El Camino Real High School
| El Camino Real Charter High School | |
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| Address | |
| 5440 Valley Cir Blvd, Woodland Hills, CA 91367 | |
| Information | |
| School type | Charter |
| Founded | 1969 |
| School district | Los Angeles Unified School District |
| Principal | - |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrolment | 3,766 |
| Colour(s) | Blue, Gold, and White |
| Mascot | The Conquistadors |
| Newspaper | The King's Courier |
| Website | ECRCHS Website |
El Camino Real Charter High School (also known locally as "ECR" or "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. The school, founded in 1969, was designed to emulate a small college campus, with a large central "quad" and an open campus policy (at least not in years 1969-1972).
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 Academic Performance Index was 832 out of 1,000 in 2012, a leap of 28 points over the previous year's mark.
From March 31, 2009, El Camino Real High School became a California Distinguished School. In December 2010, the teachers and staff at the school voted for it to become a charter school. This change took effect in the fall of 2011.
The school's Academic Decathlon team won national titles in 1998, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010 and 2014 (a national record).
ECR'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 is El Camino's award-winning school newspaper. The paper is student run and published every two weeks. Members of its staff return every year with trophies from regional, state and national competition, and its editors have moved on to positions on newspapers at schools such as Ole Miss, Harvard, Cornell, UCLA and Columbia. Its partner in journalism, "El Camino Reality," is a biweekly (soon to be weekly) webcast news show. Search "ECReality" on YouTube. The show's predecessor, "ECEye," also an award-winner, was unceremoniously and inexplicably removed from its weekly airing at El Camino in 2008 after a successful two-year run.
ECR's Mock Trial team has been active since 2012. The team is currently sponsored and coached by AP Government and Social Studies teacher Scott Lundgren alongside Spanish teacher Nadine De la rosa and lawyer-coach Eric Spencer. In the team's inaugural season the team finished with an 0–2 record against some of the top schools in the county, the losses came in small margins and showed hope for the young team. Noah Grossman, a junior at the time, won an award for his portrayal of one the cases key witnesses. The following season the team found huge success going on to win a trial with an impressive 26 point margin over Cathedral High School however lost by a close margin of four points to the previous year's third place team San Marino High School, ending their season. Junior Shawn Haq (Prosecution Lawyer) and Bryce Manley (Defense Witness) won the MVP awards for each of the two days. Senior Khephra Lord won the county award for best Clerk. In the offseason the team was invited and competed at the San Marino Mock Trial Inviational where the team went undefeated with sizable margins of victory.
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