Cornelia Connelly High
Cornelia Connelly High
2323 W. Broadway
Anaheim 92804
(714) 776-1717
* Enrollment: 215
* Established: 1961
* Landmarks: The gardens; senior locker room decorated by senior class
* Hangouts: Taco Bell; In-N-Out Burger; Cortina Italian Market; Servite High School
* Team name: Koalas
* Newspaper: Broadway Review
* Head of school: Francine Gunther
* Student president: Kristina Erbstoesser
* Famous alumni: Naomi Marita, first female graduation speaker at Harvard; Sister Susan Slater, provincial superior of the American Province of the Society of the Holy Child
* Unsung heroes: Biology teacher Mary Pat Anderson, who has been at the school since 1975; Ramon Perez, groundskeeper and new U.S. citizen
* Winning moments: Senior Julia Adams became a National Merit Scholarship Program finalist; German teacher Fraulein Diane Seely won the Notre Dame Great Teacher award
* Traditions: Ring Night; Student Head-for-the-Day; Senior Portfolio Night; Yearbook “blackmail photo page”
* Graduation: June 7, 5 p.m., at the school field
SENIOR STANDOUT
Amy Vu of Garden Grove
* Achievements: Earned a 4.38 weighted grade-point average; senior class president; yearbook editor; Scout leader; founded school Outdoor and Key clubs; UC Santa Barbara Qualifying Exams honors in biology and chemistry; National Science Olympiad distinction in chemistry and biology; National Honor Society director of publicity
* Connections: Student council; Interact club; Academic Council; school board education committee; volunteers to help the homeless; participates in the AIDS Walk
* Ambitions: Attend Caltech, major in biology; become an orthodontist
* Family: Parents are Kent and Vonnie Vu
* Claim to fame: “My love for Arby’s French fries”
THE SENIOR CLASS: 40
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