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Bernalillo High School

Bernalillo High School

High school in Bernalillo, New Mexico, United States

Bernalillo High School is a public high school in Bernalillo, New Mexico, United States. The school is a part of the Bernalillo Public Schools district and is the only high school in the district. The mascot is the Spartan.

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Service area

The service area of its school district, and therefore the high school itself, includes most of Bernalillo as well as Algodones, Cochiti, Cochiti Lake, La Madera, Peña Blanca, Placitas, Pueblo of Sandia Village, San Felipe Pueblo, Santo Domingo Pueblo, and most of Santa Ana Pueblo.[3]

Athletics

Bernalillo High School competes in the District 2-AAAA.

In 2023, the high school posthumously honored Benny Shendo Sr. who won the state mile with a time of 4.44 (for all schools, regardless of size) in 1953, becoming the first state champion for Bernalillo High, with an honorary diploma. (The spring after his championship, Benny's grandfather died, requiring Benny to leave school to help run the family farm. He was then drafted to serve in the Korean War and never finished his diploma.)[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Staff Bernalillo High School". Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  2. [2]
    "BERNALILLO HIGH". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  3. [3]
    "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Sandoval County, NM" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  4. [4]
    "First State Champion in BHS History" by JoAnn Beuerle, Bernalillo Public Schools. May 22, 2023. Accessed May 30, 2023.
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