El Camino Fundamental High School
El Camino Fundamental High School is a public high school in Arden-Arcade, California, near Sacramento. It is part of the San Juan Unified School District. Built in 1951 as El Camino High School, "Fundamental" was added to the name in the late 1970s to signify the school's intention to focus upon basic (fundamental) characteristics of successful schools, in particular a return to a strong disciplinary emphasis, a stripped-down college preparatory curriculum, and a contract-supported, enroll-through-application-only process.
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Key facts
• Name — El Camino Fundamental High School • Address — 4300 El Camino Avenue • City — Arden-Arcade • County — Sacramento County • State — California • Country — United States • Zipcode — 95873 • Fundingtype — Public • Schooltype — high school • Gender — Coeducational • District — San Juan Unified School District • Enrollment — 1,296 (2023-2024) • Teaching Staff — 55.94 (FTE) • Ratio — 23.17 • Colors — Kelly Green white White black Black • Mascot — Eagle • Athletic Conference — Golden Empire League • Athletics — Baseball • basketball • cross country • football • golf • soccer • softball • swimming • tennis • track & field • volleyball • water polo • wrestling • Principal — Evelyn Welborn • Yearbook — The Aerie • Newspaper — The Eagle Eye • Website — www.sanjuan.edu/ElCamino
Curriculum
Curriculum
The school offers Advanced Placement courses.
El Camino Band
El Camino Band
El Camino Fundamental High School has four academic bands and one Pep Band.
El Camino Choir
El Camino Choir
Choral Director David Vanderbout, a 2005 graduate of El Camino High School, led the school's choirs from 2012 to 2022. He led a beginning choir, and intermediate choir, and an advanced Jazz choir. He has since left to teach at Jesuit High School.
El Camino Theatre
El Camino Theatre
El Camino Fundamental High School offers two theatrical classes, Beginning, and Advanced Drama. The program has also put on 3 productions every year while offering students the option of being a part of the cast or crew.
EPI (Eagle Polytechnic Institute)
EPI (Eagle Polytechnic Institute)
The EPI program is for 10th-12th students who wish to have a different high school experience. EPI is a California Partnership Academy that runs as a School within a School format. EPI students share 2-4 classes with each other every year. These classes strive to feature cross-curricular core content and activities focused around manufacturing and engineering.
Academic Decathlon
Academic Decathlon
El Camino won the Sacramento County Academic Decathlon back-to-back in 1984 and 1985.
Sports
Sports
Several El Camino Fundamental High School's has numerous sports teams. The school competes in the Golden Empire League.
Principals
Principals
Evelyn Welborn is the current principal of the school. Shelley Friery, formerly a vice principal of the school, served as principal until 2017, having served since 2013. Jill Spears, formerly a vice principal at the school, was the principal until 2013, having served since 2010. Michael Stockdale, formerly a vice principal at Woodcreek High School in Roseville, CA was the principal from 2007 to 2010. Ernest Boone, formerly the principal at River City High School in West Sacramento, CA and Vacaville High School in Vacaville, CA was the principal of El Camino from 1993 to 2007.
Notable alumni
Notable alumni
• Andy Allo – singer and songwriter • Mike Burton - Olympic gold medalist swimmer • Jessica Chastain – Academy-Award-winning actress (dropped out) • Claude "Butch" Lee Edge – former MLB pitcher • Josh Emmett - former El Camino wrestler, professional MMA fighter signed with UFC • Michael Faulkender – professor of finance at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland and former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury. • Mandisa Hundley – singer • Laura Ingle – correspondent for Fox News Channel • Phil Isenberg – state assemblyman and former Sacramento mayor • Christina Kahrl – co-founder of Baseball Prospectus, editor for ESPN.com, and member of the Baseball Writers' Association of America • Victor Kim – former member of Quest Crew, winners of MTV's 3rd season of America's Best Dance Crew • Derrek Lee (1993) – former MLB first baseman • Kate Levering – actress • Larry Linville – Major Frank Burns in the television series M*A*S*H • Malati Dasi (born Melanie Lee Nagel) – first international female leader of the Hare Krishna movement • Tim Wheeler – professional baseball player; was the 2011Texas League home run champion.
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- 1.CBS Interactive. El Camino Athletics. MaxPreps.
- 2.Advanced Placement - El Camino Fundamental High School. elcamino.sanjuan.edu.
- 3.Course Catalog - El Camino Fundamental High School. elcamino.sanjuan.edu.
- 4.Sacramento County Office of Education. Sacramento County Academic Decathlon: Champions. www.scoe.net.
- 5.Athletics - El Camino Fundamental High School. elcamino.sanjuan.edu.
- 6.Jessica Chastain Dropped Out of High School, Was a "Terrible Student". Us Weekly. January 8, 2015.
- 7.San Juan Education Foundation. Laura Ingle. sanjuaneducationfoundation.org.
- 8.Basofin, Pete. In History's Spotlight: Larry Linville. The Sacramento Bee. August 21, 2011.
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