Cabrillo High School (Lompoc, California)

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Cabrillo High School
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Cabrillo High School (Lompoc, California)
4350 Constellation Road

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93436

United States
Coordinates 34°42′42″N120°28′29″W / 34.7118°N 120.4747°W / 34.7118; -120.4747
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TypePublic High School
MottoSpiritus Noster Omnia Vincit
(Our Spirit Conquers All)
Established1965
LocaleVandenberg Village, Lompoc, California
School district Lompoc Unified School District
PrincipalBrian Grimnes
Teaching staff54.34 (FTE) [1]
Grades9–12
Number of students1,096 (2021-22) [1]
Student to teacher ratio20.17 [1]
Color(s)  Black
  Gold
  White
Athletics conference CIF Central Section
Central Coast Athletic Association
Nickname Conquistadors
Rival Lompoc High School
NewspaperFore & Aft (discontinued)
YearbookTierra Royal
Website cabrillohighschool.lusd.org

Cabrillo High School is a California Distinguished School [2] that serves students of Vandenberg Village, the city of Lompoc, and Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, on the California Central Coast.

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History

The school was founded in 1965 by the Lompoc Unified School District. Built to serve the residents of Vandenberg Space Force Base, Vandenberg Village, and the northern Lompoc Valley, Cabrillo answered the sudden population boom during the late 1950s and 1960s, a result of the booming space program at Vandenberg. Named for the early Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, the school board of Lompoc chose the Conquistador to be the mascot of the new high school in the early 1960s, with the black and gold of the first Spanish Californian flags as the school colors. In 1986, one student and one teacher started the Aquarium Club, which officially opened the Cabrillo High School Aquarium to tours in 2002. In 2007 the California Department of Education awarded Cabrillo as one of the winners for a California Distinguished School Award, as well as 171 other schools in California.

In 2015, a resident spoke in favor of changing the name and mascot due their associations with slavery and the colonization of Native Americans. School Board president Steve Straight told a reporter that he had been working at the school for over 50 years but has never heard anyone make that particular statement before. [3]

Sports

Cabrillo High School has won 13 CIF SS championships in 8 sports, including boys' basketball (1979), boys' cross country (2004), boys' track & field (1983, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1991), boys' water polo (1976, 1996, 2022), girls' track & field (1986), softball (1976, 1985), wrestling (1988), and women's water polo (2007). Cabrillo High has seen much success in aquatics, with a combined 62 league titles in boys' swimming (17 titles), boys' water polo (28 titles), girls' swimming (9 titles), and girls' water polo (8 titles).

Notable alumni

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