Monterey High School (Lubbock, Texas)

Monterey High School
Location
3211 47th Street Lubbock, Texas Lubbock, TX 79413
Information
Type	Public
Established	1955
Principal	Al Griggs
Enrollment	2,200
Colors Mascot	Columbia Blue and Scarlet Plainsmen
Website	http://mhs.lubbockisd.org/

Monterey High School is a 5A high school located in central Lubbock, Texas, United States. Monterey is part of the Lubbock Independent School District. Established in 1955, Monterey was the third high school to be established in Lubbock, after Lubbock High School and Dunbar High School. Dunbar was later changed to a Junior High.

The current city of Lubbock started from the merger of two separate communities, Old Lubbock and Monterey. In a compromise move, the residents of Old Lubbock relocated to Monterey but renamed the new community Lubbock; the high school name is in remembrance to Lubbock's past.

Notable alumni

Kenny Bernstein, alumnus of Lubbock's Monterey High School, first drag racer to break 300 miles per hour in the standing-start quarter mile

Maj. Gen. Wendy Motlong Masiello, USAF, a 1976 alumna of Lubbock's Monterey High School

• Terry Allen, singer/songwriter
• Bud Andrews, radio deejay (KDAV) in Lubbock
• Raymond Beadle, drag racer
• Kenny Bernstein, drag racer
• Jim H. Clary, decorated United States Army veteran of the Vietnam War
• Barry Corbin, actor
• Craig Ehlo, NBA player
• Joe Ely, musician
• Kamie Ethridge, women's basketball player
• Jimmie Dale Gilmore, singer/songwriter
• Glenna Goodacre, sculptor
• Butch Hancock, singer/songwriter
• Wendy Motlong Masiello, United States Air Force officer
• Donnie Moore, MLB Baseball player
• Duane Whitaker, actor
• Leslie Blackburn Harlow, classical musician, Park City International Music Festival founder/director

External links

• Monterey High School
• Monterey High School Alumni Association

Coordinates: 33°33′3.12″N 101°53′6.00″W / 33.5508667°N 101.885°W / 33.5508667; -101.885