Cornelia Connelly High

2323 W. Broadway

Anaheim 92804-2398

(714) 776-1717

* Enrollment: 211

* Established: 1961

* Team name: Koalas

* Head of School: Sister Francine Gunther

* Student president: Megan Mutch Donaldson

* Famous alumni: Naomi Marita, first female graduation speaker at Harvard; Sister Susan Slater, provincial superior of the American Province of the Society of the Holy Child

* Winning moments: Mass with Bishop Tod Brown; teachers Mary Pat Anderson, Timmerie Henry and Margaret Carlberg honored for long-term service

* In the works: Campus networking

* Graduation: 5 p.m. June 4 at the school

SENIOR STANDOUT

Lara Wozniak of Yorba Linda

* Achievements: Earned a 4.6 weighted grade-point average; named Advanced Placement scholar with distinction; HOBY Ambassador; National Honor Society; California Scholarship Federation; school musical director; newspaper staff; Thespians president; Hearts & Hands president and vice president; Winter formal princess; placed first among female vocalists and second in showcase musical theater at the Thespians State Festival; first at the Paderewski Piano Competition; first at the Cultural Foundation for the Arts; received Xerox junior humanities/social science award; National Merit Commendation; California Music Teacher Assn. senior award for piano; Certificate of Merit for piano; Orange County Junior Miss Spirit award; California Distinguished Service award; Rensselaer’s top senior in science and math award; Stanford Suzuki Institutes for Advanced Strings

* Connections: Participated in the Orange County Science Fair; volunteered at St. Rose Music Camp; food distribution center; children’s shelter; soup kitchen; Anaheim Therapeutic Center; Toys for Tots; blood drive; teaching assistant; tutored at Koala Bowl; Garden Guardians; New York Musical Theatre Program Circle in the Square; Youth Leadership Conference; made a demo with band and solo demo of original songs

* Ambitions: Attend USC’s Music Industry Program to become a recording artist

* Family: Father is Joe; mother is Marcia; brother is Joey; sister is Joanne

* Claims to fame: “Everyone knows me by my bulging backpack. It contains my life’s essentials--rehearsal clothes, schoolbooks, scripts, music binders and journal to express my thoughts.”

THE SENIOR CLASS: 47