Sunny Hills High

1801 Warburton Way

Fullerton 92633

(714) 870-3401

* Enrollment: 2,057

* Established: 1958

* Team name: Lancers

* Principal: Loring Davies

* Student president: Lindsay Florin

* Famous alumni: Singer Jackson Browne; former major league catcher Gary Carter

* Winning moments: Academic Decathlon placed fourth in county and first in nation for group process/creative problem solving; 37 National Merit semifinalists; 64 International Baccalaureate diploma candidates; named one of Newsweek magazine’s top public high schools in the nation; football Southern Section Division IX playoffs; girls’ soccer Southern Section Division II playoffs; girls’ tennis Southern Section Division II playoffs; girls’ water polo Southern Section Division IV playoffs; wrestling Southern Section playoffs

* In the works: Four-year program for international studies; expanded technology network

* Graduation: June 17, 5 p.m., at Fullerton High

SENIOR STANDOUT

Garrick Chak of Fullerton

* Achievements: Earned a 4.44 weighted grade-point average; featured soloist with Pacific Symphony under conductor Carl St.Clair; performed at the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, Luckman auditorium, Armstrong Theater, Redlands Bowl and on KUSC-FM (91.5); first place at MTAC State Concerto, Brentwood Symphony Concerto and Young Pianist at SYMF competition; Redlands Bowl young artist winner; National School Orchestra Award; Bach Festival gold medal winner; National Honor Society; California Scholarship Federation; Classical Music Club founder and president; Trivia Club vice president; speaks Cantonese, Mandarin and Spanish

* Connections: Swim team; string orchestra; Future Business Leaders of America; writers’ workshop; Spanish club, Ecclesia; Celebration of Young Talent Concerts; Chamber Music Concerts; YMCA lifeguard, basketball coach and swim instructor; volunteer at Friendly Hills Hospital and Home of Christians Church

* Ambitions: Attend Stanford University, “possibly winning major competitions and being a concert artist and physician.”

* Family: Father is Paul Chak; mother is Teresa; brother is Lorin

* Claims to fame: “I was featured on worldwide television at the Crystal Cathedral. I am an up-and-coming concert artist. I have won innumerable competitions.”

THE SENIOR CLASS: 492