Mater Dei High

1202 W. Edinger Ave.

Santa Ana 92707-2191

(714) 754-7711

* Enrollment: 2,070

* Established: 1950

* Team name: Monarchs

* Principal: Patrick Murphy

* Student president: Matthew W. Acalin

* Valedictorian: Lindsay Anne Pavlik

* Famous alumni: Singer Jennifer Warnes; Heisman Trophy winner John Huarte from Notre Dame

* Winning moments: Four National Merit Scholars; four students selected to participate in the Congressional Youth Leadership Council; hosted 15th Annual Special Olympics; Kaleidoscope Faire; Academic Month; Catholic charities fund-raiser; Southern Section boys’ basketball champions; girls’ basketball playoffs; Southern Section boys’ soccer co-champions; boys’ and girls’ cross-country championships; Southern Section football champions; girls’ golf playoffs; Southern Section girls’ tennis champions; girls’ volleyball playoffs

* In the works: Smart classroom; 10 new classrooms; $25-million school renovation campaign; new Chapel and Campus Ministry Center; Career Center coordinator and learning specialist

* Graduation: 9:30 a.m. June 3 at UC Irvine’s Bren Center

SENIOR STANDOUT

Rob E. Parke II of Anaheim

* Achievements: Earned a 4.6 weighted grade-point average; Xerox humanities award; received Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute medal for math and science; named Associate Student Body public relations commissioner; Leader of Tomorrow for community service and academics; National Honor Society vice president; Junior Achievement Salesman of the Year; Student of the Month; O.I. Foundation Volunteer of the Year; National Merit award finalist; California Scholarship Federation; Regents scholar; Trustee scholar; Research scholar; Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Conference representative; placed first in chemistry in the Orange County Science and Engineering Fair

* Connections: Member of Renaissance program; Mater Dei Web committee; Christian Outreach; enjoys video production; graphic design; photography; guitar; tutored in math and English; worked as a Web site developer; computer consultation for the Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation

* Ambitions: Earn doctorate degree in computer engineering with minor in international relations; donate time and talents to community service

* Family: Lives with mother, Mary and brother, Philip

* Claims to fame: Appeared in commercials and print ads as a small child; member of the Screen Actors Guild

THE SENIOR CLASS: 467