Futures High - Los Angeles Times

26440 La Alameda Mission Viejo 92691 (949) 348-0608 * Enrollment: 250 * Established: 1985 * Principal: Liz Halasz * Winning moments: Cultural field trips to the J. Paul Getty Museum in

Brentwood and the Simon Wiesenthal Center/Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles; Nationals figure skater Sasha Cohen * In the works: Anytime Anywhere Learning; senior portfolios * Graduation: 6

p.m. June 14 at the Mission Viejo Country Club SENIOR STANDOUT Talla Motakef of Anaheim Hills * Achievements: Earned a 4.45 weighted grade-point average; named Regents scholar; Michael L.

Rosten creative writing contest winner; received Fullerton College book award; state Sen. Joseph L. Dunn certificate of recognition; state Assemblyman Lou Correa certificate of honor;

offered summer job at UCI biological research center; listed in “Who’s Who Among American High School Students”; speaks Farsi and French * Connections: Enjoys reading classics and novels;

writing short stories and poems; tennis; basketball; surfing the Web for interesting science-related sites; volunteered 350 hours for the Safe and Healthy Communities organization; worked at

the law office of Kathryn E. Terry * Ambitions: Attend UC Irvine, major in biological sciences and English; pursue doctorate at Caltech and career in biomedical research * Family: “My

mother, Mary, has home-schooled me since the second grade. I finished eighth and ninth grade in one year. I’ve taken 1 1/2 years of college while still in high school” * Philosophy: “Success

is a quality and quantity whose value doesn’t have a scientific unit. However, you know you have succeeded when you have done nothing but your very best.”--Anonymous THE SENIOR CLASS: 31

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