La Quinta High
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10372 McFadden Ave.
Westminster 92683
(714) 663-6315
* Enrollment: 1,460
* Established: 1963
* Team name: Aztecs
* Newspaper: Aztec Sun
* Principal: Jim Monohan
* Student president: Ming Li
* Valedictorians: Stacia Dike, Cecilia Do, Gary Duong, Nina Mendoza and Chau Diem Tran
* Winning moments: Started the year with 10 new teachers and increased enrollment; football coach Jeff Veeder named Coach of the Year by the Los Angeles Times; swimming pool reconstruction completed; after-school tutoring programs implemented for ninth-graders Parent Teacher Staff/Student Organization established; football Southern Section Division IX playoffs; boys’ and girls’ basketball Southern Section Division IIIAA and IIAA playoffs; girls’ soccer Southern Section Division IV playoffs
* In the works: Varsity football coach and basketball coach to be named; Internet access, TV, VCR and overhead projector for classrooms; 12 more computers for the library
* Graduation: June 22, 3 p.m., at Bolsa Grande High’s stadium in Garden Grove
SENIOR STANDOUT
Stacia Dike of Garden Grove
* Achievements: Earned a 4.0 grade-point average; Golden Aztec; Bank of America plaque winner in fine arts; named outstanding new vocal and band member; Associated Student Body assemblies commissioner; Winterguard; California Scholarship Federation historian; pep club treasurer; head drum major; junior varsity volleyball’s most valuable player; All-Star drum major; third in the league for track and field high jump; speaks Spanish
* Connections: Performed in school productions; volunteers at Awana Boys’ and Girls’ Club, Reality Check-ministry and YUGO program
* Ambitions: Attend Biola University; study business, accounting and music
* Family: Father is Donald Dike; mother is Sharyn; brothers are Jason and Justin; dog is Missy
* Claims to fame: “My singing group has sung for President Bush, Vice President Quayle and Gov. Pete Wilson. My father went to [Garden Grove High] school with Steve Martin.”
THE SENIOR CLASS: 313
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