Laguna Beach High

625 Park Ave.

Laguna Beach 92651-2396

(949) 497-7750

* Enrollment: 796

* Established: 1933, renovated in 1995

* Team name: Artists

* Principal: Stu Sims

* Student president: Jonathan Ficcadenti

* Famous alumnus: Professional tennis player Rick Leach

* Winning moments: Mentor program; boys’ basketball playoffs; boys’ and girls’ soccer playoffs; boys’ and girls’ water polo playoffs; boys’ and girls’ cross-country championships; Southern Section girls’ tennis champions; girls’ volleyball playoffs

* In the works: Improved science labs; art facilities; classrooms; athletic locker rooms

* Graduation: 8 p.m. June 21 at Irvine Bowl in Laguna Beach

SENIOR STANDOUT

Hale Jacob of Laguna Beach

* Achievements: Valedictorian; earned a 4.41 weighted grade-point average; honors on five Golden State exams; six Advanced Placement classes; named to California Scholarship Federation; National Honor Society; Student of the Month; received principal’s awards in English and history; Mount Holyoke book award; competed in Model United Nations program; speaks Japanese

* Connections: Member of IMPACT Drug Awareness club; Safe Rides; traveled to New Zealand, England, Italy and Japan; 10 years of piano lessons; five years of cello and violin lessons; choir; enjoys sailing; reading Jane Austen; gardening; volunteered 100 hours in a music mentoring program for elementary students; tutored junior high students; AIDS Awareness club

* Ambitions: Attend a small liberal-arts college; earn a teaching degree to become a music teacher; “my short-term plan is to build a harpsichord this summer”

* Family: Father is Robert; mother is Laurel; brother is Miles

* Claim to fame: “In one month, I received five parking tickets, one of which was given to me while my entire history class was looking out the window”

THE SENIOR CLASS: 185