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Bolsa Grande High

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9401 Westminster Ave.

Garden Grove 92844-2998

(714) 663-6424

* Enrollment: 1,553

* Established: 1960

* Team name: Matadors

* Principal: Denise Jay

* Student president: Quyen Karen Chu

* Winning moments: Artistic Discovery Art Competition winner Vi-Diev Nguyen

* In the works: Upgrade Internet infrastructure

* Graduation: 5 p.m. June 21 at the stadium

SENIOR STANDOUT

Duy Duc Nguyen of Garden Grove

* Achievements: Valedictorian; earned a 4.4 weighted grade-point average; 800 on Math II CSAT II; top score on Advanced Placement tests in U.S. history, calculus and physics; California Mathematics award; high honors for Golden State exams in algebra, biology and U.S. history; Principal award; Award of Excellence in world history, U.S. history, chemistry and physics; named Advanced Placement scholar; Scholar of the Quarter; Guy of the Month; computer, French and chess clubs treasurer; competed in the Science Olympiad; speaks Vietnamese and some French

* Connections: Member of the tennis team; Latin, Chinese and Vietnamese clubs; enjoys plants; politics; foreign affairs; technology; Popular Science magazine; worked at Disneyland; volunteered as a Disney VoluntEar

* Ambitions: Earn a master and doctorate degree to become an aerospace engineer or a physician; “help the less fortunate”

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* Family: “I owe a great deal to my inspirational older sister Yvonne, who I look up to and adore. I am fortunate to have a caring mom, Tuyet, older sister Nicole and the rest of my siblings, Linh, Nancy, Danny and Dinh. Also, my sister-in-law Vanessa and my dad, Thu”

* Philosophy: “Fame, as I see it, is a feature that society has invented and imposed on certain individuals. It is an outer force and thus, is not a necessity. What is even more important is our inner faith, our self-respect and our positive mentality that really counts. Fame is worthless if one feels miserable inside”

THE SENIOR CLASS: 361

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