Montebello High School is a public high school which is part of the Montebello Unified School District. Founded in 1909, it has an enrollment of approximately 2,600 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.
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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
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.
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.
Sports offered at MHS:
Notable alumni
Government and politics
David L. Snowden, 1961: Police Chief of City of Beverly Hills, California (2004-2015)
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
Darlene Hard, 1954: tennis player in International Tennis Hall of Fame
Ivan Guevara, 1955: former college basketball coach at Whittier College and San Jose State University
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
John Madrid, 1966: jazz and pop music trumpeter