Best friends: Chad Danforth, Gabriella Montez
Quote: “Get’cha head in the game!”
Sports: Varsity basketball (captain), golf team
Activities: Winter musical
Never without: A friendly smile.

Gabriella Montez

Best friends: Taylor McKessie, Troy Bolton
Quote:“Shouldn’t the second equation read sixteen over pi?”
Activities: Winter musical, National Honor Society, Scholastic Decathlon team
Never without: A book

Sharpay Evans

Best friends: Ryan Evans
Quote:“This is not what I planned!”
Activities: Drama Club (co-president with her brother Ryan)
Never without: A mirror

Ryan Evans

Best friends: Sharpay Evans
Quote: “Everybody loves a good jazz square.”
Activities: Drama Club (co-president), fall drama, winter musical, spring musical
Never without: A snazzy hat

Chad Danforth

Best friends: Troy Bolton, Zeke Baylor, Jason Cross
Quote: “What team? Wildcats!”
Sports: Varsity basketball, track and field
Never without: His basketball

Taylor McKessie

Best friends: Gabriella Montez, Chad Danforth
Quote:“I wouldn’t consider myself an expert on that particular subspecies.””
Activities: Chemistry Club (president), National Honor Society, Scholastic Decathlon (captain)

Zeke Baylor

Best friends: Troy Bolton, Chad Danforth, Jason Cross
Quote: “I bake . . . if that helps.”
Sports: Varsity basketball
Activities: Young Bakers of America
Never without: A freshly baked goodie for his friends to taste test

Martha Cox

Best friends: Gabriella Montez, Taylor McKessie
Quote: “Hip-hop is my passion!”
Activities: Scholastic Decathlon
Never without: An mp3 player loaded with hip-hop music

Kelsi Nielsen

Best friends: Gabriella Montez, Troy Bolton
Quote: “What key?”
Activities: Winter musical composer, Student Orchestra
Never without: Her sheet music

Coach Jack Bolton

Quote: “The team is you, and you are the team.”
Activities: Varsity basketball head coach, Annual Health Fair adviser
Never without: His whistle and clipboard

Ms. Darbus

Quote: “Proximity to the arts is cleansing for the soul.”
Activities: Drama Club adviser, director of the fall drama, the winter musical, and the spring musical
Never without: A bucket of confiscated cell phones