Bolsa Grande High
9401 Westminster Ave.
Garden Grove 92844-2998
(714) 663-6424
* Enrollment: 1,553
* Established: 1960
* Team name: Matadors
* Principal: Denise Jay
* Student president: Quyen Karen Chu
* Winning moments: Artistic Discovery Art Competition winner Vi-Diev Nguyen
* In the works: Upgrade Internet infrastructure
* Graduation: 5 p.m. June 21 at the stadium
SENIOR STANDOUT
Duy Duc Nguyen of Garden Grove
* Achievements: Valedictorian; earned a 4.4 weighted grade-point average; 800 on Math II CSAT II; top score on Advanced Placement tests in U.S. history, calculus and physics; California Mathematics award; high honors for Golden State exams in algebra, biology and U.S. history; Principal award; Award of Excellence in world history, U.S. history, chemistry and physics; named Advanced Placement scholar; Scholar of the Quarter; Guy of the Month; computer, French and chess clubs treasurer; competed in the Science Olympiad; speaks Vietnamese and some French
* Connections: Member of the tennis team; Latin, Chinese and Vietnamese clubs; enjoys plants; politics; foreign affairs; technology; Popular Science magazine; worked at Disneyland; volunteered as a Disney VoluntEar
* Ambitions: Earn a master and doctorate degree to become an aerospace engineer or a physician; “help the less fortunate”
* Family: “I owe a great deal to my inspirational older sister Yvonne, who I look up to and adore. I am fortunate to have a caring mom, Tuyet, older sister Nicole and the rest of my siblings, Linh, Nancy, Danny and Dinh. Also, my sister-in-law Vanessa and my dad, Thu”
* Philosophy: “Fame, as I see it, is a feature that society has invented and imposed on certain individuals. It is an outer force and thus, is not a necessity. What is even more important is our inner faith, our self-respect and our positive mentality that really counts. Fame is worthless if one feels miserable inside”
THE SENIOR CLASS: 361
