Whittier Christian High
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2300 Westworth Ave.
La Habra 90631
(562) 694-3803
* Enrollment: 480
* Established: 1958
* Team name: Heralds
* Newspaper: The Herald
* Web site: https://www.whchs.com
* Principal: Gary Pate
* Student president: Christina De La Torre
* Famous alumni: Fashion model Camerone Chambers; “X-Men” and “X-Force” cartoon series creator Rob Liefeld
* Winning moments: Students Against Destructive Decisions chapter formed; Don Steward Memorial Field dedicated; senior Celina Camarillo named Olympic League female athlete of the year; sophomore Steve Holland’s record-breaking shotput of 51 feet 2 inches
* In the works: Library expansion; technology media center
* Graduation: June 16, 7 p.m., at Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove
SENIOR STANDOUT
Julianne Irvine of Lakewood
* Achievements: Earned a 4.57 weighted grade-point average; poem published by the National Library of Poetry in “The Fullness of Time” and “The Anthology of Poetry” and won the Editor’s Choice Award; inducted into the International Poetry Hall of Fame; scholar athlete; California Scholarship Federation; National Honor Society; Who’s Who Among American High School Students; U.S. Achievement Academy merit award in science and English; All-American scholar
* Connections: Students Against Drunk Driving; Chapel committee; varsity cross-country; volunteers at the Los Angeles Mission
* Ambitions: “Earn my master’s in history before deciding whether I want to get my teaching credential and my doctorate or go to law school.”
* Family: Father is Bill Irvine; mother is LuAnn
* Claims to fame: “I cannot walk and chew gum at the same time. (Let’s just say I’m accident-prone.) I also have a very good memory. I can remember not only academic things, but often I can recite commercials or whole scripts to movies.”
THE SENIOR CLASS: 111
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