Canyon High

220 S. Imperial Highway

Anaheim 92807-3999

(714) 532-8000

* Enrollment: 2,009

* Established: 1973

* Team name: Comanches

* Principal: Ralph Jameson

* Student president: Joshua “Scooter” Baum

* Valedictorians: Mara Bekier, Modupe Bosu, Gehaan D’Souza, Angela Kang and Kari Thompson

* Famous alumni: Michelle Carew; former major league baseball player Rob Deer; minor league baseball player Eric Valent

* Winning moments: MORP dance; 3,000 pounds of canned goods collected for Harvest Food Bank; Digital High School grant; $5,000 donation to ALS in memory of teacher Mike Bridges; Orange County Youth Sports Foundation’s Jim Valentine Courage award; National Coca-Cola scholarship winner Jennifer You; boys’ basketball playoffs; boys’ and girls’ soccer playoffs; girls’ water polo playoffs; football playoffs; girls’ tennis playoffs; girls’ volleyball playoffs

* In the works: Screenplay and production class; Big Brother/Little Sister program; expand statistics program; Internet wiring

* Graduation: 1:30 p.m. June 15 at El Modena High stadium

SENIOR STANDOUT

Kari Thompson of Anaheim Hills

* Achievements: Valedictorian; earned a 4.86 weighted grade-point average; named to the National Honor Society; California Scholarship Federation; Top 50; Scholar Athlete; cross-country and track teams captain; received U.S. Achievement Academy foreign language award; two-time Ironman Triathlete award; listed in “Who’s Who Among American High School Students”; speaks Spanish

* Connections: Member of Girls’ League for four years; enjoys water skiing; snow skiing; church; running; music; working out; spending time with family and friends; volunteered as a Sunday school teacher; academic tutor; teacher’s recreation aide

* Ambitions: Attend the U.S. Air Force Academy, major in biology to become a pilot

* Family: Father is Steve; mother is Donna; sister is Kristen

* Claims to fame: “An avid athlete and the biggest ‘N Sync fan at Canyon High”

THE SENIOR CLASS: 456