Sonora High

401 S. Palm St.

La Habra 90631

(562) 905-9805

* Enrollment: 1,799

* Established: 1966

* Team name: Raiders

* Newspaper: The Carpe Diem

* Principal: Karla Taylor

* Student president: Joy Grether

* Famous alumni: KNBC news field reporter Vikki Vargas; former basketball players Ann and Dave Meyers

* Winning moments: Six-year Western Assn. of Schools and Colleges accreditation; holiday food drive; band and color guard awarded at the National City Maytime Band Review; Erin Herring received the Daughters of American Revolution good citizen award; boys’ cross-country state Division III playoffs; boys’ and girls’ basketball Southern Section Division IIAA playoffs; boys’ and girls’ soccer Southern Section Division III playoffs; girls’ volleyball Southern Section Division IIA playoffs

* In the works: Renovate facility space and expand classroom space; prepare for Digital High School status

* Graduation: June 17, 6:30 p.m., at La Habra High’s stadium

SENIOR STANDOUT

Johannes Beers Rittershausen of Whittier

* Achievements: Earned a 4.50 weighted grade-point average; Bank of America fine arts plaque winner; Sonora band’s first chair trumpet; International Baccalaureate diploma; National Honor Society secretary; Principal’s Advisory Board; District Honor Band; Prom Court; most valuable junior musician; awards in painting and sculpture at the L.A. County Fair

* Connections: Speech and debate team; school musicals; piano player; soccer; volunteers at the Whittier Public Library, Sonora food drives and tutoring; works at the Champion Chemical Co.

* Ambitions: Attend Pomona College, majoring in the social sciences, to become “an eccentric college professor dressed in plaid.”

* Family: Father, the late Christoph Rittershausen; mother is Julia

* Claims to fame: “Quick but pathetic wit, good looks, fast mind and excellent speaking ability. Also a fast hand at both music and writing.”

THE SENIOR CLASS: 361