Santa Ana High
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520 W. Walnut St.
Santa Ana 92701-5599
(714) 567-4900
* Enrollment: 3,318
* Established: 1889; rebuilt four years after the 1933 earthquake; renovated 1995
* Team name: Saints
* Principal: Dan Salcedo
* Student president: Tony Garcia
* Famous alumni: Actress Diane Keaton; singer Bill Medley; silent-film actor Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle; Skylab 3 astronaut Gerald Paul Carr; former All-Pro Cincinnati Bengals receiver Isaac Curtis; former Los Angeles Galaxy player Jose Vasquez; Olympic diving gold-medalist Greg Louganis attended the school
* Winning moments: Digital High School grant; Arts academy; boys’ and girls’ basketball playoffs; boys’ and girls’ soccer playoffs; postseason wrestling tournament; boys’ and girls’ cross-country championships; football playoffs; girls’ volleyball playoffs; boys’ water polo playoffs
* In the works: Flimmakers Tomorrow grant; Educate the Children partnership
* Graduation: 7 p.m. June 14 at the Santa Ana Municipal Stadium
SENIOR STANDOUT
Lauren Elizabeth Chamberlain of Santa Ana
* Achievements: Valedictorian; earned a 4.47 weighted grade-point average; named student ambassador to Israel; exchange student to Japan; science department Student of the Year nominee; Soroptomist Student of the Month; Key Club president; Vista Art and literary magazine editor-in-chief; Chamber Singers choir president; varsity tennis team Best Attitude; performed the lead in four school musicals; received Harvard book award; president’s student service award; Hope of America award; Chamber of Commerce scholarship; Music and Art Commendation for Youth award for outstanding acting
* Connections: Participated in junior varsity track; Dream Dialogue multicultural youth group; spoke on promoting tolerance and shattering stereotypes; co-organized party for abused and neglected youth; enjoys writing; painting; improvisational comedy; “singing in hallways”; volunteered more than 100 hours at a day-care center; Anti-Defamation League; Race for the Cure; AIDS Walk
* Ambitions: Attend UC Berkeley or Haverford College in Pennsylvania, major in cultural anthropology; “work to change the world by actively promoting tolerance and respect for all people”
* Family: Father is Nelson; mother is Margaret; brother is Edward
* Claim to fame: Recognized as a super-speed walker; “Whoosh! There she goes again!”
THE SENIOR CLASS: 530
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