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== External links ==
* [http://ecr.lausd.k12.ca.us/ El Camino Real High School]
* [http://ecr.lausd.k12.ca.us/ El Camino Real High School]
* [http://www.ecrnjrotc.com/ El Camino Real Naval JROTC]
* [http://www.ecrnjrotc.com/ El Camino Real Naval JROTC]

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El Camino Real High School
Location
Map
Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California
Information
TypePublic
Established1969
PrincipalDave Fehte
Enrollment3569
CampusSuburban
Color(s)Royal blue and camel
WebsiteOfficial website

El Camino Real High School (also known locally as "ECR" and by some more recently as "ELCO") is a public secondary school located in the Woodland Hills district of the San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles, California. It operates within the Los Angeles Unified School District.

The school, founded in 1969, was designed to emulate a small college campus, with a large central "quad" and an open campus policy.

ECR serves portions of Woodland Hills and West Hills and also maintains a sizable "traveling" student population from other areas of the district.

ECR's API is 768 out of 1000, APY is 22 out of 22.

As of March 31, 2009, El Camino Real High School is a California Distinguished School.

Athletics

El Camino Real's athletic teams are nicknamed the Conquistadores.

El Camino Real's swimming team was a powerhouse in the late 70s and 80s winning every city title between 1977 and 1989

El Camino Real's boys volleyball team, coached by Doug Coleman, went to city championship in 2008 first time ever in history of El Camino Real losing to Palisades HS.

El Camino Real's boys tennis team, coached by Marvin Jones, gained notoriety by winning five consecutive city championships from 2000-2004. In the late 1970s, El Camino Real was noted for its marching band, led by Karl Raschkes, which won four of the first six Los Angeles City Marching Band championships (1976, 1977, 1979, 1980). [citation needed]

El Camino Real's boys golf team, coached by Eric Choi, gained recognition by winning their first Los Angeles CIF City Section Championship in 2007.[citation needed]

El Camino Real's baseball team has been a baseball powerhouse for many years and won its last City Championship in 2005.[citation needed]

El Camino Real's wrestling team, coached by Terry Fischer, has won City Championships in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. The team won four consecutive championships in 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000, a City record.

El Camino Real's track and field and cross country teams are quite outstanding. Jared Long had quite a year winning the 2007 Cross Country City Championship with a 15:39[1] and won the 3200 meters at City for Track and Field in 2008 with 9:36.41. The following year, Brett Schmitt grabbed the individual city title for cross country in a school record time of 15:05.96. The Pole Vault also proved to be a strength; Kyle Ballew took first place at city vaulting 12-06.00 and Matt Jenowski placed second with 12 even. Shot Putter, David Mahoney also competed well throwing 57-01.50, taking first place[2]. The Boy's Vasity Track and Field team placed second at City Championships in 2008 beating acclaimed rival Birmingham.

Academic Competitions

Academic Decathlon Team

El Camino Real High School has a popular and successful Academic Decathlon team. The team won its first competition under then coach Mark Johnson, taking home the Los Angeles City title in 1989-1990[3].They would later go on to finish 2nd that year at the State Competition. The team has remained successful in competition, and has won National titles in 1998, 2001, 2004, 2005, and 2007[4]. With their fourth national title in 2005, the team recorded back-to-back national titles, the first for any school in 20 years. The 2005 team was the first in Academic Decathlon history to win state and national competitions as a wild card team, when they lost the city competition but were allowed to continue as a wild card. In 2006, the team was not able to win the city competition, but entered into the state competition as a wild card. El Camino was not able to win the 2006 State Competition, losing to cross-town rival Taft High School, however, they still garnered the second highest score in the nation. El Camino Real's now five national titles stands with J.J Pearce from Richardson, Texas.

2007 marked records for El Camino Real's Academic Decathlon Team. They have now achieved the 1st team ever to win as a wild card at State competition (and they've done it twice), as well as winning with siblings from a previous year (Namely, Sam Farahmand and Jiyoung Kim who are the respective siblings of Ben Farahmand and Jihwan Kim of the 2005 National Champions. [citation needed]This occurred in school history once previously, 2004 National Champion member Adrian Wittenberg (Varsity) is the younger sister of 2001 National Champion member Alan Wittenberg (Varsity). Moreover, as of 2007, Frank Soberanis holds the second highest Varsity score ever: 8,920 of a possible 10000[5].

Science Bowl

El Camino's Science Bowl competes in one of the most difficult regions in all of the United States. In recent years, they have made it to the semifinals and placed in the top 4 four times in recent history. In 2001, they placed fourth; 2006-2nd place; 2007- 3rd place; and in 2009-4th place.

The King's Courier

The King's Courier is El Camino's school newspaper. Published about every two weeks, it is a student run paper. The newspaper is noted for its dedicated editors and professional lay out.

Mock Trial

El Camino also has a powerful Mock Trial competition team. The team was created in 2008 by Christopher Abkarians and was sponsored by Michelle Greene. With 17 full-time members, Mock Trial represents a vast array of dedicated students interested in performance and law. In 2008, the team faced two competitors- it was ultimately defeated by a narrow margin by the defending champions- a valiant effort for the competitions only rookie team.[citation needed]

Model UN Competition

The school's Model United Nations Team earned awards in 1976 and 1977 at the Model UN competitions at the University of California-Riverside and the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA).[citation needed] The teams were headed by Social Studies Department teachers Kenneth Craft and Murray Shapiro. Participants in the program during this time period included noted Bay Area attorney Michael A. Futterman and Austin, Texas semiconductor and software executive Alan R. Weiss.

Envirothon

El Camino Real has also won the Envirothon regional competition 7 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 went on to place fourth in the nationals competition in Canada.

JETS (Junior Engineering Technical Society)

JETS promotes interest in engineering, science, math, and technology in high school students and provides them with real-world engineering teamwork and problem-solving experiences. The Team participates in the JETS-TEAMS (Test of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics, and Science) Competition that occurs annually in March and is hosted and sponsored by the Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California (USC).

In 2006, the ECR JETS Team won 2nd place at the Southern California Regional Varsity Competition, missing First Place to Beverly Hills High School by one point.

In 2007, the ECR JETS Team again won 2nd place at the Southern California Regional Varsity Competition, increasing their score significantly by 7 points but once again missing First Place to Beverly Hills High School by only one point.

In 2008, the ECR JETS Team won 1st place at the Southern California Regional Varsity Competition, defeating rival Beverly Hills High School. El Camino Real also placed second in the state of California, and advanced to the nationals.

In 2009, the ECR JETS Team had tied a second place with another high school at their division. However, the team had only received the trophy of the third place because of a random tie breaker.

El Camino Real Robotics

In 2009, the ECR Robotics Team, sponsored by teacher Sarvenaz Morshedi and ECR alum Ray Straub, fielded two teams: 404 and 404b. Both teams qualified for the 2009 Vex Championship of the Americas in Omaha, Nebraska. Both robots earned the first place in the 2009 Vex Championship of Americas. Team 404 also won the 2009 Vex World Championship at Dallas, Texas, a competition that hosted almost 300 robots from around the world.

JROTC

ECR has an active Naval Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps unit. The cadets compete in the fields of academics, drill, and athletics, in addition to completing thousands of hours of community service per school year. The ECR NJROTC is competitive in its local area, and has qualified for the Area 11 Regional Invitational Field Meet in every recent school year, which is akin to a state competition in varsity athletics. The title of "Distinguished Unit" has been awarded to the Conquistadors for seven consecutive years.

Fine Arts

ECR also has two notable choral groups, under the direction of Terrence Fischer for the last 15 years. These groups consist of the El Camino Real Girls Choir, an SSAA choir composed of girls from freshman to senior year, and the Camerata, an SATB choir composed of mostly juniors and seniors. Both groups have achieved considerable success.

In the summer of 2004, Camerata performed the Mozart Requiem as well as other pieces under the direction of Dr. Eph Ehly at Oberammergau, Germany during the 2004 Oberammergau International Choral Festival.

In 2007, the girls choir performed Stephen Paulus' Songs of Meditation with several other women's choirs, a production by MidAmerica Productions. It was only the second performance of the piece with an orchestra, originally commissioned by the Tucson Boys Choir. In the summer of 2007, Camerata also traveled to Lucerne, Switzerland to perform.

ECR is also renowned for its drama program, cited as one of LAUSD's finest theatre programs.

Demographics

7% African American, 1% American Indian, 10% Asian, 4% Filipino, 25% Latino, 0% Pacific Islander, 53 % White (not Latino), 5% English Learners, 7% Special Education, 43% Gifted and Talented, 22% Economically Disadvantaged, 15% Students moving in and out of this school during the year

Notable alumni

Janel Moloney : American actress

References

  1. ^ latimes.com/sports/highschool
  2. ^ nilstrom.com
  3. ^ California Regionals
  4. ^ Academic Decathlon National Champions
  5. ^ Top 10 Varsity List
  6. ^ http://movies.nytimes.com/person/302580/America-Ferrera/biography

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