Capistrano Valley High

26301 Via Escolar

Mission Viejo 92692

(949) 364-6100

* Enrollment: 2,730

* Established: 1979

* Team name: Cougars

* Newspaper: CVHS Times

* Web site: https://www.cvhs.com

* Principal: Dan Burch

* Student president: Mark Earnest

* Valedictorians: 47 students with a 4.0 or higher grade-point average

* Famous alumni: Olympic discus thrower Brian Blutreich; Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist Mike Ramirez

* Winning moments: Six-year accreditation from the Western Assn. of Schools and Colleges; color guard placed sixth in WGI World Championships in Dayton, Ohio; varsity cheer squad awarded first place at the National Cheerleading Assn.’s competition in Orlando, Fla.; social science teacher Ken Sayles named school district Teacher of the Year; volleyball coach John Gipe, tennis coach Kerry Leander and track coach/athletic director Tom White named California Coaches of the Year by Amateur Athletic Foundation; marching band selected to compete in Tournament of Champions and swept all division awards at Western States Marching Band Conference Tournament; boys’ basketball Southern Section Division IAA playoffs; girls’ basketball Southern Section Division VAA playoffs; girls’ soccer Southern Section Division I playoffs; girls’ tennis Southern Section Division I playoffs; girls’ water polo Southern Section Division I playoffs; girls’ tennis Southern Section Division I playoffs

* Graduation: June 22, 5:30 p.m., at the stadium

SENIOR STANDOUT

Maulik Shah of Las Flores

* Achievements: Earned a 4.67 weighted grade-point average; will take 15 Advance Placement tests; Advanced Placement scholar with distinction; Golden State exams high honors; Scholar of Scholars; Xerox Humanities and Social Science Award; National Merit Scholarship winner; National Honor Society; California State Federation; Academic Decathlon; speaks Gujurnti

* Connections: Political Awareness Club; Key Club; Future Scientist and Engineers of Americans; interned at Unisys; developing a CD for school

* Ambitions: Attend Stanford University, pursue a career in the medical field “while keeping sports--playing, watching, writing--on the back burner.”

* Family: Father is Pradeep Shah; mother is Jyuti; sisters are Hemali and Kaana

* Claims to fame: “My catch phrases, special sayings and words that I repeat over and over have often captured the ear of many a curious listener; plus, I am the skinniest person in the school, by my own estimation.”

THE SENIOR CLASS: 634