Cypress High
9801 Valley View St.
Cypress 90630
(714) 220-4144
* Enrollment: 2,020
* Established: 1974
* Team name: Centurions
* Newspaper: The Centurion Scroll
* Principal: Tracy Brennan
* Student president: Jeff Jenks
Cypress High
9801 Valley View St.
Cypress 90630
(714) 220-4144
* Enrollment: 2,020
* Established: 1974
* Team name: Centurions
* Newspaper: The Centurion Scroll
* Principal: Tracy Brennan
* Student president: Jeff Jenks
* Winning moments: Speech team won the Orange County tournament; Academic Decathlon team placed 10th in Orange County; 13 students qualified for National Speech and Debate team; math team placed third in the county
* Memorable event: "Pig Kissing," a fund-raiser for a student trip to Washington, D.C., in which people gave money in the name of faculty members and those with the biggest pot kissed a potbellied pig. Principal Brennan was among those who puckered up
* Graduation: June 11, 4 p.m., on campus
SENIOR STANDOUT
Jeff Jenks of Buena Park
* Achievements: Earned a 3.88 grade-point average; ranked 12th in his class; student body president; voted best leader; several Golden State Exam awards; five-time varsity letterman; scholar athlete; Centurion Scholar Pin award; varsity volleyball team captain; Boys' State representative
* Connections: Eagle Scouts; varsity soccer team; Empire League all-academic team; California Assn. of Student Leaders; BIONIC; physics club; swing club; Western Assn. of Schools and Colleges; volunteer with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; service to sick and elderly; LDS Youth Day of Service; restoring church building
* Ambitions: Attend Brigham Young University for one year before serving a two-year mission for the church; serve the church; stay involved in scouting; volunteer; set up a scholarship to help young people accomplish goals
* Family: Parents are Ken and Erin Jenks; one sister; three brothers
* Claim to fame: Appeared in the movie "Apollo 13"
THE SENIOR CLASS: 417