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Kofa High School

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Type
  
Public high school

Color(s)
  
Crimson and white

Mascot
  
Kings

Principal
  
Michael R. Sharp

Phone
  
+1 928-502-5400

Number of students
  
2,128

Enrollment
  
2,128 (October 1, 2012)

Website
  
http://www.kofa.yumaunion.org/

Address
  
3100 S Avenue A, Yuma, AZ 85364, USA

District
  
Yuma Union High School District


Kofa High School is a high school in Yuma, Arizona. It is a part of the Yuma Union High School District.

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It was the second high school to be established in the community. The school shares its name with the Kofa Mountains, which were named for the King of Arizona gold mine, discovered in King Valley in 1896 and active from 1897 to 1910. The mine used to stamp its property "K of A", and is commonly known as the Kofa Mine. The school draws its mascot, the King, from the mine as well.

Kofa high school opening doors


Notable alumni, attendants, and faculty

  • Cain Velasquez, two-time Arizona State Wrestling Champion; professional mixed martial artist; former UFC Heavyweight champion
  • Roger L. Worsley, later a college president and administrator in Texas and Arkansas, taught at Kofa 1959-1962
  • Taylor Stoermer, Ph.D., Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Fellow and Instructor of Public History at Harvard University; adviser to C-SPAN and television presenter; former chief historian of Colonial Williamsburg and senior aide to US Senator Mary Landrieu; author of Colonial Williamsburg: The Official Guide; attended Kofa 1987-1988

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    Kofa High School Wikipedia
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