Los Alamitos High

3591 Cerritos Ave.

Los Alamitos 90720-2485

(562) 799-4780

* Enrollment: 2,749

* Established: 1968 in Anaheim Union High School District; 1980 in Los Alamitos

* Team name: Griffins

* Principal: Kelly Godfrey

* Student president: Trevor Kann

* Famous alumni: Broadway’s “Beauty and the Beast” star Susan Egan; Olympic gymnast and actress Cathy Rigby

* Winning moments: Newsweek magazine’s Top 500 schools; Assistant Principal Jerry Halpin wins $32,000 on “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” using Rosie O’Donnell as a lifeline; four National Merit Scholar finalists; boys’ basketball playoffs; boys’ and girls’ water polo playoffs; boys’ and girls’ cross-country championships; football playoffs; girls’ golf playoffs; girls’ tennis playoffs; girls’ volleyball playoffs

* In the works: Implement Digital High School grant; enrich visual- and performing-arts course; health and fitness center fund-raising

* Graduation: 4 p.m. June 21 at Cerritos College

SENIOR STANDOUT

Aaron Young of Cypress

* Achievements: Valedictorian; earned a 4.72 weighted grade-point average; Princeton award for highest class rank; National Merit Scholar recognition; named Advanced Placement scholar with distinction; National Honor Society; California Scholarship Federation; Junior Honor Guard Student of the Month in science, math and social science; competed in the Science Olympiad

* Connections: Member of the marching and jazz bands; Spanish honor society

* Ambitions: Attend UCLA (on waiting lists for Harvard, Stanford and Cal Tech), major in biochemistry for a career in research or medicine

* Family: Father is Kevin; mother is Lucia; twin siblings are Erica and Scott

* Claim to fame: Worked with Jim Hynd, the Rose Parade guru

THE SENIOR CLASS: 624