Ocean View High

17071 Gothard St.

Huntington Beach 92647

(714) 848-0656

* Enrollment: 1,481

* Established: 1976

* Team name: Seahawks

* Newspaper: The Breeze

* Principal: Karen Gilden

* Student president: Edgar Zapata

* Valedictorians: Jessica Johnson and Zeynep Eroglu

* Winning moments: Seven National Merit Scholar finalists; International Baccalaureate program; relief effort for victims of Hurricane Mitch; senior May Halim selected to play second violin in the 1999 All-Southern California High School Honor Band and Honor Orchestra; senior Edgar Zapata became mayor of Huntington Beach and 17 other students served as city council members on Youth in Government Day; 28th Annual Walk America raised $2,500 for the March of Dimes; astronaut Mark L. Polansky visited; boys’ basketball Southern Section Division IIA playoffs; girls’ soccer Southern Section Division III playoffs; girls’ volleyball Southern Section Division IIIAA playoffs

* In the works: Outside snack bar and restroom facility; Digital High School grant

* Graduation: June 15, 5 p.m., at Westminster High

SENIOR STANDOUT

Zeynep Eroglu of Huntington Beach

* Achievements: Earned a 4.82 weighted grade-point average; International Baccalaureate diploma; Advanced Placement scholar with distinction; Golden State seal; merit diploma; principal’s award; 12 Golden Hawk nominations and three-time finalists; Elks Club scholarship; science and English student of the month; regional occupational program certificate of excellence; perfect attendance since 9th grade; speaks Turkish

* Connections: Volunteers at Huntington Beach Hospital’s diagnostic imaging and radiology departments, the Huntington Beach Public Library, homework club at Oakview Elementary and at Week of Welcome

* Ambitions: Attend either Cornell University as a dean’s scholar or Columbia University, majoring in art; receive a Ph.D. and or M.D.

* Family: Parents are Haluk and Melek Eroglu

* Claim to fame: “Spending seven months researching and writing a 7,000-word essay on how the childhood and culture of his lifetime affected Salvador Dali’s paintings. I figure if I can spend seven months researching the paintings of one artist, I can definitely see myself spending years of doing research on the human mind.”

THE SENIOR CLASS: 325