Katella High

2200 E. Wagner Ave.

Anaheim 92806

(714) 999-3621

* Enrollment: 2,082

* Established: 1965

* Team name: Knights

* Newspaper: The Excalibur

* Principal: Mike Shelton

* Student president: Steve Do

* Famous alumni: U.S. Reps. Loretta Sanchez and Edward R. Royce; Cleveland Indians pitcher Jaret Wright

* Winning moments: Literature Society sponsored a Night With Ray Bradbury; the French club lunched with the French ambassador; seniors Emily Sanderson and Ryan Lewis received Disneyland scholarships; Future Business Leaders of America and Future Teachers of America programs established; teacher Richard Werschke received Anaheim Chamber of Commerce Women’s Division Educator’s Spotlight Award; teacher Julie Foy won Sallie Mae First Year Teacher Award; boys’ cross-country Southern Section Division II and state Division II champions; boys’ basketball Southern Section Division IA playoffs; football Southern Section Division VI playoffs; boys’ soccer Southern Section Division II playoffs; girls’ water polo Southern Section Division IV playoffs; wrestling Southern Section playoffs

* In the works: Adding the Math Engineering and Science Achievement program with a link to UC Irvine; expanding tutorial services; establish a Parent Center on campus

* Graduation: June 17, 5 p.m., at Glover Stadium in Anaheim

SENIOR STANDOUT

Guillermo M. Vargas of Anaheim

* Achievements: Valedictorian; earned a 4.36 weighted grade-point average; ranked first in class; earned a 1440 SAT score; National Hispanic Recognition Program finalist; Advanced Placement scholar; Golden State Exam seal; Key Club most active member and most service hours awards; Xerox Award for Humanities; Associated Student Body Reserves; Academic Decathlon; spelling bee champion; six-time varsity letterman; speaks Spanish

* Connections: United Cultures Club; Inter Club Council; newspaper staff; volunteers at soup kitchen at church, Western Medical Center-Anaheim, Boys’ and Girls’ Club of Anaheim, Salvation Army, Tree Power of Anaheim, Paint Your Heart Out

* Ambitions: Attend Stanford University, majoring in product design

* Family: Father is Guillermo Vargas; mother is Rosa Elena; siblings are Ericka Jennifer, Deborah Carolina, Sandra Antuane, Geoconda Beatriz, Aaron Giancarlo, Giajaida Evonisha; has more than 90 cousins

* Claim to fame: Jokes that he appeared in a “Got Milk?” billboard, but his true claim is that his father was a professional soccer player in Peru and Guatemala

THE SENIOR CLASS: 439