Western High
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501 S. Western Ave.
Anaheim 92804-1699
(714) 220-4040
* Enrollment: 1,594
* Established: 1954 as a junior high; became a high school in 1957
* Team name: Western Pioneers
* Principal: Doug Munsey
* Student president: Audra Ratajczak
* Famous alumnus: Tiger Woods
* Winning moments: Academic Decathlon; girls’ basketball playoffs; football playoffs; girls’ golf playoffs; girls’ tennis playoffs; girls’ volleyball playoffs
* In the works: Prepare for Western Assn. of Schools and Colleges visit
* Graduation: 3 p.m. June 15 at the stadium
SENIOR STANDOUT
Melissa Koziel of Buena Park
* Achievements: Earned a 3.76 grade-point average; named Top 25; National Honor Society; yearbook staff member; varsity tennis coach’s award and most improved player; varsity softball Best Offensive player; artwork displayed at Anaheim Convention Center and Anaheim Union High School District offices; art will be displayed at Cypress Art Festival; received Ebell Club art scholarship; studying Japanese
* Connections: Played drums six years; guitar five years; volunteered to help students with reading and math at Walter Knott Elementary in Buena Park
* Ambitions: Attend community college; transfer to state college or university; pursue music and art
* Family: Father is John; mother is Debbie; brother is Michael; sister is Megan
* Claim to fame: “I will be in the next famous rock band from Orange County”
THE SENIOR CLASS: 314
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