Santiago High

12342 Trask Ave.

Garden Grove 92843-2899

(714) 663-6215

* Enrollment: 2,044

* Established: 1960

* Team name: Cavaliers

* Principal: Ginny Lombardi

* Student president: Anthony J. Garcia

* Valedictorian: Khoi Ngoc Ta

* Famous alumnus: Former major league pitcher Burt Blyleven

* Winning moments: Sister city trip to Korea; Academic Decathlon; girls’ basketball playoffs; boys’ and girls’ soccer playoffs; boys’ cross-country championships

* In the works: Daytime Adult Education Program; expand JROTC program; expand visual performing arts department; three new animation classes; stage production class; piano keyboarding class

* Graduation: 3 p.m. June 20 at Garden Grove High stadium

SENIOR STANDOUT

Yvette Ramirez of Santa Ana

* Achievements: Earned a 3.75 weighted grade-point average; top score on Advanced Placement test in Spanish; voted senior class president; Student of the Month; STAR recipient; National Honor Society; Honor roll; received Academic letter; speaks Spanish

* Connections: Member of Girls’ League; Community Hospital Board Representative Council four years; volunteered at convalescent home; City of Garden Grove; worked at the Limited Too

* Ambitions: Attend Chapman University on a president’s scholarship, major in psychology to become a psychologist

* Family: Father is Servando; mother is Leticia; sisters are Melinda and Julissa

* Thanks: “I am grateful for the opportunity to get to know and work with my classmates through different activities and organizations”

THE SENIOR CLASS: 394