Garden Grove High

11271 Stanford Ave.

Garden Grove 92840-5399

(714) 663-6115

* Enrollment: 1,907

* Established: 1921

* Team name: Argonauts

* Principal: Gene Campbell

* Student president: Jan Danielle Arevalo

* Valedictorian: Megan Apperson

* Famous alumni: Actor Steve Martin; former major league outfielder Lenny Dykstra

* Winning moments: Western Assn. of Schools and Colleges Completing accreditation study; AIDS Awareness, Save the Children, Alcohol Awareness and International weeks; 5,000 hours of community service provided by students and staff; 2,300 pounds of food and clothing donated; average SAT score increase for fifth successive year; 79% pass rate on Advanced Placement tests; boys’ and girls’ basketball playoffs; girls’ soccer playoffs; girls’ cross-country championships; football playoffs; girls’ tennis playoffs; boys’ water polo playoffs

* In the works: Implement Western Assn. of Schools and Colleges action plan; academic growth; technology integration

* Graduation: 4:30 p.m. June 21 at the school

SENIOR STANDOUT

Alyssa Dianne Bradac of Garden Grove

* Achievements: Earned a 3.79 grade-point average; named Bank of America plaque winner in fine arts; Irvine Jazz Festival outstanding jazz musician; California Scholarship Federation; Academic letter; Honor roll; Academic Athlete; Student of the Month; Elks Lodge Student of the Semester; Golden Fleece award nominee in English and music; environmental club founder, president and vice president; yearbook copy editor; girls’ basketball co-defensive player of the year; competed in the Junior Statesmen of America program

* Connections: Member of the Instrumental Music Council; Saddleback College drama festival; track and field; marching band; volunteered as an assistant coach for National Junior Basketball; worked as an usher for Shakespeare Orange County; equestrian

* Ambitions: Attend Willamette University with a full scholarship, double major in English and theater; “I’m interested in an instrumental group. As to an occupation, I’m leaving it open to possibilities”

* Family: Father is Thomas Bradac; mother is Pamela Marshall; stepmother is Anne Berolet; stepfather is Steven Marshall; sister is Caitlin Bradac

* Claims to fame: “I’m known at school as ‘Xena: Warrior Princess’ and I set a record this year at school for the most blocks (88) during girls’ basketball season”

THE SENIOR CLASS: 417