La Quinta High

10372 McFadden Ave.

Westminster 92683

(714) 663-6315

* Enrollment: 1,460

* Established: 1963

* Team name: Aztecs

* Newspaper: Aztec Sun

* Principal: Jim Monohan

* Student president: Ming Li

* Valedictorians: Stacia Dike, Cecilia Do, Gary Duong, Nina Mendoza and Chau Diem Tran

* Winning moments: Started the year with 10 new teachers and increased enrollment; football coach Jeff Veeder named Coach of the Year by the Los Angeles Times; swimming pool reconstruction completed; after-school tutoring programs implemented for ninth-graders Parent Teacher Staff/Student Organization established; football Southern Section Division IX playoffs; boys’ and girls’ basketball Southern Section Division IIIAA and IIAA playoffs; girls’ soccer Southern Section Division IV playoffs

* In the works: Varsity football coach and basketball coach to be named; Internet access, TV, VCR and overhead projector for classrooms; 12 more computers for the library

* Graduation: June 22, 3 p.m., at Bolsa Grande High’s stadium in Garden Grove

SENIOR STANDOUT

Stacia Dike of Garden Grove

* Achievements: Earned a 4.0 grade-point average; Golden Aztec; Bank of America plaque winner in fine arts; named outstanding new vocal and band member; Associated Student Body assemblies commissioner; Winterguard; California Scholarship Federation historian; pep club treasurer; head drum major; junior varsity volleyball’s most valuable player; All-Star drum major; third in the league for track and field high jump; speaks Spanish

* Connections: Performed in school productions; volunteers at Awana Boys’ and Girls’ Club, Reality Check-ministry and YUGO program

* Ambitions: Attend Biola University; study business, accounting and music

* Family: Father is Donald Dike; mother is Sharyn; brothers are Jason and Justin; dog is Missy

* Claims to fame: “My singing group has sung for President Bush, Vice President Quayle and Gov. Pete Wilson. My father went to [Garden Grove High] school with Steve Martin.”

THE SENIOR CLASS: 313