Anaheim High
811 W. Lincoln Ave.
Anaheim 92805-2499
(714) 999-3717
* Enrollment: 2,161
* Established: 1898, renovated in 1995
* Team name: Colonists
* Principal: Pat Savage
* Student president: Kelin Martinez
* Famous alumni: New York Giants Coach George Fassel; Righteous Brothers’ Bobby Hatfield; four-time Super Bowl tackle and retired Pittsburgh Steeler Gerry Mullins
* Winning moments: Safety grant; conflict-resolution grant; Public Utilities grant for solar power system; Transportation Academy and Business Dynamics Academy grants; mentor program grant; Summer Arts Institute award; Silent Sustained Reading program; sister city trip to Japan; state Dance Instructor of the Year Meg Elder; second-place American Scholastic Press Assn.; second-place Orange County Drill Competition; Disneyland Award winner Jorge Rojas
* In the works: Implement Digital High School grant; renovate pool and swim program; Gear Up program with Cal State Fullerton; Upward Bound program; Student Coalition program; Puente program
* Graduation: 1:30 p.m. June 15 at Glover Stadium in Anaheim
SENIOR STANDOUT
Ernesto Rangel of Anaheim
* Achievements: Earned a 4.28 weighted grade-point average; passed five Golden State exams; Advanced Placement tests in biology and U.S. history; named to California Scholarship Federation; National Honor Society; Scholar Athlete; Honor roll; Senior of the Month; Most Likely to Succeed; Most Improved football player; Reinbold’s Future Leaders of America; speaks Spanish
* Connections: Member of varsity football; Disneyland Academy videographer; enjoys watching Lakers, Angels and Steelers games; science shows; trivia books; worked at Del Taco
* Ambitions: Attend Cal State Fullerton; earn graduate degree from UC Berkeley; “help parents buy home before I get married”
* Family: Father is Ernesto Sr.; mother is Guillermina; brother is Adrian; sisters are Yesemia and Jennifer
* Claim to fame: First family member to graduate from high school
THE SENIOR CLASS: 361
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