Esperanza High School

1830 N. Kellogg Drive

Anaheim 92807

(714) 779-7870

* Enrollment: 2,864

* Established: 1974

* Team name: Aztecs

* Newspaper: The Aztlan

* Principal: Dave Flynn

* Student president: Roxana Rezai

* Valedictorians: Kai-Hua Kelvin Yu and Max Lin

* Winning moments: 13 National Merit scholars; Jonathan Hoffman named outstanding orator at county Mock Trial; cheerleading, songleading and dance national champions; girls’ cross-country Southern Section Division I and state Division I runners-up; boys’ and girls’ basketball Southern Section Division IAA playoffs; football Southern Section Division I playoffs; boys’ and girls’ soccer Southern Section Division I playoffs; girls’ water polo Southern Section Division I playoffs; wrestling Southern Section playoffs

* In the works: 11 additional classrooms; computer-programming classes in animation, visual Basic, Web page design and the Internet; completion of Internet access to classrooms

* Graduation: June 17, 6 p.m., at Valencia High’s stadium in Placentia

SENIOR STANDOUT

Max Lin of Yorba Linda

* Achievements: Earned a 4.7 weighted grade-point average; perfect score on the PSAT; National Merit scholar; Coca-Cola scholar; California Scholarship Federation seal bearer; Senior Prom court; National Forensics League quad ruby; Esperanza outstanding debater; Mock Trial champion; Academic Decathlon; Apple Computer Futures program; National Honor Society president

* Connections: IMMEX software development internship; Red Cross leadership development counselor; AVID; class tutor; volunteers for the YMCA, Red Cross and local library

* Ambitions: Attend the Jerome Fisher Management and Technology Program at the University of Pennsylvania; double majoring in computer science and economics from the Wharton School of Business

* Family: Father is Joseph Lin; mother is Tina; sisters are Yvonne and Elaine

* Claims to fame: Numerous scholarships, including the $10,000 Tylenol scholarship

THE SENIOR CLASS: 627