El Camino Real High School
Encyclopedia : E : EL : ELC : El Camino Real High School
| School name | El Camino Real Senior High |
| School Type | Public |
| Website | [link] |
| Principal | Kenny Lee |
| School District | Los Angeles Unified |
| Enrollment | 4,000 |
| Location | Woodland Hills, California |
| Mascot | Conquistadores |
El Camino Real Senior High School is known for its Academic Decathlon team. The team won national titles in 1998, 2001, 2004, and 2005. They also had strong hopes in 1999 winning the city competition and obtaining the 2nd highest national score at state but did not move on as the wildcard rule had not yet been instated. This one of the reasons for the creation of the wildcard rule. With their fourth national title in 2005, the school had back-to-back national victory, the first for any school in 20 years. This was the first team in Academic Decathlon history to win state and national competitions as a wild card team, as they lost the city competition but were allowed to continue as a wild card. Their 2004 Victory marked another first in USAD history, the first pair of siblings to win the national title both with the same school. The team has been criticized of late because of its method of team selection. The claims have, as of yet, been unsubstantiated.
Former San Francisco 49ers player Allan Kennedy graduated from El Camino Real.
Acclaimed producer Kliyea Colter and renowned band Josh Kaye's Psychadelik Phan Klub graduated from El Camino Real. They met through marching band and have collaborated on albums since 2000. A portion of their album profit proceeds has gone to the El Camino Real Marching Alliance.
Lead singer and punk rock icon, Greg Graffin, and possibly other members of Bad Religion, the San Fernando Valley based group, attended and graduated from El Camino Real.
In the late 1970s, El Camino Real was noted for its marching band, which won four of the first six Los Angeles City Marching Band championships (1976, 1977, 1979, 1980).
The school also has a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps unit that has been honored with distinguished unit (top 20% in the nation) three times in a row, including this year. They have qualified for the state-wide competition in 2006 at which they placed 4th overall and aspire to go to nationals in 2007.
El Camino Real's boys tennis team gained notoriety by winning five consecutive city championships from 2000-2004.El Camino also has a notable Science Bowl team. They compete in one of the toughest Science Bowl regions in the United States, at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. In 2001 the team placed 4th in the Los Angeles region, and in 2006 the team placed 2nd. El Camino has also won the Envirothon regional competition 6 consecutive years in a row placing 2 teams last year at the State division at 2nd place and 5th place. El Camino's 2006 Envirothon team placed first in the entire state and will compete in the nationals this summer.
The school also has a student webpage which can be located at http://ecr.lausd.k12.ca.us/.
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