Natomas High School is a high school in the
Natomas Unified School District
Natomas Unified School District is located in northwestern Sacramento, California. It is the main school district of Natomas, a neighborhood of Sacramento. Chris Evans is the Superintendent. William Young is the Deputy Superintendent of Admin ...
located in the
Natomas neighborhood of
Sacramento
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. It is located at 3301 Fong Ranch Road. The school mascot is Nelly the Nighthawk.
History
Opened in 1997, the school is the first high school built in the Natomas Unified School District. A total of 1,300 students started attending the school that year, although it was built to accommodate 1,800 and has a total capacity of 2,200. For the previous three years, high school students in the district attended classes on the campus of
Leroy Greene Middle School.
In 1998, the school started a Business and Professions Academy. By 2001, eighty students in the program would regularly come to school in dresses, suits and ties or other clothing considered "business appropriate".
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Notable alumni
* Daniel Cuevas – winger for Lobos de la BUAP
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in Ascenso MX
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and United States men's national under-20 soccer team
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* Robert Rothbart
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in the Israeli basketball league
* Teal Wicks
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– Actress. Performed on Broadway as Elphaba in ''Wicked
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Sports
*2008 Varsity Boys championship Soccer Team
Natomas Nighthawks (14-6-4), played Bella Vista (13-6-3) 2–1 in pouring rain to win the Sac-Joaquin Section Division III championship at Folsom High School. It was Nighthawks' first boys section soccer championship and the first time Coach Joe Rebelo's team advanced past the first round of the playoffs in his eight years at the school.
*2020 Varsity Boys CIF NorCal Championship
On March 7, 2020, The Natomas Nighthawks (19-6-3) beat John F. Kennedy High school of Richmond, CA (15-10-3) 3–2 to claim its first-ever CIF NorCal Division IV Soccer Championship.
* 2020/21 Varsity GSL League Champions
On 4/16/21, the Natomas Nighthawks beat Florin High School to end with a league record of 4-0, and a 4-2 record overall, and claimed the title of the champions of the Greater Sacramento League for the first time in school history. Powered by Coach Hagan.
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External links/sources
Official site
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High schools in Sacramento, California
Educational institutions established in 1997
Public high schools in California
1997 establishments in California