Cortez High School

Cortez High School
Motto	"Cortez Together"
Established	1960
Type	Public high school
Principal	Reid Chitwood
Students	1,308
Location	8828 N.31st Ave., Phoenix, Arizona, USA
District	Glendale Union High School District
Colors	Black, White and Red
Nickname	Colts
Mascot	Calvin the Colt
Newspaper	The Spectator
Website	Glendale Union High School District

Cortez High School is located in Phoenix, Arizona. It is part of the Glendale Union High School District. The mascot is the Colt and the school colors are primarily black and white with red used as an alternate color.

Fight song

Run, Colts, run for victory. Win for the black and white.

Take Cortez up to the top. Come on, you Colts, and Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!

Though we play it fair and square, Our team will do or die.

So, fight to raise that score, team. On, Colts, for Cortez High.

Alma mater

Here in the Valley of the Sun We salute thee, Cortez High. Loud and true our praises ring. Echo through the sky. We'll evermore revere thy name; Let no honor pass her by. Now we hail thee, Alma Mater, Praise thee, Cortez High

Alumni

• Vincent Furnier, better known as Alice Cooper - Rock artist
• Dennis Dunaway, Glen Buxton and Michael Bruce - formed the band 'The Earwigs' while at Cortez and were original members of the Alice Cooper band

The school is namechecked in Alice Cooper's song 'Alma Mater' on the 1972 album 'School's Out'

• Greg Stanton, elected mayor of Phoenix, Arizona on November 8, 2011.

External links

• Cortez High School