Natomas High School

School in Sacramento, California, United States

Slogan"It's a Great Day to be a Nighthawk!...CAW!"Team nameNighthawksRivalInderkum High SchoolSTAR average701Graduates87%Phone916-641-4960Websitenatomasunified.org/nhs/

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.

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.^[2] For the previous three years, high school students in the district attended classes on the campus of Leroy Greene Middle School.^[3]

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".^[4]

Notable alumni

Daniel Cuevas – winger for Lobos de la BUAP in Ascenso MX and United States men's national under-20 soccer team
Robert Rothbart – center for Hapoel Galil Elyon in the Israeli basketball league
Teal Wicks – Actress. Performed 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.

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.

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c "Natomas High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
^ [1]"NATOMAS GEAR UP FOR THE ... FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL", no byline given, Sacramento Bee, September 2, 1997, Page B8
^ [2]"NATOMAS HIGH OPENS TO RAVE REVIEWS COMMUNITY HAS WAITED NEARLY A DECADE FOR MODERN, HIGH-TECH CAMPUS", no byline given, Sacramento Bee, September 11, 1997, Page N1
^ [3]"Business academy suits students at Natomas High", no byline given, Sacramento Bee, November 22, 2002, Page N1