Happy Friday FUHS Families!

Our semester continues this week and we are still a little bit bumpy with the surge continuing. Please be assured that we are taking all measures necessary to keep our staff and students safe and healthy.

As mentioned in my message from earlier this week, the CDPH has provided voluntary and free COVID-19 home tests for students. In order to reduce the amount of time students may be out for COVID-19, the distribution of the home test kits will be done at Fullerton Union High School and prioritized for those students who are experiencing symptoms or believe they have been exposed. Please contact our LVN Doug Lance at 714-626-3817 to request a home test kit or with any inquiries you may have about the home test kits. The District will not be monitoring test outcomes but will be available to provide resources and respond to any positive result.  Since this notice came out on Wednesday we have received the rest of the testing kits here in our office and are ready for continued distribution.

There are also new guidelines limiting the amount of people that can be in an indoor event. As of tomorrow we have a limit of 500 people in our gym, which includes athletes and participants. Please stay in contact with our team coaches and advisors for updated information.

We have had to cancel or postpone some events on our campus and cut back on non-essential activities for now. As we are able, we are committed to hosting these events and activities on our campus as soon as we are able. Stay tuned!

I hope you enjoy this three day weekend in Honor of Martin Luther King Jr.

For the second year running, The Pleiades has won first place in the American Scholastic Press Association 2021 Yearbook & Magazine contest. This is an annual nationwide contest and this year, we are also the proud winners in the Most Outstanding High School Yearbook category for our 2021 yearbook, "Unprecedented"; there were only five schools in the nation who earned this distinction, and we are honored to be the only school on the west coast to have received this honor.  Congratulations to Ms. Cindy Ortiz and her amazing Yearbook Staff!

Boys Basketball: Boys Varsity didn’t play any game this week, but will be resuming play against Buena Park on Wednesday and Sonora on Friday.

Girls Basketball: Girls basketball played a few games this week with the highlight being a 38-27 win over Orange High School. Good job girls, keep improving.

Boys Soccer: Our Boys Varsity Soccer had a tough win against Buena Park 1-0. The Boys are playing Troy on Friday at 3pm. Our FUHS Soccer coaches were featured in an OC Register story this week, please read what the article has to say about our great program. Our stadium is back in action next week and the home games will be back on campus. Come join us in having a great time.

Girls Soccer: Our Girls Varsity Soccer team had a win this week beating Buena Park 1-0. In the second game this week the girls lost to Troy, but the team is improving every week.

Girls Water Polo: Girls Varsity Water Polo beat Buena Park this week in a tough match winning 10-8. This weekend the Girls Varsity team is off to play in the Diamond Bar Tournament. At the same time our Girls JV Water Polo team will be playing in the Ayala Tournament which will be played at Chino Hills on Friday. Saturday game sites are to be announced after tournament results are reported.

Wrestling: Wrestling didn’t have a match this week, but the wrestlers will more than make up for it this weekend. The boys wrestling team will be competing in the Western Tournament and the girls wrestling team will be competing in the Corona del Mar Tournament. Good luck to all!

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