Sonora High

401 S. Palm St.

La Habra 90631-5772

(562) 905-9801

* Enrollment: 1,852

* Established: 1966

* Team name: Raiders

* Principal: Karla Taylor

* Top 1%: Kathleen Cassinis, Priscilla Cheung, Paul Higson and Janine La Croix

* Famous alumni: KNBC news field reporter Vikki Vargas; former basketball players Ann and Dave Meyers

* Winning moments: Band, color guard, and drill team selected to participate in National Independence Day Parade in Washington and ceremonies at the Arlington National Cemetery and Lincoln Memorial; girls’ basketball playoffs; boys’ and girls’ soccer playoffs; boys and girls’ water polo playoffs; boys’ and girls’ cross-country championships; football playoffs; girls’ tennis playoffs

* In the works: New graphic and school mascot painted on gym

* Graduation: 6:30 p.m. June 15 at La Habra High

SENIOR STANDOUT

Amanda Joy St. James of Yorba Linda

* Achievements: Earned a 4.01 weighted grade-point average; named Associate Student Body president and prom coordinator; Girls’ League vice president and senior representative; principal’s advisory board information officer; Student of the Month; California Scholarship Federation; National Honor Society; Honor roll; Top 100; Ultimate Sonora Raider in school newspaper; Miss Congeniality in Miss La Habra pageant; Homecoming princess; organized blood drives, dances, assemblies and special shows such as Mr. Sonora, the talent show and the lip sync; entered school in a nationwide ‘N Sync video contest, in which more than 100 students participated; speaks Spanish

* Connections: Served as school mascot; painted scenery for school’s spring musical; volunteered at Casa Colina water sports camp; camp counselor at ASF AIDS Family Camp; Astrocamp; enjoys singing; acting; worked at Boardwalk skate shop in Brea

* Ambitions: Attend Pepperdine University, double major in art and theater with minor in marine biology to “master one of three careers or maybe master all three: actress, head of Disney Animation and whale trainer/marine animal specialist at Sea World”

* Family: Mother is Dorothy Kelly; brother is Jeremy; “We were raised by our amazing single mother--a.k.a. Supermom--who worked as a third-grade teacher during the week and as a waitress on the weekend. My grandma, Anna Fletcher, is another great source of love and inspiration in my life”

* Dream: “I may not yet be famous, but I hope to someday accept my Oscar for Best Actress, Best Director and Best Screenplay. In my speech I will thank my Lord and savior Jesus Christ for guiding my life, my mother for her sacrifices and my husband, Brad Pitt, for all the love and support he’s given me”

THE SENIOR CLASS: 406