Santa Ana High

520 W. Walnut St.

Santa Ana 92701-5599

(714) 567-4900

* Enrollment: 3,318

* Established: 1889; rebuilt four years after the 1933 earthquake; renovated 1995

* Team name: Saints

* Principal: Dan Salcedo

* Student president: Tony Garcia

* Famous alumni: Actress Diane Keaton; singer Bill Medley; silent-film actor Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle; Skylab 3 astronaut Gerald Paul Carr; former All-Pro Cincinnati Bengals receiver Isaac Curtis; former Los Angeles Galaxy player Jose Vasquez; Olympic diving gold-medalist Greg Louganis attended the school

* Winning moments: Digital High School grant; Arts academy; boys’ and girls’ basketball playoffs; boys’ and girls’ soccer playoffs; postseason wrestling tournament; boys’ and girls’ cross-country championships; football playoffs; girls’ volleyball playoffs; boys’ water polo playoffs

* In the works: Flimmakers Tomorrow grant; Educate the Children partnership

* Graduation: 7 p.m. June 14 at the Santa Ana Municipal Stadium

SENIOR STANDOUT

Lauren Elizabeth Chamberlain of Santa Ana

* Achievements: Valedictorian; earned a 4.47 weighted grade-point average; named student ambassador to Israel; exchange student to Japan; science department Student of the Year nominee; Soroptomist Student of the Month; Key Club president; Vista Art and literary magazine editor-in-chief; Chamber Singers choir president; varsity tennis team Best Attitude; performed the lead in four school musicals; received Harvard book award; president’s student service award; Hope of America award; Chamber of Commerce scholarship; Music and Art Commendation for Youth award for outstanding acting

* Connections: Participated in junior varsity track; Dream Dialogue multicultural youth group; spoke on promoting tolerance and shattering stereotypes; co-organized party for abused and neglected youth; enjoys writing; painting; improvisational comedy; “singing in hallways”; volunteered more than 100 hours at a day-care center; Anti-Defamation League; Race for the Cure; AIDS Walk

* Ambitions: Attend UC Berkeley or Haverford College in Pennsylvania, major in cultural anthropology; “work to change the world by actively promoting tolerance and respect for all people”

* Family: Father is Nelson; mother is Margaret; brother is Edward

* Claim to fame: Recognized as a super-speed walker; “Whoosh! There she goes again!”

THE SENIOR CLASS: 530