Prospect High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school

High school

High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....

 of the Campbell Union High School District

Campbell Union High School District

The Campbell Union High School District, referred to as the CUHSD, is a school district in the greater San Jose, California, USA area, including Campbell and Saratoga. Its five main campuses, Branham, Del Mar, Leigh, Prospect, and Westmont, serve more than 7800 students, and employ 550 teachers and...

, located at the intersection of Lawrence Expressway and Prospect Road in the northeastern corner of Saratoga, California

Saratoga, California

Saratoga is a city in Santa Clara County, California, USA. It is located on the west side of the Santa Clara Valley, directly west of San Jose, in the San Francisco Bay area. The population was 29,926 at the 2010 census....

, on its border with San Jose

San Jose, California

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. It serves northern Saratoga, the eastern portion of West San Jose

West San Jose, San Jose, California

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, and western Campbell

Campbell, California

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. The school principal is Diane Burbank. The majority of the students from Moreland Middle School feed into Prospect, a.k.a. PHS.

Notable alumni

• Gordy Carbone
  Gordy Carbone
  Gordy Carbone aka Gordy Forgotten aka Gordon Carbone is an American entertainer. Born in Napa, CA in 1972 Carbone has lived in many places in the San Francisco Bay area but most notably Campbell, Ca and San Jose. Gordy Carbone plays in the punk bands The Forgotten and Lars Frederiksen & the Bastards...
  
  , lead singer of the well known punk band The Forgotten (band)
  The Forgotten (band)
  The Forgotten is an American punk rock band based in Campbell, CA. The Forgotten have toured the US, Canada, Europe and Japan numerous times and continues to play locally and tour abroad almost every year. Currently The Forgotten are playing locally and writing new material for the next...
  
  , and Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards
  Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards
  Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards were an American street punk band formed to release the songs that Lars had written. Their songs include subject matter consisting of drinking, fighting, drugs, sex, prostitutes, gangs, and street life...
  
  . He has co-hosted an XM Satellite Radio show with Lars Frederiksen
  Lars Frederiksen
  Lars Erik Frederiksen is an American guitarist and vocalist, most notably for the punk rock band Rancid, and as the frontman of Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards and The Old Firm Casuals. He was also briefly a member of the UK Subs in 1991...
  
  , called Rancid Radio. He also has appeared on The Food Network grilling with Bobby Flay
  Bobby Flay
  Robert William "Bobby" Flay is an American celebrity chef, restaurateur and reality television personality. He is the owner and executive chef of 12 restaurants: Mesa Grill in Las Vegas, New York City, and the Bahamas ; Bar Americain in New York City and Uncasville, Connecticut; Bobby Flay Steak...
  
  
• Steve Harwell
  Steve Harwell
  Steven Scott Harwell is an American musician. He is the lead vocalist for the band Smash Mouth. Greg Camp formed Smash Mouth with Harwell, Kevin Coleman, and Paul De Lisle...
  
   Lead singer of the well known band, Smash Mouth
  Smash Mouth
  Smash Mouth is an American rock band from San Jose, California. The band was formed in 1994, and was originally composed of Steve Harwell, Greg Camp, Paul De Lisle and Kevin Coleman as lead vocals, guitar, bass and drums respectively...
  
  
• Brett Bonvechio, class of 2000, San Antonio Missions
  San Antonio Missions
  The San Antonio Missions are a minor league baseball team based in San Antonio, Texas. The team, which plays in the Texas League, is the Double-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres major-league club. The Missions play in Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium, located in San Antonio...
  
   baseball player (San Diego Padres
  San Diego Padres
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  ' AA minor league team)
• Jeff Jordan, class of 1989, San Diego Lifeguard, was one of 5 lifeguards to recreate an historic 12-day dory voyage that roughly retraced the route taken in 1934 by two pioneer watermen .
• Jon Nakamatsu
  Jon Nakamatsu
  Jon Yasuhiro Nakamatsu is a Japanese American classical pianist who still resides in San Jose but mostly performs away from home. He is the son of David Y. Nakamatsu and Karen F. Maeda Nakamatsu .In June 1997 Nakamatsu won the Gold Medal at the Tenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition...
  
  , class of 1986, concert pianist

Sports

• 1988 Varsity football team won WVAL division title by being undefeated (9-0). They lost in the quarterfinals of the CCS Div 1-3A playoffs to Wilcox High (25-6).

• 1997 Varsity Football team won BVAL division title by being undefeated (9-0-1)).

See also

• Santa Clara County high schools