JANUARY 9, 2012

Welcome to the SAN CLEMENTE HIGH SCHOOL

National Honor Society2011-2012 Induction Ceremony and Banquet

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Willie PorterPresident

Sydney AdamsSecretary

Nathan CorbettVice President

Darian NourianTreasurer

A Note from the SCHSNational Honor Society Board

W e would like to welcome all the newmembers of the San Clemente High

School Chapter of the National Honor Society.Founded in 1921, National Honor Society wasintended “to create enthusiasm for scholarship,to stimulate a desire to render service, to promoteleadership, and to develop character in thestudents of secondary schools.” Our chaptercontinues to hold these standards in high regard.As new members, you have demonstratedthrough scholastic achievements, as well as yourcommitment to school and community service,that you have become a role model for yourpeers and a leader among high school students.

Robin Satterlee AdvisorCameron Lovett Assistant Principal

Returning members: Mary Margret Bracken, Corryn Bradley,Lauren Fuertes, Chris Haughey, Evan Stansel and Samson Su

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THE 2011-2012Inductees

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Peter BennettClass of 2013

Peter is a junior this year. He has loved playing on the highschool Water Polo Team for the past three years and this year

received the JV Coaches’ Award. He is president of theInvisible Children Club and has organized an on-campusscreening for several hundred students, as well as campus

fundraisers. He is having fun being on the yearbook staff andis involved in other clubs on campus, including the Environ-

mental Alliance and Stand Up to Cancer. He has beenvolunteering at the Ocean Institute since he was a freshman,volunteers at Emerald Cove Day Camp as a counselor andworks as pizza chef extraordinaire at Papa Murphy’s. In hisfree time Peter like listening to music on his record player,

going to concerts, traveling, snowboarding and spending timewith his friends and family. Peter is an IB candidate and

hopes to attend a four-year university in California or on theEast Coast focusing on environmental science or engineering.

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Melia BernalClass of 2013

Melia is a junior. She has been a member of the SCHS GirlsCross-Country Team and the Track and Field Team as adistance runner since freshman year. On campus, she isinvolved in Be a Hero Become a Donor, Autism Youth

Ambassadors, Spanish National Honor Society, and Hugs andHope Club; she is also the secretary of For the Love of Dance

Club and the president of H3, a multicultural club. She hasbeen in the Dual-Immersion Program since kindergarten andhas been playing piano for the past seven years. Since Melia

was four years old she has been a member of Lokelani’sRhythm of the Islands, a Polynesian dance group, and has

performed Hawaiian, Tahitian, Maori and Samoan dances allover the western United States, Hawaii, Tahiti, and Japan.

Melia has a passion for languages and people and she aspiresto travel the world in her future. In her spare time, Melia

enjoys baking cookies, exercising, and spending time withher family and friends.

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Raina BorumClass of 2013

Raina is a junior at San Clemente High School and ispursuing the IB diploma. An avid violinist, she has been

concertmistress of the San Clemente High School ChamberOrchestra for two years and first violinist of Pacific Sym-phony Youth Orchestra, for three years. Raina has been

invited to perform at Carnegie Hall and asked to join musicalprograms at Chapman University and Schlernn, Italy.

Recently, she was offered a scholarship to Idyllwild ArtsAcademy. Although music plays a giant part in her life,

Raina’s true passion is in biology and medicine. At SCHS,she founded the San Clemente Public Health Team, an aware-

ness club that educates students about health issues. Rainahopes to double major in biology and musical performance

and eventually attend medical school. She aspires to becomea cardiologist, or maybe even a traveling doctor in third-world countries. Raina enjoys spending time with family,listening to many varieties of music and seeing the world.

Without her strong-hearted and supportive parents, she wouldnever have gone as far as she has now.

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Chandler BoydClass of 2013

Chandler’s life revolves around dance and the SanClemente High School Dance Team, which has provided herwith the opportunity to serve as Junior Varsity captain, and be

awarded for both solo and team performances. Luckily,between practices, concerts and competitions, the Dance

Team also participates in community events such as preparinglunches for the homeless, putting together care packages for

our troops, and raising funds for Relay for Life and Children’s Hospital of Orange County. School work is alsoimportant, as is involvement in school clubs, dance classes,spending time with family, and balancing it all with a fun

social life.

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Elizabeth BrackenClass of 2013

Elizabeth, a junior at San Clemente High School, islooking forward to her years ahead as a senior and collegestudent. Over the years, Elizabeth has received multiple

academic and athletic awards and generally spends her freetime reading, babysitting and spending time with her friendsand family. Elizabeth grew up dancing ballet and jazz, butthis past summer found a new passion and love for cross-country. She looks forward to college where she plans to

major in business and enter the business world, where she cancontinue setting and achieving her goals. Elizabeth loves totravel and wants to visit as many countries as possible in her

lifetime. She wants to experience different and exotic culturesaround the world and she hopes to backpack around Europe

at some point.

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Ian ChristnerClass of 2013

Ian has striven to be creative and motivated throughout hiseducation. He enjoys problem solving, especially with his

technical and video computer skills via creative writing andart. Ian also enjoys volunteering with youth groups, both

through the Boy Scouts of America and at SCHS through theAVID Math Tutoring program. Additionally, he has been apart of the San Clemente chapter of the American CancerSociety Relay for Life since its inception. Ian has studied

Spanish and Japanese and traveled in the U.S. and abroad. Hehas spent time in South America and is saving for a trip to

Japan this summer. Ian’s goal is to attend a four-year univer-sity where he can continue to strive to be a professional

computer software/gaming technologist.

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Derek CousineauClass of 2013

From an early age, Derek has had the desire to learn. Be itlearning to cook, playing the piano, competing in swimmingand water polo, or in the classroom, He loves learning some-thing new. As Derek approaches the end of his high school

career, academics direct his daily tasks, along with hiscommitment to water polo, but he has found a new hobby in

film photography, which allows him to unwind from the dailystresses of school work and workouts. Derek is learning to

balance his overachieving personality with things he enjoys,and hopes to end up in a college town where he can reap the

benefits of a high level of academics, a competitive waterpolo program and the ability to explore a new city and all ithas to offer. He is an International Baccalaureate candidate

and plans to complete the challenge this program offers.Derek is 1st out of 720 students in his junior class and has a

4.5 grade point average.

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Jamie DavisClass of 2012

Jamie is a senior. She has been a member of the TritonGirls’ Tennis Team for the past three years, and is involved

with Key Club, Books of Hope, and Spanish Honor Society,of which she is currently president. Jamie volunteers for theMission Hospital Student Auxiliary, where she enjoys greet-ing and directing visitors as a shift coordinator, and is also a

co-chairman of the Winter and Senior Service AwardsBanquets. In her free time, she enjoys tutoring and spendingtime with her friends and family. Jamie hopes to be acceptedinto either a biology or biomedical engineering program at

one of the many universities to which she has applied.

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Alexis FredriksenClass of 2012

Alexis is a senior. She was a member of the SCHS CheerTeam for the past three years. This year she chose a new path

and joined ASB. Alexis loves being a part of all schoolactivities and showing her school spirit. On the weekends you

can find Alexis making delicious lattes at Starbucks, whereshe works as a barista. For the past three summers Alexis has

worked as a lifeguard at Wild Rivers. Since her freshmanyear Alexis has been a devoted member of the Be a Hero,

Become a Donor club and this year started a club of her own,Students Against Drunk Driving. Alexis volunteers for

Orange County Safe Rides, an organization that protectsteenagers from the dangers of drinking and driving. Alexisloves traveling, making new friends, babysitting and most

recently, snowboarding. She plans to attend a university in thefall at which she can expand her horizons as she studiespsychology, joins a sorority, and makes the most of her

college experience.

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Jennifer GarredClass of 2012

Jennifer is a senior and loving it! While she is an activetutor for her peers at the high school, she especially enjoysworking with the Assisteens League of Capistrano Valley.

Jennifer has been a member of this organization for five yearsand has served as second vice chairman and is the current

chairman. In addition, she volunteers to tutor youngerstudents at both the local Boys and Girls Club and Our Ladyof Fatima Parish School. When she has time to relax, Jennifer

cherishes the time spent with her family, shopping with hermom, watching the “Big Bang Theory” with her dad, and

even driving her little brother to his friends’ houses. In the fallshe will begin her pre-pharmacy coursework at a college yet

to be determined.

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Graham GoodwinClass of 2012

Graham is a senior. He has been a member of SanClemente’s Cross-Country and Track Team since his

sophomore year, working his way up from the frosh-sophlevel to varsity. He is co-president of Hikers for Environmen-

tal Awareness and an active member of the student-runEnvironmental Alliance. Graham has been involved with theschool newspaper since his sophomore year as a staff writer,photography editor, and editor-in-chief. He has spent the past

two summers traveling with his sister teaching mentallychallenged kids how to ride bikes and working as a lifeguard.

He enjoys long walks on the beach, candle-lit dinners, andacid jazz. Graham plans to study either civil or environmentalengineering at a university in California or on the East Coast.

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Amanda HuffmanClass of 2013

Amanda is a junior at San Clemente High School. She haslived in San Clemente her entire life, in fact her father is a

San Clemente High School graduate. She is a five-yearmember of National Charity League, Monarch Chapter, andhave held numerous positions including sunshine officer andvice president of philanthropy. She earned the class award formost philanthropy hours as a freshman, working 66.5 hours

that year, and has complete more than 250 philanthropyservice hours in her five years with National Charity League.Amanda was a member of the SCHS Varsity Golf Team thisyear, having been on the Development Team as a freshman,and the Junior Varsity Team as a sophomore. She has been a

member of the A Capella Women’s Choir for two years.Amanda enjoys golfing, singing and writing. She plans tomajor in creative writing in college and become an author.

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Adam IshaqClass of 2012

Adam is a senior at San Clemente High School. A commit-ted musician, he has been involved in the Triton Music

Program since his freshmen year, participating in the school’sjazz band, winter drumline, concert orchestra, chamber

orchestra, pit orchestra, and marching band. A member of theSan Clemente High School Newspaper for the last two years,

this year he takes pride in being the paper’s opinion editor.Arduously committing himself to improving the high school’s

music program, Adam is president of the school’s BandUnion, fighting for the rights of musicians schoolwide.Striving to improve his community, Adam has been a

volunteer at St. Michael’s Church for the past three years,while also volunteering at Family Assistance Ministries for

the past year. In his free time, Adam enjoys taunting hisfriends and constantly discussing “baylife” and his cat.

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Neda KananiClass of 2012

Neda is a senior. She has been involved in many schoolclubs such as Key Club and is vice president of the Junior

Youth Empowerment Project. Neda has volunteered at FAMand for the past four years has been involved in Baha’iinspired children’s classes and junior youth groups. She

enjoys playing the piano, being outdoors, and spending timewith her amazing family and friends. She hopes to attend one

of the UC’s this coming fall and pursue a major incommunications.

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Kris KleinClass of 2012

Kris is a senior. Since his freshman year he has been on theVarsity Boys’ Swim Team, where he swims primarily breast-

stroke and backstroke. Kris also plays the violin for theChamber Orchestra and volunteers teaching swim lessonsthrough a non-profit organization in San Juan Capistrano.

Over the last two years, Kris has been involved in the Booksof Hope Club, the Interact Club, Academic Decathlon, ModelCongress, and Model United Nations. In his junior year, Kriswas selected to attend the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards

and the American Legion’s Boys’ State Conference inSacramento. Kris hopes to attend the best college possible topursue an education in political science and hopes to attend

law school.

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Ian KosClass of 2013

Ian is a junior working toward the International Baccalaure-ate diploma. He has been involved in Triton Aquatics, playingwater polo and swimming for the past two years, and plans tocontinue these sports throughout high school. He values his

time spent with the Be a Hero, Become a Donor club atSCHS, as well as, with Boy Scout Troop 737. With a deeppassion for the ocean environment and humanity, he has

found that working as an ocean lifeguard for the City of SanClemente’s Marine Safety Division provides a huge degree ofjob satisfaction. Ian enjoys spending his time with his family

and friends when he is not sailing or out on the water. Hehopes to attend a four-year college within the UC system or a

school on the East Coast.

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Jesse KriegeClass of 2012

Jesse is a senior. He enjoys writing, science and above all,the ocean. He got involved in school publications his sopho-more year, first as photo editor for the Triton newspaper andnow as editor in chief of the Thalassa yearbook. Jesse joinedthe SCHS Cross-Country and Track teams in 10th grade andcontinues to run. He is involved in medical missions abroadand leadership programs at home, travelling to India and at-tending the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards. Jesse enjoysspearfishing, scuba diving and underwater photography. Hehas worked as a karate instructor and ocean lifeguard and

intends to pursue a career in medicine. He plans to attend theUnited States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs to

study molecular biology.

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Molly MannClass of 2012

Molly is a senior. She is captain of the Girls’Varsity Cross-Country and Track teams and head photogra-

pher and photo editor on the Thalassa yearbook staff. She wasthe Sign Language Club president for two years and is a

proud member of the Best Buddies Club. She is the SCHSclass of 2012’s ambassador for the Hugh O’Brian Youth

Leadership program and loves volunteering with her churchin Mexico. Molly is an intern with Alex’s Lemonade StandFoundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising

money for childhood cancer research. She loves photography,running, the beach, and watching romantic comedies. Mollyloves all of the friends and family who have shaped who sheis and will be. She plans to attend a university on the West

Coast and compete in collegiate running.

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Kelly Shannon MathiesenClass of 2012

Kelly is a senior. She has been a part of the San ClementeHigh School Dance Team for the past four years. When she is

not at dance, working at Bagel Shack with her friends, orfuriously working on studies at Peet’s Coffee, she enjoys

preoccupying herself with art, going outside for jaunts on thetrail, and watching Harry Potter movies. On Dance Team,Kelly has been freshman representative, Junior Varisity

captain, competition captain, and currently is co-captain withher best friend, Maria Rose McGuire. She has participated in

numerous community services through Dance Team andother opportunities, her favorite being Relay for Life becauseof the honorable luminary ceremony. She intends to pursue

her love for art, design, and the environment and study land-scape architecture next fall at a major university.

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Caili McDanielClass of 2013

To summarize the fantastic opportunities Caili has beenafforded thus far in High School, one word alone could suffice:blessed. She cherishes her job as Community Service Captainon the Dance Team, otherwise known as her second family.Among her favorite activities are smiling, writing, dancing,

meeting new people, thinking big, playing piano and volleyballand spending time with the ones she loves. She was honored tobe chosen as the sophomore representative to the HOBY Youth

Conference last year, named a finalist in the Nestle Best ofYouth Competition and presented the Governor’s Volunteer

Service Award. She encounters endless joy from her roles withthe Shea Center for Therapeutic Riding, Special Olympics,Boys and Girls Club, San Clemente Red Ribbon, Character

Counts, Watershed Task Force, campus clubs, and as the clubpresident of Hugs and Hope for Sick Children. Within the

coming year, she looks forward to exploring all her options fora university in California so there will be “no beach out of

reach.” Above all, she is fundamentally led by the wisdom andgrace of Jesus Christ, through whom she knows she can

accomplish anything she sets her mind to.

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Maria McGuireClass of 2012

Maria is a senior. She has been a member of the Dance Teamfor the past four years and is currently president of Key Club.In her free time, she enjoys doing Ms. Shick’s study guides

and posting pictures of herself on Facebook. Her friendsencourage her to please stop singing, and she is famous in theparking lot at school for being the best at parking. She likes

chocolate, cupcakes, and long walks on the beach. She’sreally enjoying her senior year and is so excited for

everything to come!

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Hayley McVicarClass of 2012

Hayley is a senior. She has been an IB diploma candidateall four years of her high school career. She is an equestrianrider and showed in 2009. She has been taking yoga classessince 2007 and became a yoga instructor in 2010. She has

spent hours volunteering at the Shea Center, a horse facilityfor disabled riders, since 2010. Hayley loves reading, eques-trian riding, yoga and listening to music. In the fall of 2012,

she plans to attend the finest university that will accept her inhopes to earn a degree in journalism in the United States, the

United Kingdom or France.

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Sofia MedranoClass of 2013

Sofia is a junior. She has been a Girl Scout since kindergartenand is working to finish her Gold Award this year by continu-

ing her own girls’ leadership mentoring program, calledCirculo de Amigas, at Las Palmas Elementary School. Shehas been a member of the Triton Girls’ Volleyball Team forthe past two years and also has played at T-Street Volleyball

Club. She has been involved in school groups such as Califor-nia Scholarship Federation, Be a Hero Become a Donor and

the It Gets Better Project. She started the Autism YouthAmbassador club this year and is vice president of the multi-cultural club, Hands Hearts and Hellos. Sofia has volunteeredat her church, St. Edward the Confessor, and also has become

more involved in the Talk About Curing Autism (TACA)foundation. Sofia enjoys being a member of the yearbook

staff and loves the outdoors, photography, and spending timewith her family and friends. She plans to pursue a liberal arts

education at a university on the East Coast.

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Bill MorrisClass of 2012

Bill is a senior. He likes to surf and play volleyball. He is themiddle blocker for his club team Main Beach Laguna and the

high school team. He is looking forward to his upcomingsenior season and hopes his team can make a solid run in CIF.

When he’s not busy with volleyball, he likes to go down toTrestles or Rivi to surf. Bill has received an “A” in everyclass he’s taken, and hopes to attend UCLA next year to

major in business.

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Kyle MurphyClass of 2012

As a senior at SCHS Kyle has been involved in many groupson campus, but the organization most important to him is the

Associated Student Body. Kyle has held the positions of:ASB president as both a junior and a senior; ASB commis-

sioner of elections and awards; and ASB freshman represen-tative. He received the Achievement Award for Student

Government in 2010 and 2011. Kyle has worked with ASB tohelp the Dance Team collect, pack, and send care boxes toCamp Pendleton Marines serving in Afghanistan. He has

been involved in various clubs, drama productions, the DanceTeam co-ed performances and Air Guitar. Kyle joined the

Golf Team his freshman year and earned a varsity letter hisjunior year. Kyle considers the honor of being named a

Scholar Athlete one of his greatest achievements at SCHS.Off campus Kyle has dedicated hundreds of volunteer hours

to San Clemente Little League and held summer jobs as a busboy and a golf instructor’s assistant. He looks forward tocontinuing his career in student government at a four-year

university in the fall.

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Jamie ParkClass of 2012

Jamie is a senior at San Clemente High School. She is afour-year cheerleader and currently the Varsity Cheer captainand has been the Junior Varsity captain as well. She also hasbeen a violinist for the San Clemente Chamber Orchestra forthe past four years and volunteers with the Be a Hero Become

a Donor club, helping run and organize blood drives. Sheenjoys being involved with her school as well as the commu-nity as she has been involved with Model Congress, HikingClub and San Clemente Presbyterian Youth Group. Jamie

loves hiking, baking, going to the beach and spending timewith her friends and family. She has dreams of becoming apediatric oncologist later in life and hopes to attend a four-year university majoring in pre-medicine on the East Coast.

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Gillian PerryClass of 2014

Gillian is a sophomore and so excited to be a part of the Na-tional Honors Society. She loves to play the clarinet and is the

spirit leader of the Triton Marching Alliance and concertmaster of the Wind Ensemble. She is also involved in theTriton Theater Arts Program where she enjoys working in

both cast and crew. She has also enjoyed being a peer buddyand secretary for the San Clemente High School chapter ofBest Buddies. Outside of school, Gillian is a member of the

Laguna Playhouse Youth Repertory theater program andperforms in various productions, including an annual student-directed show. She is an active Girl Scout and plans to earn

her Gold Award before she graduates. In her free time, Gillianloves to read, especially classics, swim, and spend time with

her family and friends, including her big golden retrieverJeeps.

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Austin Patrick ReaganClass of 2012

Austin is a senior. On campus, he is the president of theModel United Nations Club and led a group of 16 SCHS

students at the 2011 UCLA MUN Conference in November.He is also president of the Habitat for Humanity Club, an

organization he is very passionate about and for which he hasvolunteered for more than 250 hours. In 2011, he received the

Gold Level President’s Volunteer Service Award fromPresident Obama. Austin in a three-year Boys’ Golf Team

member, and tutors in Spanish and math through the school’sfree tutorial program. Off campus, Austin has held a positionas a writer for the San Clemente Times and Dana Point Times

since he was a sophomore. He enjoys writing about localcurrent events and plans to write for the newspaper of

whatever college he enters next fall. Austin enjoys travelingabroad and spending time with friends. He hopes to attend auniversity on the East Coast and plans to major in Environ-

mental Studies and Public Policy.

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Summer SecrestClass of 2012

Summer is a senior at San Clemente High School. She is anInternational Baccalaureate diploma candidate and is one offour students in the top 1 percent of her class. Outside of herstudies, Summer participates in two varsity sports: softball

and golf. She is a team co-captain for this year’s varsitySoftball Team and plays on an elite club team based in

Huntington Beach. Summer was on the 2011 HomecomingCourt and is a member of the Capistrano Valley Assisteens

League. In her spare time, Summer loves to hang out with herfriends, hike, go shopping, read, and write. She aspires to

become a writer and publish a book. She is also consideringattending law school. Summer will be attending New York

City’s Columbia University in the fall where she will play onthe softball team.

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Iman ShullClass of 2012

Iman is a senior at San Clemente High School. He is anecstatic candidate of the marvelous International Baccalaure-

ate diploma. In school he also finds time to: sing with theMadrigals Choir, dance with the Lovely Ladies in IB-Dance,and is the founder and president of the Junior Youth Empow-erment Project, a club in search of role models that helps mid-dle-schoolers find their full potential in life. Besides reading

and analyzing Plath poetry, Iman spends his free time with hisfamily and friends, volunteers in the SMMC Emergency

Room, goes shopping with his Sweetness, and animates hisown Junior Youth Group. He is pursuing a career in medicine

and will become a physician someday.

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Natasha SkrbinClass of 2012

As a high school student, Natasha has always strived toachieve the highest grades possible and challenge herself inevery way. Aside from working hard at school and studying,she participates in clubs and community service endeavors.

This summer, she interned for a CPA office in San Diego. Shehas been part of the Spanish Honors Society, the SCHS

Tennis Team, and Books of Hope. Along with being involvedin the Environmental Awareness Club, she started her owncampus cleanup club to further improve SCHS’s learning

environment while beautifying the community and promotingsustainable practices. The majority of her family lives in

Turkey, so every summer she visits them there. Personallyobserving the lifestyle of such a distinctive ethnicity not onlyhelped her to appreciate her heritage, but also provided herwith marvelous insights to a culture far removed from her

American roots. Natasha’s schoolwork, extracurricularactivities, world travels and interest in other cultures has

shaped the person she is today and hopes to improve uponthrough her university studies.

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Carly StilesClass of 2012

Carly is a senior. She has played soccer for thirteen yearswith her club team and with the high school. She is also

involved with Habitat for Humanity, Key Club, Books ofHope, and coaches indoor soccer at the Boys & Girls Club.Carly hopes to be enrolled in a good college next fall where

she plans to study math and somehow get a career out of that.Carly loves her family and friends and would like to thank

them for all of their love and support.

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Nicholas VermillionClass of 2012

Nicholas is a senior. He has been a proud member of theSan Clemente Boys’ Basketball Team for the past four years,

playing the center and power forward positions. He wascaptain of the sophomore and junior varsity teams and wasnamed Best Defensive Player for his 63 blocked shots in hissophomore season and Coach’s Choice Player for his hard

work and dedication to the team. Nick has also been avolunteer each summer, working with the SCHS basketballprogram as a coach and referee during skills clinics to teachthe youth in the community how to play basketball. Nickolas

also enjoys spending time with his family and friends andhanging out at the beach in his free time. He plans to attendeither Cal State Long Beach or the University of San Diegoto pursue a degree in finance and business administration.

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Isabelle WhiteClass of 2013

Isabelle is a junior. In her last three years she has been anactive member of the Be A Hero Become A Donor club, Best

Buddies, and the It Gets Better Project. Her freshman andsophomore years she was involved in the San Clemente

Theater Arts Program, and joined Associated Student Bodythis year as junior class president. In her time outside of

school, Isabelle works at Golden Spoon Frozen Yogurt andtries to spend as much time as possible with her family.

Isabelle plans to attend a college on the East Coast.

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Sarah WymanClass of 2013

Sarah is a junior who enjoys playing cello in the chamberorchestra and is an avid member of the maritime community.Sarah has served in demanding leadership positions with the

Mariners 936 Sea Scout group and South Coast Sailing Team.She recently completed the requirements to achieve the rankof quartermaster, which is the equivalent of an Eagle Scout

and the highest rank offered by the Sea Scouts. In addition toher sailing commitments, Sarah dedicates a great amount oftime to volunteering. Over the course of two years, Sarahspent more than 140 hours tutoring her peers in math and

volunteered as a sailing instructor over the summer. She hasalso performed at local senior centers with her cello studioduring the holidays. Although Sarah does not know where

she wishes to attend college or what she will study, it is likelythat her major will be in humanities.

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Kendall YamaneClass of 2012

Kendall is a senior. She has participated in the high schoolsoftball program for the past three years and volunteered forthe Ocean Institute in Dana Point for the past year and a half.

Kendall serves as co-vice president of Key Club and is anactive member in the Environmental Alliance and Hikers forEnvironmental Awareness. In her free time, Kendall enjoys a

good cry after reading Nicolas Sparks novels and playingwith her cat, Charlie. She also likes spending time withfamily and friends, especially if popsicles are involved.

Kendall plans on attending any university that falls outside ofan 80-mile radius of San Clemente. Her main goal in life is towork for Kashi and be featured in one of their commercials.

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NHS wishes to thank the San Clemente HighSchool Administration Team for its support:

George Duarte, PrincipalSally Clanin, Assistant Principal, Upper Campus

Cameron Lovett, Assistant Principal of GuidanceJonathan Hamro, Athletic Director

Janet Sobel, Assistant PrincipalJaime Garman, Activities Director

as well as the San Clemente Presbyterian Church

and former NHS President Cassidy Bennett fortheir assistance with the banquet.

With thanks