El Modena High

3920 Spring St.

Orange 92669

(714) 997-6331

* Enrollment: 1,737

* Established: 1966

* Team name: Vanguards

* Newspaper: The Front Line

* Principal: Nancy Murray

* Student president: Jeff Tucker

* Valedictorians: Scott Worsley, Raymond Chen, Amy Tokuhiro, Blair Vaughan and Daniel Fingal

* Winning moments: Three seniors were accepted to Harvard University; sudden appearance of an 8-foot-tall chicken on the roof of the cafeteria; girls’ basketball Southern Section Division IIAA playoffs; girls’ cross-country state Division III playoffs; girls’ soccer Southern Section Division III playoffs; wrestling Southern Section playoffs

* In the works: El Modena Arts Academy to open next year; use of Specialized Secondary Program funding; completion of classroom wiring to access technology; remodeling of the cafeteria and theater facility

* Graduation: June 17, 4 p.m., at the stadium

SENIOR STANDOUT

Jeff Tucker of Orange

* Achievements: Earned a 4.82 weighted grade-point average; scored 800 on SAT verbal; California Scholarship Federation; National Honor Society; varsity cross-country and track

* Connections: Drama; International Thespian Society; Boy Scouts; volunteers at church service projects, often involving feeding the homeless; Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation

* Ambitions: Attend Brigham Young University; serve as a missionary; earn a master’s in business administration

* Family: Father is Robert Tucker; mother is Victoria; sister is Courtney

* Claim to fame: “I performed on the sitcom ‘Frasier’ twice. The second time I ate bagels with the cast. Nice people they are.”

THE SENIOR CLASS: 377