John F. Kennedy High
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John F. Kennedy High
8281 Walker St.
La Palma 90623
(714) 220-4101
* Enrollment: 1,953
* Established: 1964
* Landmark: Irish blarney stone in the quad
* Team name: Fighting Irish
* Newspaper: The Shamrock
* Principal: Norie Atherton
* Student president: Neal Hannifin
* Famous alumni: Major league pitcher Greg Hansell; actor John Stamos; Broadway actress Roxanne Toga
* Winning moments: Sophia Tsai was offered more than $350,000 in academic scholarships; Southern California and Telecommunications Assn. awarded Chiming “Jonny” Hwang a $5,000 scholarship for film production; school paper won The Times Orange County award for general excellance
* Footnote: First school in U.S. to be named after John F. Kennedy
* Graduation: June 11, 3 p.m., at Handel Stadium
SENIOR STANDOUT
Rishi R. Doshi of La Palma
* Achievements: Earned 4.59 weighted grade-point average; ranked first in class; National Merit scholar; UC Berkeley Regent’s scholar; Berkeley Alumni scholar; student of the month; Bank of America Plaque; Academic Decathlon
* Connections: California Scholarship Federation; video production team; newspaper copy editor; basketball; draws; guitar; camps; travels; speaks Gujurati; volunteers at Walnut Manor senior home; Institute of Psychotherapy; Jain Center Medical Camp
* Ambitions: Study neurobiology at UC Berkeley; become a psychiatrist or an ophthalmologist
* Family: Parents are Ramesh and Bindi Doshi; brother Neel
* Claim to fame: Named “Mr Irish”
THE SENIOR CLASS: 417
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