Ocean View High
17071 Gothard St.
Huntington Beach 92647
(714) 848-0656
* Enrollment: 1,481
* Established: 1976
* Team name: Seahawks
* Newspaper: The Breeze
* Principal: Karen Gilden
* Student president: Edgar Zapata
* Valedictorians: Jessica Johnson and Zeynep Eroglu
* Winning moments: Seven National Merit Scholar finalists; International Baccalaureate program; relief effort for victims of Hurricane Mitch; senior May Halim selected to play second violin in the 1999 All-Southern California High School Honor Band and Honor Orchestra; senior Edgar Zapata became mayor of Huntington Beach and 17 other students served as city council members on Youth in Government Day; 28th Annual Walk America raised $2,500 for the March of Dimes; astronaut Mark L. Polansky visited; boys’ basketball Southern Section Division IIA playoffs; girls’ soccer Southern Section Division III playoffs; girls’ volleyball Southern Section Division IIIAA playoffs
* In the works: Outside snack bar and restroom facility; Digital High School grant
* Graduation: June 15, 5 p.m., at Westminster High
SENIOR STANDOUT
Zeynep Eroglu of Huntington Beach
* Achievements: Earned a 4.82 weighted grade-point average; International Baccalaureate diploma; Advanced Placement scholar with distinction; Golden State seal; merit diploma; principal’s award; 12 Golden Hawk nominations and three-time finalists; Elks Club scholarship; science and English student of the month; regional occupational program certificate of excellence; perfect attendance since 9th grade; speaks Turkish
* Connections: Volunteers at Huntington Beach Hospital’s diagnostic imaging and radiology departments, the Huntington Beach Public Library, homework club at Oakview Elementary and at Week of Welcome
* Ambitions: Attend either Cornell University as a dean’s scholar or Columbia University, majoring in art; receive a Ph.D. and or M.D.
* Family: Parents are Haluk and Melek Eroglu
* Claim to fame: “Spending seven months researching and writing a 7,000-word essay on how the childhood and culture of his lifetime affected Salvador Dali’s paintings. I figure if I can spend seven months researching the paintings of one artist, I can definitely see myself spending years of doing research on the human mind.”
THE SENIOR CLASS: 325
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