Brea Olinda High

789 Wildcat Way

Brea 92621

(714) 990-7850

* Enrollment: 1,791

* Established: 1926, rebuilt in 1989

* Team name: Wildcats

* Newspaper: Wildcat

* Principal: Kathleen Beard

* Student president: Adam Roth (vice president Tiffany Whitton served for the first quarter)

* Valedictorians: Jenny Lah, Katrina Mayberry, Jeff McMillan and David Scharfe

* Famous alumnus: Not a grad, but “Titanic” director James Cameron drove the food truck for the Brea Olinda food department

* Winning moments: Top Dog Day in recognition of being awarded a California Distinguished School; Digital High School grant; Kate Ides named an essay finalist in WSS Scholastic Hoops; girls’ basketball Southern Section Division IIAA and state Division II champions; boys’ basketball Southern Section Division IIAA playoffs; girls’ cross-country state Division II playoffs; football Southern Section Division IX playoffs; boys’ and girls’ soccer Southern Section Division III playoffs; boys’ and girls’ water polo Southern Section Division IV playoffs; wrestling Southern Section playoffs

* In the works: Freshman Focus, a ninth-grade at-risk program; Person-to-Person student tolerance program expansion

* Graduation: June 17, 5 p.m., at the school

SENIOR STANDOUT

Michelle K. Allis of Brea

* Achievements: Salutatorian; National Merit Commended scholar; National Hispanic scholar finalist; high honors in the Golden State algebra, geometry and history exams

* Connections: Key Club; French club; Interact; Club Truth; California Scholarship Federation; varsity cross-country; track; drama

* Ambitions: Attend Caltech, majoring in physics, to become a science professor

* Family: Father is Hal Allis; mother is Kathie Garcia; stepfather is Tino Garcia; siblings Andrew, Tara, Matthew, Nolan and Amanda

* Claim to fame: Learned how to sing “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” backward while bored at a baseball game

THE SENIOR CLASS: 377