Campbell High School

Campbell High School is a public high school and International Baccalaureate magnet school located in Smyrna, Georgia (U.S.), northwest of Atlanta. It is part of the Cobb County School District. The school implemented the International Baccalaureate diploma program in 1997, serving as a magnet school for the Cobb County School District. History The school was named after Orme Campbell, the mother of the man who donated the land on which the original school was built, with the stipulation that the name of the school could never be changed. Orme Campbell High School opened in 1952 with the merger of Smyrna High School and Fitzhugh Lee High School. It opened with 425 students in grades 8-11. In 1989, Orme Campbell High School and F.T. Wills High School merged to form Smyrna High School. Before 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 in selecting new colors, royal blue and silver, and a new mascot, the "Spartans".