Student Field Trip

Members of the Class of 2024 toured Fullerton College on Thursday, February 8th. Led by Education Specialist, Mr. Leon Palmisano, students prepared for their transition to college. They were connected to college advisors who will support them in receiving accommodations to meet their unique learning styles and needs. The Disability Support Services (DSS) center at FC supports equitable access to higher education through a multitude of individualized services and support. Our future hornets are well-prepared and ready to explore college and career options at Fullerton College next fall.

Model United Nations

Our MUNers have been busy competing and having fun at local conferences!

They attended CAPOMUN hosted by Capistrano Valley High School and congratulations to Emma Kojonroj won her first Best Delegate award in the Specialized US Senate committee. 

MUNers also attended Valley Regional MUN hosted by Granada Hills Charter High School! Congratulations to Hamza Cabrer who won a Research award representing Poland in the UNHCR committee, Evelyn Ishikawa won a commendation award representing Indonesia in the UNESCO committee, Sophia Goldblatt and Yaeeun Han won a commendation award representing St. Kitts and Nevis in the UNICEF committee, Mae Pantoja won outstanding delegate representing Senator Kevin Cramer in US Senate, Emma Kojonroj won best delegate representing Bernie Sanders in US Senate, and Jane Kwak won best delegate representing Italy in the UNHCR committee. Half of our delegation won awards at this conference! 

We are so proud of all of their accomplishments and for representing FUHS!!

Agri-Science Academy

Congratulations to our Assistant Principal, Mr. Jon Caffrey for winning the Orange Section FFA Star Administrator award. He has been really supportive of our program and this is a well-deserved award!

Also, congratulations to Macy Alcott for winning the Southern Region FFA Star proficiency award in agriculture sales. She will be representing our chapter, section, and region at the state level.

Another huge shout out to our three State FFA Degree Recipients this year. To earn this degree students must have earned at least $1000 from their Ag projects, and invested over 500 hours of time. This award is only earned by about 3% of all FFA members in the state. This year's recipients are:

Mary (MG) Weber

Abbey Lucey

Elianna Sosa

Welcome to FUHS!

We would like to welcome Col. Jerry Pearce as our new leader for our Army JROTC program! Col. Pearce comes to us with decades of experience running JROTC programs. We are excited to have him work with Sgt. Pese in growing and developing our JROTC program. Welcome to our Tribe Col. Pearce!

Wrestling:

Congratulations to both our Boys and Girls Wrestling teams winning the City Championship, and a special congratulations to our Girls Varsity Wrestling team winning the Freeway League Championship. Last friday our wrestling teams went to Sonora for the individual wrestling championships and our Girls team came through on top. Top Girl Individual Wrestling Champions taking 1st place in the Freeway League were: Jessica Sanchez in the 100 pound weight class, Chloe Ortiz in the 110 pound weight class, Ashlyn Vasquez in the 115 pound weight class, Levi Burrell in the 155 pound weight class and Sayuri Castillo in the 190 pound weight class. Other girls finishing in the top 3 of their weight class were Anne Ramirez, Amy Rogel, Izabella Luna, Natalie Godinez and Janessa Gallardo. Congratulations to all the girls on their team and individual championships. On the boys side we had 7 boys finish in the top 3: Dylan Cobbs, Julian Rodela, Landon MacGill, Emilio Castaneda, DJ Cobbs, Juan Ramirez, and Christian Godinez all brought medals home for the TRIBE! In total FUHS has 17 wrestlers qualify for the CIF-SS Individual Tournament starting this Friday at Sonora H.S. for the boys and San Dimas H.S. for the girls. Best of luck to everyone.

Cheer, Song, & STUNT:

Our Cheer and Song program had our annual firetruck photo last Friday and beat the rain! We are so grateful for Fullerton Fire and all that they do for our city. Now Song will continue prepping for their clinic & showcase on April 13th!

We have an informational meeting for parents and athletes on February 29 at 6:00pm in the staff cafeteria for tryouts for the 2024/2025 team!

STUNT season is in full swing! Our girls just had a great showcase playing against Westminster HS at Marina HS Showcase on Monday! Our girls traveled in the rain to showcase their awesome partner stunt 1 & 2 routines, tumbling 1 & 3 routines, and pyramid 1 & 3 routines! 

We are so excited to continue showcasing our skills at Diamond Bar HS this Saturday at their SoCal STUNT Expo! The expo start at 10AM and after our team will have the opportunity to meet teams and coaches from great college STUNT programs. The college STUNT programs include Hope University, Vanguard University, and CBU! Goodluck team!

Baseball

The Baseball Opening Day starts this Saturday at FUHS Baseball Field. The Tribe will be taking on Corona Del Mar in non-league play starting at 12pm. Come enjoy the fun and see our field updates.

In other FUHS Baseball news, the Fullerton City Council delivered a proclamation honoring FUHS Alumni, Michael Lorenzen on his accomplishment in throwing a No-Hitter on August 9, 2023, for the Philadelphia Phillies against the Washington Nationals. Michael joins three other Fullerton Alumni who have pitched no-hitters in MLB: Walter Johnson, Steve Busby, and Mike Warren. It should be known that FUHS Alumni have thrown a total of 5 no-hitters in MLB with Steve Busby reaching the accomplishment twice!

In addition to Michael being honored, the Fullerton City Council also delivered a Proclamation honoring Fullerton Union High School celebrating the remarkable place in MLB history being the only high school to produce 4 MLB No-Hitter pitchers. Quiz: Which FUHS Alumni caught multiple No-Hitters in MLB?

Softball

Opening Day for FUHS Softball takes place on Saturday against Canyon H.S. in the Savanna Tournament. The TRIBE hopes to start right where they left off with great defense and a timely offense. With multiple players that shine on the field, it will be an exciting year.