Fullerton Union High School

Friday, November 17, 2023

Week 14

We Are The Heart of Fullerton! ❤️

Good Evening Fullerton Families!

We had an exciting week! Our school district experienced an internet shutdown that lasted three days! Our school district IT department was working around the clock to get this fixed! We want to thank them for getting us back online! There are still some glitches here and there and some programs are not quite running yet, but we were able to make it to Friday! I am thankful for the resiliency of our teachers who had to pivot on a moment's notice! Textbooks, paper, and pencils were still handy and instruction continued! They are the experts and we are grateful for them. I also want to give kudos to our students! They survived a few days without internet in their classrooms and they were good sports!

One of the shifts we had to make due to the lack of internet this week, was the postponing of progress report grades by our teachers. Originally they were due today! However, Aeries is one of the programs, not completely up yet. The new deadline for teachers is now Friday, December 1st, which means updated grades will not be available to parents until Tuesday, December 5th. In the meantime, please check in with your student. As soon as we get back from Thanksgiving Break, please check your Aeries Portal. Thank you for understanding!

I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving Break with friends and family!

See you soon!

Laura Rubio

Principal

Celebrations

AVID Senior Scholar

Congratulations to our AVID Senior Scholar, Yasmin Vazquez Gomez. She has 3.69 GPA, 1st gen, 3years in AVID leadership, on school site council committee this year, vice president member of the French Club and link crew for 3 years. 5 years of community service. Won IB French student of the year. Plans to attend Chapman University or Cal State Fullerton. She "wants to represent her community and make them proud." She will be representing Fullerton Union at the AVID Senior Ceremony at the end of the year and is now eligible for multiple AVID Scholarships!

Simon Scholar

Congratulations to Samsarahi Lopez Gutierrez! Only a few applicants get the opportunity have receive a scholarship through the Simon Scholar Foundation! Not only do they get $16,000, but they also get full support through high school and college! We are very proud of Samsarahi!

Annual Turkey Bowl!

Congratulations to our Math Teachers! Way to roll!

Activities

IB Anthropology Class

The IB Anthropology students participated in our annual Kula Ring simulation. This is a fun simulation that teaches them about networking, creating affiliations, and the obligations associated with relationships. At the end of the simulation, students will judge each network created for its social, political, and economic strength. Love the experience! Thank you Mrs. Hollon!

AVID Field Trip

AVID freshman and sophomores visited Cal State Dominguez Hills and got to act like a college student! Students studied in their library, had lunch in their student union, and toured their campus.

FCC CTE Field Trip

Our College and Career Center Guidance Techs, Mrs. Conde and Ms. Hurtado took the students to Fullerton College for the Career Tech Education tour! Amazing opportunities for our students!

Announcements

Gratitude

We have launched a 30-Day Gratitude Challenge on our social media pages. We encourage everyone to join. The challenge is completely FREE, but the value it offers is priceless.

Post what you grateful for each day

Tag it with #FUHSGratitude

You can use a picture, quote, thought, etc

KM Legacy Website

Campus Tour RSVP Link

FUHS Counseling Team

Attention Class of 27!

Counselors are starting their Freshman Counseling Meetings. Every 9th-grade student will meet one-on-one with their Counselor to create a 4-year plan and review graduation requirements and University admission (A-G) requirements. If a parent/guardian would like to attend please reach out to their Counselor to set up a meeting.

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Student Support

College & Career Center

Get ready for college!

Athletic Updates

Athletic Director - Coach Joseph Olivas - jolivas@fjuhsd.org

Asst. Athletic Director - Coach Kikey Ramos - kramos@fjuhsd.org

Athletic Website: https://fullertonindiansathletics.com/

or follow our athletics program on social media

Winter Season has arrived!

Boys Basketball

On Friday 11/3 the basketball program had their annual Tribe Madness meet the team night. Thanks to all the parents and sponsors who made this night possible for our players. The Varsity, JV, and Freshman teams kick off the season in tournaments next week. Varsity is co-hosting Rumble for Rosecrans Ave. The tournament opens in the first round with Orange Lutheran on Monday 11/13 at 8pm at FUHS.

Boys Basketball is co-hosting one the premier varsity basketball tournaments in the area this week. Rumble For Rosecrans Ave. has brought in some of the top teams in Southern California. Fullerton started the week going 1-2, falling to Orange Lutheran and Ayala, but getting a victory against El Toro on Tuesday. They will finish the week against Quartz Hill & Wilson Hacienda Heights.

JV is playing the California High tournament and is 1-1 thus far beating El Rancho and losing to La Serna. The Freshman team is playing at Valencia High school and is also 1-1 beating Whittier Christian and losing a close one to Esperanza.

Good luck to our teams the rest of the week.

Interested in sponsoring a player for our FT-a-thon? There is still time! Contact a Fullerton Basketball player or email Coach Kamrath at ekamrath@fjuhsd.org

Girls Basketball

Our Girls Program had their first team bonding event at Chapman University where they got to meet the women’s basketball team, participate in the pre-game pep talk, watch their game, and enjoy dinner at their campus dining hall. Thank you to the booster club for sponsoring this event!

The Varsity team started their week going 2-1. It was a close game against Santa Ana Valley, where they fell short by 3 points. The girls finished the week with sweeping wins against Mountain View (65-15) and Rancho Alamitos (64-23). Fullerton also had their first program sweep of the year with JV (43-12) and Freshman (20-13) winning their first games of the season. Let’s go TRIBE!

Coming up… Girls Basketball will be hosting its annual Vernie Ford Classic Basketball Tournament at Fullerton High School. There is also a Rubio’s fundraiser on Dec. 2nd. Please come and show your support!

Girls Soccer

Girls soccer started their 23’-24’ preseason this week. The Tribe headed to North Long Beach to face off against Jordan High School. Junior Varsity started off strong with an 11-0 win. JV standouts were Gabriella Garcia with the “hat trick”, Lauren Barrett, Kamryn Venezuela, Olivia Yturriaga, Mya Monroe, and Gker Athena Rodriquez.

Varsity had their hands full with the weather, and an aggressive, passionate Jordan HS Varsity team. An early goal by Janelle Flores started Fullerton with the lead. Shortly after Jordan answered back with a deep shot from outside. With most of the match in Jordan’s defensive side, Fullerton kept attacking. A second half goal generated with a quality through ball by Ava Vazquez, Marley Keller gets in and finishes! Final score 2-1 Fullerton Union wins.

Next up.. back on the road, traveling to Hacienda Heights for Wilson High School on Monday November 20th. GoTribe.

Boys Soccer

Boy's Soccer is continuing train for conditioning and tactics. We are getting prepared for our first games starting December 2 for freshman and JV. Our season will start on December 4 with three games that week. All our players are anxious and ready to play. We are having our pictures taken over Thanksgiving break to eliminate any distractions getting ready for the season. We also have a fundraiser for sees candy. We want everybody to participate in.

We want to send our congratulations out to two former players Misael Gonzalez who is the back-to-back MVP at Fullerton College. Also, Garrett Eckelman, who was named all-conference defender. Fullerton College won their conference, and are ranked number two in the United States, and two of our former players contributed to their success.

Wrestling

Our wrestling team had a scrimmage at Bishop Amat High School this past weekend. It was a great way to start the season and they were able to showcase their talent and teamwork. Led by captains Julian Rodela and Chloe Ortiz, our wrestlers secured a series of impressive performances. Freshmen and sophomores stepped up, demonstrating their skill and determination. The entire team worked seamlessly, supporting each other and creating a positive environment. This scrimmage is a testament to our team's potential and shows the direction all the hard work is taking us. We are excited to see what the future holds for this remarkable group of athletes.

Spring Sports News

Baseball

Our Baseball boys just had their annual Thanksgiving dinner. Which was sponsored by our booster club. It was a fun night as Coach Hill made sure it was a cell phone free dinner. New varsity boys had to perform skits in front of the entire program. Night was filled with laughs and amazing food. Check out our instagram page. @fullerton_hs_baseball

Visual and Performing Arts

Superintendent's November Newsletter

November Newsletter - Click Here

Mental Health Resources

District Resources

The school district also has many mental health resources, including Care Solace. Please follow the links to learn more.

FJUHSD Mental Health Resources Link

ELAC

Join PTSA

PTSA meeting reminder:

Monday, 11/27, 6:30 PM in the FUHS Staff Cafeteria. Learn about upcoming events, opportunities to volunteer, and updates from Principal Rubio. See you there!

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