Pacifica High
6851 Lampson Ave.
Garden Grove 92845
(714) 663-6515
* Enrollment: 1,654
* Established: 1965
* Team name: Mariners
* Newspaper: The Anchor
* Principal: John P. Johnson
* Student president: Joey Pantel
* Valedictorians: Thao Nguyen and Jeanie Guray
* Famous alumni: Gymnastics silver medalists Michelle Dussere and Pam Bilek; Olympic figure skater Terry Kubicka; Blue Angels pilot Kevin Lauver; NFL kicker Norm Johnson; Offspring’s Bryan “Dexter” Holland, Greg Kriesel and Kevin Wasserman
* Winning moments: Digital High School grants; Miles Patrick Harrigan, Peter Won Hee Chung and Kenji Alejandro Tashhiro named National Merit Scholar finalists; relief effort to aid hurricane victims in Honduras; boys’ and girls’ basketball Southern Section Division IIA playoffs; football Southern Section Division IX playoffs; boys’ and girls’ soccer Southern Section Division III playoffs
* In the works: Implementation of grants awarded to the library and the science department
* Graduation: June 22, 6 p.m., at Bolsa Grande High’s stadium
SENIOR STANDOUT
Keara Skinner of Garden Grove
* Achievements: Yearbook editor and photographer; academic letter; bar and seal bearer; GATE art; designed and painted school mural; award winner at Laguna Festival of the Arts, Artistic Discovery, Impressions, Color It Orange, O.C. Youth Expo, Huntington Library and John Wayne Airport; Bank of America art award; art club vice president; California Scholarship Federation
* Connections: American Music Theatre in Lancaster, Pa., summer internship; Girl Scouts trained-awareness aide; volunteers at Wildlife Way Station and Orange County Developmental Agency
* Ambitions: Earn an associate of arts degree at Orange Coast College and bachelor of arts at Cal State Long Beach, with a focus on photography, computer graphics and business, to become a magazine or news photographer
* Family: Father is David Skinner; mother is Leslie.
* Claim to fame: Also known as “that girl with the camera.”
THE SENIOR CLASS: 367
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