Adolfo Camarillo High School is a high school located in Camarillo, California. It was recognized as a California Distinguished School in 1996 and a National Blue Ribbon School in 1998. It is part of the Oxnard Union High School District. The land was purchased for the school by Adolfo Camarillo for the construction of a high school. Its current principal is Glenn Lipman. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Motto: The People are the City Location of Camarillo Country United States State California County Ventura Settled 1898 Incorporated (city) 1964 City Manager Jerry Bankston Area    - City 49. ... For other uses, see High school (disambiguation). ... Motto: The People are the City Location of Camarillo Country United States State California County Ventura Settled 1898 Incorporated (city) 1964 City Manager Jerry Bankston Area    - City 49. ... Oxnard Union High School District is a high school district for public schools in Oxnard, California that also serves the surrounding unincorporated areas of El Rio, Channel Islands and Somis as well as the cities of Port Hueneme and Camarillo Founded in 1905, the district is over 100 years old... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

History

ACHS was established in 1956 on land donated by Adolfo Camarillo. In 2006, the school celebrated its 50th year anniversary; in attendance were students from 1956.

The school has undergone recent refurbishments, including a new approx. 6,000 capacity football/soccer stadium, as well as new baseball and softball fields. The landmark stadium steps which feature a large blue scorpion can be seen from the 101 freeway. For other uses, see Scorpion (disambiguation). ... U.S. Highway 101, or U.S. Route 101 (U.S. 101), is a north-south highway that is aligned along the Pacific West Coast of the United States. ...

ACHS was one of the first High Schools in California to have a website representing the school. ACHS launched on April 6th, 1995. The site averages approx 20,000 hits per day, and holds two awards from the Scripps Howard Star Internet Awards. Students from every class visit the site's extensive Alumni pages. Scripps Center, the corporate headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio. ...

Academics & Athletics

Camarillo High School students' Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores have ranked consistently among the highest in Ventura County, 29%. Test scores indicate that Camarillo's students also continue to rank well above the state and national averages. [1] The SAT (pronounced S-A-T) Reasoning Test, formerly called the Scholastic Aptitude Test and Scholastic Assessment Test, is a type of standardized test frequently used by colleges and universities in the United States to aid in the selection of incoming students. ...

Because of its strong academics, many of Camarillo's high school graduates advance to institutions such as UCLA, UC Berkeley, Stanford, Pepperdine and USC. Binomial name Ucla xenogrammus Holleman, 1993 The largemouth triplefin, Ucla xenogrammus, is a fish of the family Tripterygiidae and only member of the genus Ucla, found in the Pacific Ocean from Viet Nam, the Philippines, Palau and the Caroline Islands to Papua New Guinea, Australia (including Christmas Island), and the... The University of California, Berkeley (also known as Cal, UC Berkeley, UCB, or simply Berkeley) is a prestigious, public, coeducational university situated in the foothills of Berkeley, California to the east of San Francisco Bay, overlooking the Golden Gate and its bridge. ... “Stanford” redirects here. ... Pepperdine University is a private institution of higher learning affiliated with the Church of Christ. ... The University of Southern California (also known as USC, SC, and Southern California), Californias oldest private research university, is located in the urban center of Los Angeles, California. ...

ACHS has also produced star athletes, including the first overall pick of the 2003 MLB Draft, Delmon Young and multi-sport collegiate star Joe Borchard. Delmon Damarcus Young, (born September 14, 1985 in Montgomery, Alabama), the younger brother of Dmitri Young, is an outfielder on the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and is arguably the top hitting prospect in baseball as of the end of the 2005 minor-league baseball season. ... Joseph King Edward Borchard (born November 25, 1978 in Panorama City, California), a 1997 graduate of Adolfo Camarillo High School in Camarillo, California was the 12th pick of the first round in the 2000 MLB amateur draft out of Stanford University by the Chicago White Sox. ...

In 2007, Camarillo's Softball team was ranked second in the California and the country. The team has also made it to the semi-final round of CIF Southern Section Div. I from 2001-2006. In the same year, the Camarillo Baseball team was runner up in CIF Div. II.

Controversy

In 2002, ACHS garnered attention when popular chemistry teacher and boys' tennis coach Chad Pridgen was arrested and charged with 20 felony counts of wrongful sex acts involving minors in the late 1990s. Pridgen, who himself is a father, is currently serving a 10-year sentence after pleading guilty to lesser charges. He was ordered to pay $12 million in a civil suit brought by his victims; the Oxnard Union High School District, his employer, settled a separate suit for $2.7 million. Oxnard Union High School District is a high school district for public schools in Oxnard, California that also serves the surrounding unincorporated areas of El Rio, Channel Islands and Somis as well as the cities of Port Hueneme and Camarillo Founded in 1905, the district is over 100 years old...

Mascot

The ACHS mascot is "Scorpy" the Scorpion, after the F-89 Scorpion fighter aircraft based out of the former Oxnard Air Force Base, now Camarillo Airport. The Northrop F-89 Scorpion was an early American jet-powered all-weather interceptor. ... Camarillo Airport (IATA: CMA, ICAO: KCMA) is a public airport located 3 miles (5 km) west of the city of Camarillo in Ventura County, California, USA. Camarillo airport is roughly equidistant from Los Angeles, CA and Santa Barbara, CA although it is inland. ...

Alma Mater

(sung to the tune of Far Above Cayuga's Waters) View of Cayuga Lake. ...

In the heart of California's

Golden sun and dew

Proudly stands the school we honor,

Glorious to view.

Ever in our hearts she'll linger,

Memories never die.

Hail to thee our school so loyal,

CAMARILLO HIGH!

Publications

The school yearbook is El Alacran (The Scorpion). The school newspaper is The Stinger. There is also an art/culture magazine called the Veritas.

Notable alumni

• Mike Parrott (1973) - Major League Baseball player
• Joe Borchard (1997) - Major League Baseball player
• Delmon Young (2003) - Major League Baseball #1 draft pick
• Tom Lenk - actor
• Jessica Mendoza - Softball Olympic gold medalist
• Hilary Van Dyke - actress

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External links

• ACHS.org
• More ACHS information
• Oxnard Union High School District
• City of Camarillo education