Mayfield High School (New Mexico)

For other schools with a similar name, see Mayfield School.

Mayfield High School
Address
1955 North Valley Dr. Las Cruces, New Mexico 88007
Information
School type	Public, high school
Founded	1965
School district	Las Cruces Public Schools
Principal	Jo Beth Hawk
Assistant principals	Jeff Brilliant, Angie Holguin-Dotson, Eric Lopez, Richard Melendrez
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	2,348  (September 2009)
Language	English
Campus	Suburban
Color(s)	Green , Gold
Mascot	Trojans
Communities served	north and west Las Cruces, Fairacres, Dona Ana, Picacho Hills, San Ysidro, Hill, Leasburg, Radium Springs
Feeder schools	Picacho Middle School, Vista Middle School
Rival schools	Las Cruces High School, Onate High School
Athletic conference	New Mexico Activities Association, District 3-5A
Website	https://sites.google.com/a/lcpsmail.org/mhs/home

Mayfield High School (MHS) is one of three traditional public high schools in Las Cruces, New Mexico. As of 2009-2010, the school has over 2,300 students and 130 teachers, and covers grades 9-12. The school is a part of the Las Cruces Public Schools district.

History

MHS was opened in 1965 after Las Cruces High School became overcrowded. It became the second high school in Las Cruces. The school was named for former Las Cruces Public Schools superintendent Thomas J. Mayfield.

The school colors were chosen in 1967 as green and gold, the Green Bay Packers' colors, who were the National Football League champions in that year. The mascot Trojan was chosen the same year, largely because the University of Southern California Trojans won the NCAA football Championship.^{[citation needed]}

The current block scheduling system of four ninety-minute classes per day was instituted in 1995. Students choose new classes every semester.^{[1][unreliable source?]}

Academics

MHS is a comprehensive high school offering students the opportunity to explore both academic and technical objectives. It runs a 4 x 4 block schedule. That is, the students take four ninety-minute classes each semester.

The students choose among thirteen focus areas that include: Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources; Architecture and Construction; Arts, A/V Technology and Communication; Business Management and Administration; Health Science; Hospitality and Tourism; Human Services; Information Technology; Law, Public Safety and Security; Manufacturing; Marketing, Sales and Service; Science, Technology, Engineering and Math; Transportation, Distribution and Logistics. Students, parents, and faculty collaborate through advising to schedule classes that will best equip the student for college or work.^[2]

Activities

The student activities and clubs are wide and varied. Career-oriented programs include Air Force Junior ROTC, which is the only in southern New Mexico, and Future Farmers of America. Music includes Band, Choir and Orchestra. Modern foreign language clubes include French, German, and Spanish. Among the others are National Honor Society, Broadcasting, Art Club, Key Club, Yearbook, Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA), and Theater Productions.

Demographics

MHS racial demographics across its 2348 students show primarily hispanic and caucasian. By gender, 51% of the students are male; 49% are female. The racial breakdown shows 40% hispanic, 58% caucasian, .001% black, 1% asian, and 1% indian. The educational demographics show 26% are gifted and 74% are normal.^[3]

Test scores

School accountability testing indicates MHS is not meeting federal standards and shows 48.5% in reading and 67.5% in math are not proficient. There is a marked racial difference between hispanics and caucasians in reading and math non-proficiency, which is 56.9% and 74.0% for hispanics and 30.5% and 53.4% for caucasians, respectively. The school's graduation rate is 61.5%.^[4]

Athletics

The MHS athletics department supports various boys and girls sports. The department is currently headed by an athletics director, who is subordinate to school district athletics director, Ernest Viramontes.^[5]

The Trojan football team has been the most successful school athletic program with 15 appearances in the state title game; winning the state championship eight times (1971, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010) and finishing runnerup seven times (1972, 1976, 1987, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2009).

List of Teams

Boys Athletics: Baseball Basketball Soccer Cross Country Football Golf Tennis Track and Field Wrestling Bowling Cheerleading

Girls Athletics: Basketball Soccer Cross Country Golf Softball Tennis Track and Field Volleyball Cheerleading Bowling

State championships

• Football (1971, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010)
• Cheerleading Co-Ed (Team- 2006) Partner Stunt (2006)
• Baseball (1981)
• Basketball, Girls (2004, 2007, 2011)
• Golf, Boys (Team: 1986, 1989, 2006); (Individual: 1972-Matt Sugarman, 2006-Brent Jones)
• Golf, Girls (Team: 1990, 1991)
• Tennis, Girls (Singles: 1988-Tom Easterling, 1989-Tom Easterling, 2000-Margaret Moscato, 2005-Jenny Moscato)
• Tennis, Girls (Doubles: 1988-Ross/Galves, 1989-Ross/Galves, 1990-Ross/Galves, 1991-Easterling/Martineau, 2003-Moscato/Moscato)
• Tennis, Boys (Team: 2010); (Doubles: 2006-Johnny Thompson/Craig Duran, 2007-Hooker/Turbyfill, 2009-O'Dell/Mayars)
• Track, Boys (Team: 1987)
• Track, Boys (Individual: 1978-Ben Lucero-High Jump, 1978-Ben Morales-Pole Vault, 1980-Ben Lucero-High Jump, 1983-H.R. McAdams-Javelin, 1984-Daniel Leffall-100m, 1984-Davie Salas-400m, 1984-800m Relay; 1987 - 1600m Relay; 1989 - Reggie Stewart-110m High Hurdles; 1990 - Darius Holland-Shot Put; 1991 - Darius Holland-Shot Put; 1998 - John Martinez-110m High Hurdles, Justin Massey-300m Hurdles; 2004 - Alaniz/Lawson/Avila/Gonzales-800m Relay; Jeremy Lawson-Triple Jump; 2008 - 1600m Relay)
• Track, Girls (Individual: 1985 - Carolyn Unglaub-High Jump; 1990 - 400m Relay, 1600m Relay Medley; 1992 - Michelle Apodaca-100m; 2005 - Carissa McGee-400m, Astorga/Murrafo/McGee/Morris-800m Relay, Carissa McGee-High Jump; 2008 - 1600m Relay; 2008 4 x 400 Relay Amber Lalla/Jena Benegas/Amy Gonzales/Justina Apodaca; 2010 4 x 100 Relay Amber Lalla/Jena Benegas/Justina Apodaca/Kacee Ramos
• Volleyball (2004, 2008)
• Wrestling (Team: 1979)
• Wrestling (Individual: 2006 - Jimmy Nevarez III; 2007 - Jimmy Nevarez III; 2003 - Evan Copeland; 1995 - Amador Martinez; 1993 - Manny Herrera; 1991 - Nathan Brown; 1984 - Ray Aaltonen; 1981 - Alan Cook; 1979 - Eddie Gomez, Steve Roberts; 1976 - Don Bales; 1975 - Don Bales; 1973 - Carl Ortega; 1971 - Albert Bouranda)
• Swimming, Boys (1967 - Robert Frank-Breast Stroke)^[6][7]

Notable alumni

• Darius Holland - former professional defensive end in the National Football League
• Edgar Castillo, class of 2004 - professional soccer player
• Doug Eddings - Major League Baseball umpire
• George Willis - New York Post sports columnist

References

1. ^ "Mayfield High School (Las Cruces, New Mexico)". Information Delight. http://www.informationdelight.info/encyclopedia/entry/mayfield_high_school_(las_cruces,_new_mexico). Retrieved 26 April 2010. 
2. ^ "Student Opportunities". Las Cruces Public Schools, Mayfield High School. http://mayfield.lcps.k12.nm.us/index.shtml. Retrieved 21 April 2010. 
3. ^ "LCPS Demographic Percentages, as of 9/21/2009". Las Cruces Public Schools. http://lcps.k12.nm.us/Departments/AAR/stats/LCPS%20Percents.pdf. Retrieved 22 April 2010. 
4. ^ New Mexico Public Education Department. "2009-10 School Accountability Report". Las Cruces Public Schools. http://lcps.k12.nm.us/Departments/AAR/Accountability/acctbility09-10/017_100_LCPS_MAYFIELD_HIGH_AYP0910_20091016_2035.pdf. Retrieved 22 April 2010. 
5. ^ "Athletics". Las Cruces Public Schools, Mayfield High School. http://mayfield.lcps.k12.nm.us/athletics.shtml. Retrieved 21 April 2010. 
6. ^ "Athletics". New Mexico Activities Association. http://www.nmact.org/athletics. Retrieved 21 April 2010. 
7. ^ "Best of the Best". Las Cruces Public Schools. http://www.lcps.k12.nm.us/departments/athletics/best.shtml. Retrieved 22 April 2010. 

External links

• Mayfield High School

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