Adolfo Camarillo, who founded the city of Camarillo and was instrumental in the creation of the Oxnard Union High School District, donated 50 acres (20 ha) of his Rancho Calleguas property for a public high school in 1950.[5] Adolfo Camarillo High School opened in 1956,[6] initially educating high school students from the Camarillo and Conejo Valley areas.[7] (Thousand Oaks High School opened in 1962 to serve the latter.)
Adolfo Camarillo High School's athletic teams are nicknamed the Scorpions. The school is a charter member of the Coastal Canyon League (CCL), a conference within the CIF Southern Section (CIF-SS) that was established in 2014. ACHS competes in the CCL for all sports except football and in the Marmonte Football Association for football.[8] Prior to 2014, the school was a long-time member of the Pacific View League. Camarillo's primary rival is Rio Mesa High School.[2][3]
The first ACHS team to earn a CIF-SS championship was the boys' basketball team in 1972. soccer team, a 1983 co-championship with Dos Pueblos High School after playing to a 3–3 draw in the final.[9]: 131
The ACHS softball team won three CIF-SS championships in 1991, 2011, and 2017; the first of these came against Buena High School.[9]: 143–145
Camarillo won section titles in baseball in 2002,[9]: 10 boys' volleyball in 2003,[9]: 356 and boys' wrestling (dual-meet championship) in 2015.[9]: 348
The school hosts the Camarillo Classic, a well known early season, two-day invitational track-and-field event, every March.[10][11][12] It attracts dozens of teams from all over Southern California.[13] The Distance Classic portion of the event has attracted notable athletes such as Jordan Hasay, Duane Solomon and Christine Babcock to come and produce record-breaking performances at the Camarillo Classic. In 2007, when Hasay ran her meet record 10:04.07 in the 3200 meters, both standing national record holders in the event, Kim Mortensen and Jeff Nelson, were in attendance.[14]
^Wolowicz, Daniel (June 23, 2006). "Departing class sparks new tradition for school". The Camarillo Acorn. Retrieved March 31, 2021. Adolfo Camarillo High School's class of 2006 celebrated the school's 50th anniversary with a new tradition during graduation last week. Graduating seniors passed an Olympic torch to underclassmen.
^Storer, Mark (October 6, 2014). "Roots run deep for many in Camarillo High class of 1960". Ventura County Star. Retrieved March 31, 2021. Telford was born in Canada but moved to Thousand Oaks in 1955. Camarillo High School was the closest high school for him at the time, and he was bused over the Conejo Grade to the school.
