Valencia High
Valencia High
500 N. Bradford Ave.
Placentia 92670
(714) 996-4970
* Enrollment: 1,700
* Established: 1933
* Team name: Tigers
* Newspaper: El Tigre
* Principal: David Verdugo
* Student president: Debbie Torrez
* Famous alumni: Olympic softball pitcher Michelle Granger; author Michael Melcher; state Sen. John R. Lewis
* Winning moments: Science Olympiad team placed sixth in state; awarded $560,000 digital high school grant; girls’ varsity volleyball team won 10th consecutive Orange League championship
* Tradition: Memorial Day Recognition of alumni who lost their lives in WWII, Korea and Vietnam
* Graduation: June 12, 7 p.m., at Bradford Stadium
SENIOR STANDOUT
Michelle LeBlanc of Yorba Linda
* Achievements: Earned
a 4.38 weighted grade-point average; ranked second in class while taking nine Advanced Placement courses; Cal State Long Beach president’s schol- arship; Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified Collegiate scholarship; Girls’ State representative
* Connections: National Honor Society; California Scholastic Federation; varsity softball; volleyball; volunteered at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church; homeless and community cleanup projects
* Ambitions: Attend UC San Diego, UC Irvine, UC Davis or Loyola Marymount University, major in engineering
* Family: Parents are Mr. and Mrs. Nazaire LeBlanc; one brother; one sister
* Claim to fame: Named most valuable player for Orange League volleyball
THE SENIOR CLASS: 323
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