Laguna Hills High

25401 Paseo de Valencia

Laguna Hills 92653

(949) 770-5447

* Enrollment: 1,786

* Established: 1978

* Team name: Hawks

* Newspaper: Hawkeye

* Web site: https://www.svusd.k12.ca.us/schools/LHHS

* Principal: Wayne Mickaelian

* Student president: Jeffrey Eittreim

* Valedictorian: Shirley J. Lai

* Winning moments: California Distinguished School; girls’ Academic Decathlon team won the Orange County Championships for the 10th consecutive year and was second in the state; Shirley J. Lai named a Presidential scholar; Wayne Mickaelian named Principal of the Year by the Assn. of Secondary School Administrators; boys’ and girls’ basketball Southern Section Division IIA playoffs; boys’ and girls’ soccer Southern Section Division III playoffs; girls’ tennis Southern Section Division III playoffs; girls’ water polo Southern Section Division IV playoffs; wrestling Southern Section playoffs

* Graduation: June 24, 4 p.m., at the district stadium in Mission Viejo

SENIOR STANDOUT

Golnaz Alemi of Mission Viejo

* Achievements: Earned a 4.94 weighted grade-point average; founded the Children’s Literacy program, which received recognition from the California Department of Education and Rep. Christopher Cox; bronze medallion for the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards; Advanced Placement scholar with honors; Target scholarship winner; California Scholarship Federation seal bearer; science club president; speaks Persian

* Connections: Volunteered more than 950 hours of service with the American Red Cross, Orange County Volunteer Center, American Cancer Society, AIDS Walk, UCI Medical Center, the Homework Helpline

* Ambitions: Enter Stanford University as a junior, majoring in biology and premed

* Family: Father is Mike Alemi; mother is Farideh; brother is Farzad; twin sister is Farnaz

* Claim to fame: “I use to have hair 3 feet long!”

THE SENIOR CLASS: 405