Campbell High School (Georgia)

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Campbell High School
Established	1952
Type	Public High School
Principal	Kehl Arnson
Students	2000+
Grades	9–12
Location	5265 Ward Street Smyrna, Georgia, United States
Campus	Suburban
Colors	Blue
Mascot
Newspaper	Ward Street Journal
Website	[1]

Campbell High School is one of sixteen high schools in the Cobb County School District. The school was officially named after Orme Campbell, a successful businessman in Atlanta, who sold the land on which the original school was built. Orme Campbell Campbell High School opened in 1952 with the merger of Smyrna High School and Fitzhugh Lee high School. It opened with a total of 425 students in grades 8-11.

In 1989, Orme Campbell High School and F.T. Wills High School merged to form a new Smyrna High School. Prior to the merger, Campbell students were known as the Green and White "Panthers" and Wills students were known as the Red and Black "Tigers". The students united together in selecting new colors, Royal Blue and Silver, and a new mascot, the "Spartans". In 1990, the courts overruled the name change of the school, and the name Campbell High School was reinstated. Since the ruling pertained only to the school name, it was decided the new colors and the new mascot would be left unchanged.

Campbell High School participates in the International Baccalaureate educational program as a magnet high school for students from throughout Cobb County.