Hello Fullerton Families!

Have a great weekend! Our weather seems to be getting warmer. It's definitely a countdown to Spring Break! Please go through the newsletter today, There are many celebrations and information on upcoming events including Prom!

Every Student Succeeding - ACSA Award

Senior, Joseph Lopez was honored on Friday as FJUHSD's Every Student Succeeding Award recipient. We celebrated his recognition at Bowers Museum in Santa Ana along with many others from across our county. Joseph has struggled through his physical disabilities caused by a debilitating disease but throughout all of the challenges he is firmly resolved to drive across the stage to celebrate his high school graduation. The disease has not taken his strength of character, his artistic talents, and his kind heart. Joseph rises above it all, still chasing after his goals when others would have given up. We are very proud of Joseph! It was an honor to have been there with him and his family.

JROTC

This week was a busy week for JROTC program. On Saturday, they competed at the Kaiser HS Drill meet where most of the Armed, UnArmed, and Color Guard teams got their first taste of being inspected by drill sergeants. Teams were commanded by cadets/LTC Julia Bustamante, cadet/Major Sean Finch, cadet Captain Zion Tran, and cadet Sgt Joshua Lopez. It was a scary and intimidating experience for a lot of our cadets, yet rewarding after gaining confidence during their interaction with the DS’s. Then on Wednesday, our academic team competed at Sonora HS in a game of Jeopardy against several local JROTC programs, in which they came in 2nd place, missing 1st by only 1 question. Commanding our Academic team was cadet SFC Joshua Lee. Great job cadets.

Announcements

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Athletic Updates

Athletic Director - Coach Joseph Olivas

Asst. Athletic Director - Coach Kikey Ramos

OCADA Women in Sports Conference

Some of our female athletes had the opportunity to attend an amazing Woman in Sports Conference which was hosted by the Orange County Athletic Directors Association. They learned a lot and heard from inspirational female athletes. Thank you to our Assistant Athletic Director, Mrs. Kikey Ramos for taking them to this great conference.

Softball

Softball was rained out this week, but will pick up action this Saturday against Segerstrom (9am) and Warren (1pm) here at FUHS. Next week the girls will travel to Walnut on Tuesday and Garden Grove on Thursday.

Baseball

Our Baseball team was rained out most of this week, but on Friday were able to head out to San Juan Hills to make-up a game. On a happy note, our baseball field has been given a makeover. We have installed a new halo, a new scoreboard and new bleachers. Our next home varsity game will be March 11th at 11am vs. Ocean View H.S.  

Boys Volleyball

The boys had a great week, going undefeated, 3-0, and now sitting at 5-1 for the season. Started the week with a sweeping win of 3-0 at Katella on Monday, and another 3-0 win at home against Valencia on Tuesday. Against Valencia, the boys were down 18-23 in the 3rd set, as we tried to close out a sweeping victory, but they refused to let Valencia win by digging deep and scored 7 straight points in the end, with Price Sanders serving all 7 points, to close out the match 25-23. On Wednesday, we ran into a much tougher opponent, Samueli Academy. After losing the first set 24-26, the boys battled back to win the next 3 sets, 26-24, 25-23, 25-20. Rowan Yeo continues to lead the defense with some mind-blowing digs and ball control, while Hyunmin directs the offense distributing the ball to his attackers. The dynamic duo of Johnny Leonardo and Jorge Vasquez, both sophomores, are absolutely dominating the competition in attacks. Our JV is also continuing to fight to improve every day, closing out the week with a great comeback win against Samueli Academy, going 1-2 for the week. Next up, home game against Savanna on Monday. Please come out and see some exciting volleyball!

Swim and Dive

Swim: Our Swim teams kick off the season this Saturday at the Los Amigos Swim Relays. Next Tuesday we take on Oxford Academy at Kennedy High School at 6:15pm. Come cheer on the team.

Track and Field

This week Track prepared for the second annual Fullerton Distance Carnival here at FUHS. The event will hold 400m, 800m, 1600m, 3200m, and 4x800m races. A second distance race will take place March 31st here at FUHS. Come join the fun and watch some great young runner put their skills on display.

Boys Tennis

Boys Tennis won against Kennedy Tuesday by the score of 11-7. Tim Chung won 2 of 3 sets in singles. The doubles team of Josh Balarie/Ibrahim Tabbah won 2 of 2 sets, and the team of Narhan Bek/Caleb Park and Jack Sprague/Francisco Rincon won 3 of 3 sets. 

Boys Golf

Boys Golf had a great run this week opening the season with wins over La Mirada on Tuesday (210-238) Jack McMackin had the best score for the day at even Par, on wednesday we hosted Santa Fe with windy conditions the boys played their best, (194-223) Sangat Grewal led the groups at Even Par, thursday we hosted La Mirada best score was 1 over par by Sangat Grewal (209-244). The JV team will play on Wednesday at 4pm at Brea Creek Golf Course against La Habra and the varsity team plays again on March 13th against Brea Olinda

Visual and Performing Arts

Instrumental Music Student Recognitions

Chapman University High School Honor Band

Mandi Austin (12), Evelyn Ishikawa (11), and Cole Hanzel (10) all participated as members of the Chapman University 2023 Honor Band this past weekend at the Musco Center for the Arts. They had a long day of masterclasses, rehearsals, and faculty recitals to prepare some difficult repertoire for performance in the evening. Bravo!

Pacific Crest Drum and Bugle Corps

Gaige Mercado (12) was accepted once again as a member of the Pacific Crest Drum and Bugle Corps for this summer. He will be marching and playing in this world-class corps all summer as part of the Drum Corps International (DCI) championships. It's a great accomplishment and we are very proud of him!

Dance Production

Last week our Dancers competed in Valencia! Devin Glass received 2nd overall for the Senior Solo category, Aleah Crew won 1st place for Hip Hop Improv and 1st place overall for the Improv category. Our hip hop duet won 4th place and our Small Contemporary won 4th as well! We were also at the Yorba Linda Dance Festival last Friday! Both our girls and boys won the dance battle that they hold!

School Spirit

It's that time of year when prospective FUHS students and parents can choose Fullerton! If you know of any families that are interested, please direct them to our website so they can learn about our wonderful school.