Alhambra High School (Phoenix, Arizona)
Alhambra High School is part of the Phoenix Union High School District. The campus is located at 3839 West Camelback Road, northwest of downtown Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Alhambra's enrollment is 2900 students, just under 80 percent of whom are Hispanic.[1] The school predominantly serves students from partner elementary districts Alhambra, Isaac and Phoenix Elementary, however students from across the district come to Alhambra for its Phoenix Union Magnet Program—Medical and Health Studies.[2]
The school's band was comically featured by Tempe, Arizona-based Comedy metal group Psychostick on their 2007 holiday EP The Flesh Eating Roller Skate Holiday Joyride. The band's drummer, Alex Preiss, is an AHS alumni and a member of the 2001 concert band featured on the opening track, "Doom to the World".
Facts
- The Alhambra campus comprises approximately four square blocks and is located on Camelback Road, between 37th and 39th Avenues. It shares its floor plan/campus layout with its "sister school", Maryvale High School, located at the corner of 59th Avenue and Osborn. This shared plan and "sister school" status is often considered the impetus for the rivalry between the two school's athletics and sports teams and departments.
- Is the only school in the Phoenix Union High School District to host the Medical Arts Program also headed By Jeff Flack the Athletic Trainer and also train the GCU(Grand Canyon University) Interms
Athletic State championships
- 1971 Girls Golf (Team - defeated Phoenix Camelback and Tucson Santa Rita)
- 1974 Boys Basketball (defeated Phoenix East)
- 1977 Girls Golf (Laurie Merten)
- 1977 Girls Golf (Team - defeated Tempe McClintock and Avondale Agua Fria)
- 1978 Girls Volleyball (defeated Tucson Sahuaro)
- 1985 Boys Basketball (defeated Tucson Catalina)
- 2007 Boys Cross Country (defeated Tempe Desert Vista and Mesa Mountain View)
- 2008 Boys Cross Country (Jorge Martinez)
- 2009 Boys Lacrosse ({Izzy Estrella team captain}defeated Trevor Browne)‡
- 2009 Boys Cross Country (defeated Corona del Sol and Desert Vista)
- 2010: Boys' cross country
- 2010: Boys Hand ball champ Eduardo Benitez in 5-A1 tournament ( Defeated South Harmony Instatue of Technology and Vally Vista)
‡Lacrosse and Hand ball is not sanctioned as a sport by the Arizona Interscholastic Association; instead, the program is a club team composed of students at the school.
Notable alumni
- Paul Cook - science fiction writer
- Billy Boat - Auto Race; 2nd place, Indy 500
- Bob Breunig - Pro football player
- Eric Johnson - Pro football player
- Aaron Muñoz (2011 #34 MLB Draft pick of Toronto Blue Jays) - Baseball Player
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