jack Kramer, 1939: tennis player in International Tennis Hall of Fame
- Tom Tellez, 1951: former track coach at the University of Houston in Texas
- Darlene Hard, 1954: tennis player in International Tennis Hall of Fame
- Jesse Gonzalez, 2015: professional photographer in Los Angeles
- Barney Rosenzweig, 1955: television producer
- Jerry Pimm, 1956: former basketball coach at University of Utah
- Bobby Knoop, 1956: retired MLB second baseman for California Angels, Chicago White Sox, and Kansas City Royals
- Edward James Olmos, 1964: actor and director[5]
- John Madrid, 1966: jazz and pop music trumpeter[6][7]
References
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External links
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