Garden Grove High

11271 Stanford Ave.

Garden Grove 92640

(714) 663-6115

* Enrollment: 1,821

* Established: 1921

* Team name: Argonauts

* Newspaper: The Argolog

* Principal: Gene Campbell

* Student presidents: Nicole Nguyen and Jan Arevalo

* Famous alumni: Actor Steve Martin; former major league outfielder Lenny Dykstra

* Winning moments: Food, clothing and gifts donated to Project Angel Tree; blood drive; reading project with the Garden Grove Regional Library; International Week; “Titanic” presentation; first place in the national yearbook competition; senior Tung Nguyen named National Merit finalist; senior Danielle Morin served on Gov. Gray Davis’ Student Commission for Disabled Students; girls’ soccer Southern Section Division III playoffs

* In the works: Digital High School grant; expand co-curricular and extracurricular activities

* Graduation: June 23, 4 p.m., at the school

SENIOR STANDOUT

Nicole Nguyen of Garden Grove

* Achievements: Girls’ League president and I.C.C representative; California Scholarship Federation vice president; Golden Fleece Awards co-chair; site finalist for Disneyland Creativity Challenge Award; National Piano Guild certificate; speaks Vietnamese

* Connections: Girls’ swim and cross-country teams; Key Club; volunteers for Huntington Beach Community Clinic, Red Cross and Atlantis Park in Garden Grove

* Ambitions: Attend U.S. Military Preparatory School, then West Point Military Academy in the year 2000. “I really hope to make a career out of the military. My dream is to help serve this world. I want to help, help, help.”

* Family: Father is Quy T. Nguyen; mother is Chau Dinh; stepmother is Chau Phan; sister is Jackie; brothers are Alex, Steve and Andrew; Rottweiler is Bugsy

* Claims to fame: “My way of leading is yelling. I have a zesty appetite for everything in life, especially food. No one can tell which is more prominent--my voice or my appetite. I’m very, very energetic and I don’t sleep.”

THE SENIOR CLASS: 368