Marina High

15871 Springdale St.

Huntington Beach 92649

(714) 893-6571

* Enrollment: 2,351

* Established: 1963

* Team name: Vikings

* Newspaper: Volsunga

* Principal: Carol Osbrink

* Student president: Danielle Alvarez

* Famous alumni: Minnesota Timberwolves’ Cherokee Parks; San Francisco Giants’ Kevin Elster; Chicago Bears’ Tony Parrish; Dave Mustaine, founding member of Metallica and leader of Megadeth; Bob Forrest of Thelonious Monster

* Winning moments: March of Dimes charity drive; Every 15 Minutes alcohol-awareness program; girls’ basketball Southern Section Division IA playoffs; girls’ volleyball Southern Section Division IA playoffs; boys’ and girls’ water polo Southern Section Division I and II playoffs; wrestling Southern Section playoffs

* In the works: Viking Voyage, three-day freshman transition program; Challenge Day, a human relations/peer sensitivity training day; summer education in time management and organizational skills

* Graduation: June 16, 4 p.m., at Marina Bowl

SENIOR STANDOUT

Danielle Alvarez of Huntington Beach

* Achievements: Earned a 4.01 weighted grade-point average; National Honor Society; junior and sophomore class president; Pepperdine University Youth Leadership Seminar; Girls’ State alternate; Girl Scouts’ silver award; varsity cheer captain; color guard co-captain; Homecoming Queen semifinalist; speaks Spanish

* Connections: InterCultural Club; Spanish club; Junior-Senior mentor; WASC team; works at Express World Brand Clothes in Costa Mesa

* Ambitions: Attend Chapman University, majoring in communications and business

* Family: Father is Arnold Alvarez; mother is Christine; sister is Dina Christine

* Claims to fame: “Outgoing personality and great sense of humor.”

THE SENIOR CLASS: 492