Fruita Monument High School is a public
high school
A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...
located in
Fruita, Colorado
The City of Fruita is a home rule municipality located in western Mesa County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 13,395 at the 2020 United States Census. Fruita is a part of the Grand Junction, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area a ...
, United States, serving 10-12th grades. It is part of
Mesa County Valley School District 51.
History
The first purpose-built high school building in Fruita was completed in 1905 under the name Fruita Union High School.
After that structure burned down in 1934, classes were held in a local armory. A new building was finished in 1936 and lasted until 1969, when a third location was built under the name Fruita Monument High School.
A 2017 referendum resulted in a $12 million construction project to improve the safety of the school.
Athletics
Wildcat athletic teams are classified as 5A by the
Colorado High School Activities Association
The Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA) is the governing body for all high school activities throughout the state of Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United Sta ...
.
Notable people
;Alumni
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Jim Brenneman
James Leroy Brenneman (February 13, 1941 – March 10, 1994) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Brenneman played for the New York Yankees in the baseball season. In three career games, he had a 0–0 record, with an 18.00 ERA. He batted and thr ...
, baseball player
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James Niehues
James Niehues (born 1946) is an American landscape artist and cartographer best known for painting ski trail maps for ski resorts. He has painted 255 maps for 175 ski resorts around the world.
Early life
Niehues was raised on a farm in Loma, Co ...
, artist and cartographer
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Maggie Baird
Maggie May Baird (born ) is an American actress, screenwriter, and former theater troupe teacher. Baird grew up in Colorado performing music, and studied theater and dance at the University of Utah, before moving to New York City, where she perf ...
, actress
;Faculty
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James Van Pelt, author (taught English)
See also
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List of high schools in Colorado
This is a list of high schools in the state of Colorado by its county. There are 648 total.
Adams County
* Bennett High School, Bennett
*Prairie View High School, Henderson
Brighton
* Brighton High School
*Brighton Heritage Academy
*Eagl ...
References
External links
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Mesa County Valley School District official website
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Public high schools in Colorado
Schools in Mesa County, Colorado
Fruita, Colorado
1905 establishments in Colorado
Educational institutions established in 1905