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Western High

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501 S. Western Ave.

Anaheim 92804

(714) 220-4040

* Enrollment: 1,550

* Established: Built as a junior high in 1954; became a high school in 1957

* Team name: Western Pioneers

* Principal: Doug Munsey

* Student president: Pary Bang

* Famous alumni: Golfer Tiger Woods

* Winning moments: International Week; football Southern Section Division IX playoffs; girls’ soccer Southern Section Division IV playoffs; boys’ water polo Southern Section Division VI playoffs

* In the works: Improve student/teacher ratio in 9th-grade English; reader workshops

* Graduation: June 17, 5 p.m., at the stadium

SENIOR STANDOUT

Aaron Bell of Buena Park

* Achievements: Earned a 4.14 weighted grade-point average; Boys’ State nominee; Anaheim Art Contest award recipient; scholar athlete; outstanding student awards in Spanish II and Spanish III; U.S. history student of the year

* Connections: Varsity baseball and cross-country; volunteer at Betsy Ross Elementary School in Anaheim

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* College plans: Deciding among UC Berkeley, UC San Diego and USC

* Family: Father is Chris Bell; mother is Marilyn; brother is Bryon; sister is Gyla

* Claim to fame: “At the age of 13 I was on ESPN’s ‘Scholastic Sports American’ program with Tiger Woods. I did this for fun.”

THE SENIOR CLASS: 304

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