Angelo Rodriguez High School is a

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located in Fairfield,

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. The school serves about 1,882 students in grades 9 to 12 in the southwest part of Fairfield.

History

Angelo Rodriguez High School is the newest and smallest of the three main high schools in

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. The school is named after Angelo Rodriguez, a local English teacher who had drowned off the coast of Spain in 1986 after rescuing two children. This school has been recognized as a California Distinguished School and a National School of Excellence. The school is encompassed into the

Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District is a public school district based in Solano County, California, and a portion of Napa County, California. High schools *Angelo Rodriguez High School Angelo Rodriguez High School is a public school ( ...

(FSUSD), which includes several other area high schools, junior high schools, and elementary schools. Their athletic teams are known as the Mustangs and the

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are green, white, and black. The school was established in the year 2002, with only

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and

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classes. These students continued instruction at the school for their junior and senior years. By the 2003-04 academic year, the school was offering instruction for students grades 9-12. The class of 2004 was the first graduating class. The class of 2005 was the first graduating class to begin their education at the school as freshmen.

Campus

The campus is smaller than the other

high schools. It contains the first school building in Fairfield with two stories, consequently including 4 staircases leading up to the second-story classrooms and an elevator for the handicapped. The campus also includes a theatre for high school productions that was built in a former auto garage by Nathan Day, the school's former theatre teacher. In the 2005-06 academic year, the school built their own track, allowing the physical education classes to run and use it. In the year 2006-2007, work began on the Ed Hopkins football stadium, which was not completed until the year 2007-08. The stadium was put to use on September 24, 2007, for a match against Fairfield High School. A pool was completed in the summer of 2008 to allow for aquatic sports.

Academics

Rodriguez High supports a
early college high school
program, where students complete their high school curriculum while also enrolling in classes at

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in order to earn college credits, with the goal of students having credits equivalent to two years of instruction transferable to other

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s by their high school graduation. All instruction for these students is carried out at Solano Community College, while they remain enrolled as Rodriguez students. Despite being Rodriguez students, the program is functionally independent, with its own staff, instructors, and student clubs.

Notable alumni

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wide receiver and one-time head coach of the high school football team. * Jason Verrett,

cornerback *

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linebacker * Marcel Jensen,

tight end *

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, American singer *

Sage the Gemini Dominic Wynn Woods (born June 20, 1992), better known by his stage name Sage the Gemini (), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer from Fairfield, California. He is best known for his 2013 singles "Gas Pedal" (featuring I ...

, American rapper * Jesse Scholtens,

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pitcher

References

External links

www.fsusd.org
{{authority control High schools in Solano County, California Educational institutions established in 2001 Public high schools in California Fairfield, California 2001 establishments in California