Mendota High School

Mendota High School
Address
1282 Belmont Avenue Mendota, California, Fresno, 93640 United States
Coordinates	36°44′55″N 120°22′40″W / 36.748483°N 120.377718°W / 36.748483; -120.377718Coordinates: 36°44′55″N 120°22′40″W / 36.748483°N 120.377718°W / 36.748483; -120.377718
Information
Type	Public
School district	Mendota Unified School District[1]
Principal	Gloria Bolin[2]
Grades	9-12
Number of students	649[1]
Team name	Aztecs
Rival	Firebaugh Eagles
Website	Template:Http://www.musdaztecs.com/mendota/site/default.asp

Mendota High School is a public high school in Mendota, California, United States.

In the 2008-2009 school year, the school contained 649 students. 99% were Hispanic, with the remainder Asian.^[1]

In 2011, the school's 12-person chess team, named the Knuckleheads, placed first in the Premier Division at the CalChess State Championships. They were honored not only by the City Council but also by the California State Assembly, which caused the Los Angeles Times remarked that the 180 miles (290 km) trip to Sacramento, California "was the farthest they had ever traveled from Mendota."^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Mendota High - Public School
2. ^ Administration
3. ^ Marcum, Diana (19 May 2011). "Chess takes root in Central Valley farm town, blossoms into a state title for Latino high school team". Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mendota-chess-20110519,0,4978581,full.story. Retrieved 20 May 2011.