Katella High School
Katella High School is a public high school in Anaheim, California and is part of the Anaheim Union High School District. It serves 2,700 students in grades nine through twelve.
Katella's nickname is the Knights and the mascot is Alletak (Katella spelled backwards), a knight character suit designed and made by nearby Disneyland for the school. Katella's athletic teams compete in the Empire League of the California Interscholastic Federation's Southern Section. Katella has two CIF championships in soccer, and one in baseball.
Significance
Katella is the high school alma mater of REDdimension Wiki Circle member Kevin McNulty. He graduated with honors in 1982.
When Kevin started at Katella in 1979, the school served only grades 10-12. Freshman did not appear at Katella until Kevin's senior year. As a sophomore, Kevin competed with the school's speech and debate team and was a photographer for the school yearbook. In his junior year he played on the junior varsity badminton team. He attended his junior prom with long-time crush Rebecca Johnson. As a senior he worked with the wrestling team, producing the wrestling yearbook and videotaping matches...on a black and white reel-to-reel videotape recorder! He missed his senior prom, opting instead to attend his girlfriend Maria Thomas' senior prom at Canyon High School.
Kevin was in the Mentally Gifted Minor (MGM) program, taking Advanced Placement (AP) courses in English, biology, history, and math (taking calculus as a senior). Kevin passed the AP tests in English and math, satisfying his general education requirements at Cal State Fullerton for both subjects. He also scored a 31 on the ACT in his senior year.
Notable Alumni
- Ray Brady - Touring guitarist for Ashlee Simpson
- Richie James Follin - Lead Vocalist/Songwriter/Guitarist for The Willowz
- Robb Moser - Sole Proprietor, Moser & Co.
- Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart - Former Professional Wrestler in the World Wrestling Federation
- Ed Royce - United States Congress
- Loretta Sanchez - United States Congress
- Linda Sánchez - United States Congress
- Jaret Wright - Pitcher Baltimore Orioles
Related Links
- Katella_High_School on Wikipedia
- Official website
