Natomas High School

Natomas High School is a high school in the Natomas Unified School District located in the Natomas neighborhood of Sacramento. It is located at 3301 Fong Ranch Road. The school mascot is Nelly the Nighthawk. Yuri Penermon is the principal, assisted by vice principals Jill Thom and Jessica Martin.

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.^[1] For the previous three years, high school students in the district attended classes on the campus of Leroy Greene Middle School.^[2]

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".^[3]

The Sacramento Theatre Company used the school's stage in 2002 when renovations delayed the use of the theater where the company normally performed.^[4]

In 2009, NHS was named the second most diverse school in the country.

Notable alumni

• Daniel Cuevas – winger for Lobos de la BUAP in Ascenso MX and United States men's national under-20 soccer team
• Marlon Moore- Wide Receiver for San Francisco 49ers, and was an undrafted free agent with the Miami Dolphins.
• Robert Rothbart – center for Hapoel Galil Elyon in the Israeli basketball league
• Teal Wicks – Currently performing on Broadway as Elphaba in Wicked.

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.

Notes

External links/sources

• Official site
• Natomas Jr. Nighthawks Youth Football and Cheer