Buena Park High

8883 Academy Drive

Buena Park 90621

(714) 870-3500

* Enrollment: 1,701

* Established: 1956

* Team name: Coyotes

* Newspaper: Paw Print

* Principal: Michael Conroy

* Student president: Chris Del Campo

* Famous alumnus: Actor Steven Seagal

* Winning moments: Future Farmers of America state Superior Chapter Award; Every 15 Minutes sobriety program; Women in Aviation Day; Inter Ethnic Council retreats; Renaissance assemblies; basketball player Matt Okoro, soccer player Jesus Cuevas and wrestler Cory Lynn named Freeway League Players of the Year; boys’ basketball Southern Section Division IIAA playoffs; football Southern Section Division IX playoffs; boys’ soccer Southern Section Division III playoffs

* In the works: Implementation of Digital High School grants; expansion of business partnerships

* Graduation: June 17, 5:30 p.m., at the stadium

SENIOR STANDOUT

John Y. Shen of La Palma

* Achievements: Valedictorian; earned a 4.77 weighted grade-point average; Bank of America plaque winner for science; passed every Advanced Placement exam taken; California Scholarship Federation seal bearer; Key Club’s commissioner of projects; shot a 68 at Diamond Bar Golf Course and a 69 at Eldorado Country Club in Indian Wells; named most valuable player and most inspirational player of the year in tennis

* Connections: Member of the Asian, French, Filipino and golf clubs; volunteers at Orangewood Children’s Home, homeless shelters, retirement homes, beach cleanups, graffiti wipeout and Easter egg hunts

* Ambitions: Attend UC Irvine; earn a master’s degree in business

* Family: Father is John K. Shen; mother is Yin Lu; brother is Ben

* Claim to fame: “I am known as a stock fanatic at school. I realized a 35% return in the first month of trading stocks.”

THE SENIOR CLASS: 373