Newport Harbor High

600 Irvine Ave.

Newport Beach 92663

(949) 515-6300

* Enrollment: 1,928

* Established: 1930

* Team name: Sailors

* Newspaper: The Beacon

* Principal: Bob Boies

* Student president: Matt Singer

* Famous alumni: Actress Kelly McGillis; actor Ted McGinley; two-time speedway motorcycle world champion Bruce Penhall; George Yardley, who was the first player in NBA history to score 2,000 points in a season; motion picture producer Frank Marshall

* Winning moments: Named California Distinguished School; girls’ volleyball state Division I champions; boys’ cross-county Southern Section Division II runner-up and state Division III playoffs; girls’ water polo Southern Section Division I runner-up; girls’ cross-country Southern Section Division II playoffs; boys’ and girls’ basketball Southern Section Division IIAA playoffs; boys’ water polo Southern Section Division I playoffs

* In the works: A new technology and business center on campus; new computers for teachers; senior class donation of a statue of Tommy Tar

* Graduation: June 17, 4 p.m., at the stadium

SENIOR STANDOUT

Matt Singer of Newport Beach

* Achievements: Earned a 4.01 weighted grade-point average; E.I. Moore Memorial Award; Principal’s Leadership Award; National Merit Letter of Recommendation; Boys’ State delegate; California Scholarship Federation; Irvine Co.’s Student Leader Scholarship winner; varsity tennis captain; named outstanding drum major

* Connections: Eagle Scout; marching and concert bands; varsity cross-country; Multicultural Club; American Cancer Society Club; Surf City Field Show Tournament; designed, built and installed pamphlet holders and hose boxes at environmental nature center in Newport Beach

* Ambitions: Attend UC Berkeley, majoring in environmental science; travel

* Family: Father is Brian J. Singer; mother is Marca; sister is Anne; pet rabbit is Charlie

* Claim to fame: “I know a guy who valet parked the car of Michael Jordan a couple of years ago.”

THE SENIOR CLASS: 372