Katella High

2200 E. Wagner Ave.

Anaheim 92806-4999

(714) 999-3621

* Enrollment: 2,200

* Established: 1966

* Team name: Knights

* Principal: Michael Shelton

* Student president: Patricia Guerrero

* Famous alumni: U.S. Reps. Loretta Sanchez and Edward R. Royce; Cleveland Indians pitcher Jaret Wright

* Winning moments: National Merit finalists Daniel Hude and Joanna Kahn; boys’ basketball playoffs; boys’ and girls’ water polo playoffs; boys’ and girls’ cross-country championships; girls’ tennis playoffs

* In the works: New air conditioning system; implement Digital High School grant

* Graduation: 7 p.m. June 15 at Glover Stadium in Anaheim

SENIOR STANDOUT

Christopher Glen Dalton of Yorba Linda

* Achievements: Earned a 4.59 weighted grade-point average; ranked first in class; earned high honors in Golden State exams in algebra and chemistry and honors in U.S. history and physics; named Advanced Placement scholar with honor; California Scholarship Federation; National Honor Society; Women’s Division Chamber of Commerce Spotlight on Youth award for community service; Associate Student Body reserves; Key Club service director; placed second in school’s National Mathematics League competition; third place in district’s Optimist International essay contest; speaks Spanish

* Connections: Member of Western Assn. of Schools and Colleges self-study group; cross-country; enjoys building plastic models, especially warships; art history; volunteered 200 hours, including 70 hours at an Alzheimer’s facility; collected donations and sponsored young girl in Mexico through World Vision; worked at Del Taco; Albertsons

* Ambitions: “ ‘Clear. . . scalpel. . . we need five c.c.’s of. . . blood pressure rising. . . ‘ These are the memories I have of my childhood experiences with my handy-dandy medicine kit and a few of my sisters’ stuffed animals. As far back as I can remember, I have wanted to become a doctor. Only recently have I decided to become a pediatrician. I plan to take the education I receive in college and the individuality that has shaped me into the caring, yet amusing person I am today, and become a successful ‘kid’s doctor’ who gives balloons and suckers”

* Family: Father is Glen; mother is Maria; sisters are Gracia and Felicia

* Claim to fame: “Because I live in a predominantly conservative area, my liberal ideas seem [strange] to some”

THE SENIOR CLASS: 446