Camelback High School is part of the

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. The campus is located at 4612 North 28th Street, northeast of downtown

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, United States. Camelback's enrollment is just over 2,000 students, over 75 percent of whom are Hispanic. The school predominantly serves students from partner elementary districts Balsz, Creighton,

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History

Camelback was designed by a group of noted local architects consisting of

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, H. H. Green and John Sing Tang with Harold Ekman and Fred M. Guirey as consultant and supervising architects. The construction contract to build the school was awarded to Mardian Construction Co. The campus was renovated in 2007 with many of the outdated original buildings demolished and replaced with new buildings. Architectural Resource Team drew up the planes for the renovation.

Partner elementary districts

* Balsz * Creighton *

Notable alumni

* Patrick O. Ford – Vietnam war hero *

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– professional baseball player; pitched for 1969 "Miracle"

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– professional golfer, ASU *

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– NFL player, Chicago Bears and Arizona Cardinals, ASU *

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– actress, dancer *

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– former Mayor of Phoenix * Tom Robson – former

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– 2020 Phoenix Mayor Candidate & 2022 Phoenix City Council District 6 candidate *

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– US House of Representatives * Neal Smith – drummer for band

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Trivia

Camelback High School is referenced in the song "Alma Mater" by

, whose drummer Neal Smith graduated from there.

References

External links

Camelback High School

Phoenix Union High School District website

Arizona Department of Education School Report Card

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