Bolsa Grande High
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Bolsa Grande High
9401 Westminster Ave.
Garden Grove 92644
(714) 663-6424
* Enrollment: 1,550
* Established: 1960
* Landmark: Once there was a big bull statue, but a rival school chopped it down and stole it in the late ‘70s
* Hangout: Shakey’s Pizza
* Team name: Matadors
* Newspaper: The Ole’ Times
* Principal: Jim Morrison
* Student president: Saba A. Ghole
* Unsung heroes: Janitor Johnny Johnson, who never left the school after graduating; campus supervisor Margaret Walker, who is everyone’s “grandma”
* Winning moments: Varsity boys’ basketball team had 21 victories; badminton team reached playoffs for seventh consecutive year; Sam Baeder set football record for most touchdown receptions by wide-receiver in Orange County
* Graduation: June 17, 5 p.m, at the stadium
SENIOR STANDOUT
Saba A. Ghole of Garden Grove
* Achievements: Earned a 4.33 weighted grade-point average; Associated Student Body president; California Scholastic Federation; Honor Roll; Principal’s award; scholar of the quarter; second place in Orange County Science Fair; Spanish student of the year; named basketball homecoming queen; traveled to India, Singapore, Japan and Malaysia; freelance artist
* Connections: Volunteers at the Food Distribution Center; Fill the Boot Muscular Dystrophy drive; Walk for the Cure Diabetes Foundation; Salvation Army; Fountain Valley Regional Medical Center
* Ambitions: Attend Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, major in architecture; start an architecture firm
* Family: Parents are Ashfaq and Shamim Ghole; brother Saif: “It’s a small family, but there’s a lot of love.”
* Claim to fame: Ranked No. 1 in academics at her school
THE SENIOR CLASS: 302
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