Edison High

21400 Magnolia St.

Huntington Beach 92646

(714) 962-1356

* Enrollment: 2,196

* Established: 1970

* Team name: Chargers

* Principal: Brian Garland

* Student president: Jennifer Manko

* Famous alumnus: “Eight Is Enough” actor Willie Aames

* Winning moments: Twenty-three students scored 1,709 of 2,000 possible points in the 32nd Knowledge Master Open, capturing the state championship; Model United Nations Edison Conference held on campus, drawing 900 delegates from 16 high schools; third annual Career Night; students hold Never Again candlelight vigil in the aftermath of the Columbine High shooting; Pride Day celebration; baseball catcher Tony Cappuccilli broke the county’s all-time leading home run record with victory over Los Alamitos; girls’ basketball Southern Section Division IA playoffs; boys’ and girls’ soccer Southern Section Division II playoffs

* In the works: Digital High School grant furthering computer access and communication

* Graduation: June 16, 5 p.m., at the school

SENIOR STANDOUT

David K. Chan of Huntington Beach

* Achievements: Earned a 4.26 weighted grade-point average; Advanced Placement scholar with distinction; California Boys’ State delegate; Harvard Award winner; Xerox Award winner; National Merit Scholarship finalist; National Quiz Bowl Tournament championship; co-captain Academic Decathlon team; Scholar Bowl team participant; speaks Chinese and Spanish

* Connections: Key Club; volunteer tutor

* Ambitions: Attend Stanford University

* Family: Father is Albert Chan; mother is Judy; brother is William

* Claim to fame: “The only Edison senior desiring to become chairman of the Federal Reserve.”

THE SENIOR CLASS: 489