Each spring, The Times' Orange County edition invites Orange County high schools to nominate members of their graduating class for outstanding achievement in the areas of leadership, academics and the arts. The newspaper then chooses one of the nominees to spotlight with a profile of each school and a list of members of the senior class in this section.
This year's nominees represent schools with senior classes of 25 or more, and in some cases graduating classes of nearly 700 students:
Aliso Niguel High
Leadership: Ariel Hankin
Academics: Alex Simma
Arts: Mona Mohammadi
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Anaheim High
Leadership: Kelin Martinez
Academics: Ernesto Rangel
Arts: Maria Sandoval
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Bolsa Grande High
Leadership: Julia Phuong Bui
Academics: Duy Duc Nguyen
Arts: Diana Cherie Waddell
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Brea Olinda High
Leadership: Erin Zachry
Academics: Kevin L. Shen
Arts: Katherine McLean
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Brethren Christian High
Leadership:Tim Nelson
Academics: Sara N. Kanouse
Arts: Jonathan Sury
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Buena Park High
Leadership: Nathan Velasco
Academics: Uyen Ly
Arts: Kevin Joseph Garcia
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Calvary Chapel High
Leadership: Christopher Tyler Ohanian
Academics: Mariko Hathaway
Arts: Christy Mansur
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Canyon High
Leadership: Stephanie Cheng
Academics: Kari Thompson
Arts: Alexandra Del Real
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Capistrano Valley High
Leadership: Jennette Allen
Academics: David Lawrence Stahl
Arts: Nathan O'Leary
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Capistrano Valley Christian High
Leadership: Gregory C. Thom
Academics: Erin Fennell
Arts: Tiana Siedlaczek
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Century High
Leadership: Rosalia Aguilar
Academics: Maria Osorio
Arts: Michael S. Andrade
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Cornelia Connelly High
Leadership: Elizabeth Sowers
Academics: Ruth Anne Lazzari
Arts: Lara Wozniak
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Corona del Mar High
Leadership: Sonia Lohiya
Academics: Eilene Hao
Arts: Nicole Charney
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Costa Mesa High
Leadership: Farshid Kazi
Academics: Jason Cabico
Arts: Sarah Cotton
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Cypress High
Leadership: Michelle Slevcove
Academics: Victoria Wostenberg
Arts: Brenda Marie Wilhelm
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Dana Hills High
Leadership: Christina Georgia Hioureas
Academics: Christopher Sheehy
