About Our School

After its initial beginnings as a Saturday school in Montebello teaching the Armenian language and culture, Armenian Mesrobian School was founded in 1965. The first year, the student body totaled 65 and classes included kindergarten through third grades. One grade level was added each year, and as the number of grades and the student population increased, the building was added on to and expanded. The first high school senior class graduated in 1975.

Until 1984, the school occupied its original campus on Beverly Road. Then the school moved to a leased facility in the El Rancho Unified School District. Mesrobian relocated in 1997 back to the original school site after a massive effort on the part of individuals and organizations within the community resulted in the complete renovation of the campus.

Mesrobian offers a comprehensive educational program, accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, to students ranging from early childhood education through twelfth grade. The college preparatory high school classes are certified to the University of California, and honors or Advanced Placement classes are offered in Armenian, English, mathematics, science, and social sciences.

Mesrobian graduates have been accepted to many colleges and universities such as California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; the Fullerton, Long Beach, Los Angeles, and Northridge campuses of California State University; Columbia University; Haigazian College, Beirut, Lebanon; Loyola-Marymount University; Pitzer College; Pomona College; Scripps College; the Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, and Santa Barbara campuses of the University of California; the University of Chicago; the University of Southern California; Whittier College; Yale University.

Alumni have distinguished themselves in the fields of business, chiropractic, education, engineering, entertainment, law, medicine, music, pharmacy, veterinary medicine, and various other fields.

Mesrobian is a member of the California Interscholastic Federation, and its teams compete in soccer, girls’ and boys’ basketball, and girls’ volleyball. Mesrobian’s teams have won 23 League Championships, 4 CIF Southern Section Academic Championships, and 5 CIF League Sportsmanship Awards.

The school serves students from various areas of Southern California including Montebello, Pasadena, Whittier, Diamond Bar, Hacienda Heights, and Orange County.

The campus facilities have improved and the student population has grown since 1965, but Mesrobian continues to strive toward its dual mission of providing a quality education and preserving the Armenian language, literature, culture, and religion.