Irvine High

4321 Walnut Ave.

Irvine 92604-2299

(949) 936-7000

* Enrollment: 2,176

* Established: 1975

* Team name: Vaqueros

* Principal: Gail Richards

* Student president: Daniel Oh

* Valedictorian: Lani Gates

* Famous alumnus: Olympic swimming gold-medalist Amanda Beard

* Winning moments: Grammy Signature Gold award; marching band invited to Olympic opening ceremonies in Australia; “Every 15 Minutes” program; girls’ basketball playoffs; boys’ and girls’ soccer playoffs; postseason wrestling tournament; boys’ cross-country championships; football playoffs; girls’ golf playoffs; girls’ volleyball playoffs; boys’ and girls’ water polo playoffs

* In the works: New air conditioning and heating system; technology improvements

* Graduation: 5 p.m. June 21 at the stadium

SENIOR STANDOUT

Emily Largent of Irvine

* Achievements: Earned a 4.37 weighted grade-point average; named Girl Scouts troop co-president; Senior Advisory Board member; Literary Guild of Orange County Festival of Women Authors alternative; Honor roll; Advanced Placement scholar with distinction; National Merit finalist; Sunrise Exchange Club of Irvine Student of the Month; Simsbury scholar; California Scholarship Federation; French club president; participated in the National Engineering Design Challenge; received Yale book award; Heritage Academic awards for physical science, French, math, composition and social sciences; attended Knowledge and Social Responsibility program; UC Irvine program for high school scholars; listed in “Who’s Who Among American High School Students”; speaks high school French (“a language of its own”)

* Connections: Member of the swim team; Students for Social Responsibility; enjoys swing dance; ceramic classes; writing short stories and essays; painting; cooking (“all from scratch, all by hand”); collecting vintage jewelry; volunteered for READ/Orange County Literacy; worked as a tutor; at the offices of Flory I. Onderdonk, M.D.; Renbrook Summer Adventure program

* Ambitions: Attend Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, major in international relations

* Family: Father is Kyle; mother is Susan; brother is Elliott

* Claims to fame: “I am a Girl Scout who doesn’t like cookies and it has always been my secret wish to be a Bond, James Bond, girl”

THE SENIOR CLASS: 610