Fairmont Preparatory Academy

2200 W. Sequoia Ave.

Anaheim 92801-3330

(714) 999-5055

* Enrollment: 275

* Established: 1993

* Team name: Huskies

* Director: Richard Schaffer

* Valedictorian: Jo Marie Janco

* Winning moments: First football season and Homecoming; American Mathematics Competition distinction award winners Laura Miller, Wendy Hueng and Thuc Vu; and Certificate of Merit winner Houng Nguyen; sports teams playoffs

* In the works: New classroom, science and performing arts classes

* Graduation: 7 p.m. June 8 at Pearson Park Amphitheater in Anaheim

SENIOR STANDOUT

Marco Yupangco of San Clemente

* Achievements: Named Associate Student Body president; junior class president; International Baccalaureate diploma candidate; received national merit awards for English and leadership; Bishop of Orange recognition award; hockey best defense award; varsity baseball most improved player; installed school honor code; revised school’s constitution; competed in the Junior Statesmen of America program; Academic Decathlon; internship at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila, Philippines; speaks Tagalog

* Connections: Member of Peer Assistance Leadership; uniform committee; yearbook; Ambassadors club; varsity basketball; enjoys roller hockey; music; volunteered as a public relations aid for California state elections; church altar server; food drives; soup kitchens

* Ambitions: Attend UC Santa Barbara or Boston College, major in international relations, diplomacy and government; pursue a master’s and a doctorate; enter politics in the U.S. or the Philippines and serve with an ambassadorship or in the executive branch

* Family: Father is Philip; mother is Irene; great grandfather Dr. Jose P. Laurel was president of the Philippines; grandfather Salvador Laurel was vice president of the Philippines

* Philosophy: “If a diplomat says ‘yes,’ he means maybe. If he says ‘perhaps,’ he means no, and if he says ‘no,’ he is no diplomat”

THE SENIOR CLASS: 63