San Clemente High

San Clemente High

700 Ave. Pico

San Clemente 92672

(949) 492-4165

* Enrollment: 2,194

* Established: 1964

* Team name: Tritons

* Newspaper: The Triton

* Principal: Jim Walshe

* Student president: Megan Fickling

* Valedictorian: Neena Kadaba

* Famous alumnus: Sheriff Brad Gates

* Winning moment: Robert Richardson named

The Times Orange County football lineman of the year

* Graduation: June 16, 4 p.m., at the stadium

SENIOR STANDOUT

Neena Kadaba of Capistrano Beach

* Achievements: Earned a 4.63 weighted grade-point average; first in senior class; yearbook editor-in-chief; academic decathlon team captain; Rensselar math and science medal; Tandy technology scholarship; Bausch & Lomb math and science award; Who’s Who Among American High School Students

* Connections: Key Club; National Honor Society; California Scholarship Foundation; plays the violin; volunteers as a day-care worker at Laura’s House; American Red Cross; tutors in the community; interned at ISIS Pharmaceuticals

and at San Clemente’s City Hall; performs Indian dances

* Ambitions: Attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, major in cognitive and brain sciences; be a research scientist

* Family: Mother is Padmini Chari; sister Seema

* Claim to fame: Noted in Time magazine after winning Tandy scholarship

THE SENIOR CLASS: 376