A PLACE OF EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION

E-Sports Team Sonora High School's E-Sports Team has ended their five-week regular season with a victory over West Valley High School. They have ended their season with three wins and only one loss. We are heading into the tournament playoffs in 2 weeks. Let us all wish them luck!!! These seven students were part of this victory for our team. If you see them, please congratulate them on their hard work and dedication to our E-Sports Team. Ryan Vega Connor Hayes Aidan Matta Mikey Hyun Ezekiel A. Torres Ethan Hernandez Allan Nava Way to go Raiders!!! One of the newest pathways that we offer at Sonora High School is our Gaming Pathway. This is a three-year program whereby students learn how to develop video games. We have business partnerships and we offer our students concurrent enrollment credit. When a student finishes the program they will be ready for a career in the technology industry and will have transferable college credits. If you have any questions about the E-Sports Team or our Gaming Pathway, then please contact our teacher/advisor Steven Nguyen at [email protected]. FJUHSD COVID Newsletter Our District has taken the lead in preparing our students and staff to return to our campuses safely. Our Board has appointed a new COVID Adminsistrator, Manuel Macias. He has been responsible for articulating and coordinating all COVID efforts among the seven school sites across the District. Please read the November edition of the COVID Newsletter which will update our community on all of the efforts we have made to prepare for a student and staff safety. Please click here: FJUHSD COVID-19 Newsletter-November Edition FJUHSD Food Services Our District Food Service has done an excellent job in preparing for Hybrid Learning as well. They have focused on operating in more areas on our campus (to reduce students congregating in one area), while adding mobilized carts , and serving in our school parking lot for our Grab & Go meal services. The mobilized carts will not be operating in the parking lot at the end of the school day (to avoid after school traffic). All meals will continue to be served in grab bags (for easy distribution). Free meal waiver has now been extended through the end of the school year (June 30th). Please click here to apply for the free meal waiver: Lunch Application. There have been directional arrows and social distancing signs drawn and placed on the floor (inside/outside the cafeteria and snack bar as applicable). Tables in and near, the cafeteria have all been closed off by tape or boards to encourage social distancing. Plexiglass has been installed in all kitchen serving areas. And all food service employees will be required to wear all appropriate PPE supplies (disposable facial coverings, gloves, and aprons). Qualtrics Please scan this QR Code and complete this survey if you plan to visit our school for any reason for a part of the day or a full day. This includes if you are picking up your child, submitting paperwork for enrollment, or having a meeting with a teacher, counselor, or other staff members. This QR Code will send you to Qualtrics which is a screening application used to support passive screening of all staff, students, and guests of COVID-19 symptoms prior to arrival on campus. Once you do arrive to campus we will also take your temperature. We appreciate your cooperation and help and support with this safety matter. If you have any questions, then please let us know. Students automatically receive this survey in the morning on their Cohort Day. If they forget to complete their Qualtrics prior to arrival, then we do have them completing it by scanning the QR Code below before they enter campus for the day. ID Cards ID cards will be required for each student to carry and have visible throughout the school day. Due to the fact that we have transitioned to hybrid learning, it will be vital to be able to easily identify Sonora students that are on campus and attending on the correct day with the rest of their cohort. Students will be asked to have their ID visible as they enter the campus each day and will be given a sticker that will identify which cohort and days they are currently attending. If you have lost or misplaced your ID card, you may purchase a replacement card at the ASB window for $5. For those students that have not received their ID card because they have not taken their picture yet, may come to the ASB windows to take a picture.     ASB Weekly Announcements Here are your weekly announcements from our ASB kids. Please click the link below to view the latest news from Sonora High School from the view of our students. There is a Thanksgiving joke in there for you. Watch it until the end!! There will be a postponement of the soccer tryouts that are indicated in the announcements.  ASB Weekly Announcements

Our Hybrid Bell Schedule

How may I access my latest grades? Students and parents may login to the Aeries Parent Portal to view their latest grades. If you have any trouble accessing your Aeries account, please contact Elizabeth Moreno or Monica Lopez.

Medical Careers Academy One of the academic pillar programs of Sonora High School is our Academy of Nursing and Medical Careers. Freshmen will take Introduction to Medical Careers and Nursing. Sophomores take Health and Medical Office. If students also have the opportunity to earn concurrent credit during this course. Yes, transferrable college credits may be earned during only their second year in the program. The third and fourth year of the program is because of the strong partnership between Fullerton Joint Union High School District and the North Orange County Regional Occupational Program (ROP). Students take Body Systems as Juniors and Medical Assistant during their Senior Year. The final yearsof the pathway offer students externships. Pictured here you will see our newest addition to the pathway, our Anamotage Table. This is the most technologically advanced anatomy visualization system. It is both a virtual library of human and animal cadavers, as well as a clinical diagnostic tool by visualization of any Medical CT, CBCT, or MRI scan. This is an interactive hands-on tool that the students will be able to have hands-on experiences. There is a competition with the interactivity of this table for students at Future Health Professions, formerly known as Health Occupation Student of America or HOSA conferences. There were only four in Southern California, now there are five. If you would like more information about the Medical Pathway, please contact Mr. Witt at [email protected].

Travel Path Map

Exemplar Lesson of the Week This week students completed a Hybrid Interactive Enzyme lab in IB Biology HL with Mrs. Bawaney. Enzymes create chemical reactions in the body. They actually speed up the rate of a chemical reaction to help support life. The enzymes in your body help to perform very important tasks. These include building muscle, destroying toxins, and breaking down food particles during digestion. Students chose how they wanted to demonstrate the breakdown of food(s) in their groups of four. Students were in groups of four or more. While one person was in-person in the lab performing the task(s), the students in the other Cohorts were recording the data in real-time. The questions that came from the students online or the ones in-person were absolutely amazing to witness. One of our Raiders was so inspired by the lab that they composed an enzyme song that she performed. Great job IB Bio students and Mrs. Bawaney!! For more information about IB Bio or our IB Program, please contact our IB/AP Coordinator, Shannon Appenrodt, at [email protected].

Please drop off and pick up in only the designated areas.

Athletics ATHLETIC CLEARANCE PROCESS ALL Sports Including Cheer, Dance, JROTC & Band Must Register 1) Go to AthleticClearance.com Create an account and complete all sections: Watch the video on AthleticClearance.com for detailed instructions.    **Very Important** Choose “Sonora” (CIF-SS)” on the list and the School Year "2020/2021" 2) Print out Confirmation Page from AthleticClearance.com Print & Fill Out (Both parent & student signature is required) Please be advised that each sport/activity will require a separate confirmation page. 3) You must complete all 4 pages of the Physical Evaluation Forms: Downloadable Physical Form Print & Fill Out all 4 pages (Both Parent & Student signature is required) Pages 1-2 are filled out by the Parent(s) and Student  Page 3-4 MUST be COMPLETED, SIGNED, and DATED by PHYSICIAN.  Only the Signature from an MD, DO or PA will be accepted. Signatures from Chiropractors and Nurse Practitioners are NOT accepted.  NO PHOTOCOPIES will be accepted.  Student's Physical & Physical Form Must be Completed After May 15th   4) Athletic clearance paperwork will be collected by sport. Check with your coach to find out when your sport will be turning in their athletic clearance paperwork.     5) Athletic Waivers: Athletic Waivers must be turned in with Athletic Clearance. View and download Waiver HERE.   If you have questions, please contact Mr. Cazares at [email protected]

Meet Mr. Atkins I am honored and humbled to be selected by the Sonora Community, the Fullerton Joint Union High School District (FJUHSD) Cabinet, Dr. Scambray, our Superintendent, and the FJUHSD Board of Trustees to serve as Principal of Sonora High School. I have been serving in education since 1999 and until now I have only dreamed of such an opportunity. My grandparents told me, "Get all of the education that you can because when I was your age I did not have the same opportunities." They also told me "Do as much as you can for as many as you can for as long as you can." I took those lessons and became the first in my family to graduate from a four-year college Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Art's Degree in History and obtain a Master's Degree in School Administration. I believe that anyone can achieve their dreams and it is my job to do as much as I can to help them get there. My career has given me the opportunity to serve in Virginia Beach, San Bernardino, Fontana, Santa Maria, Lake Elsinore, and ultimately Fullerton. The combination of my family's lessons in life along with my twenty-plus years of experience in various school districts gives me unique perspectives on how to effectively lead Sonora High School now and into the future.   Here are ten little known facts that will help us become better acquainted: Where did you grow up? I grew up in Virginia Beach, VA. I came to California in 2004. What do you like to do in your free time? I like to bike ride with my son, James, who is six, or my daughter, who is 19, currently in college at Texas Tech. Why did you go into education? The importance that my family placed on education and giving unto others. What keeps you in education? Helping others (staff and students) reveal the full academic/instructional potential that, in many cases, is hidden inside of them. What is one odd thing about you? I do not like avocados or guacamole (It might be a southern thing. This is how you really know I am not native to California.) What is your favorite sport's team? DALLAS COWBOYS (Do not laugh) Who is your most influential person in your life? It would be a 6-way tie between my four grandparents, to whom I was/am close to, and my parents. They all worked so hard and sacrificed so much to give me the opportunities that they did not have. I can see aspects of each of them in my daily activities. Did you play any sports when you were in high school? Football (DB/safety). I played trumpet in the band too. What is your favorite dessert? A warm slice of sweet potato pie or warm slice of pound cake with icecream, or oatmeal raisin cookies. Any of that with a glass of sweet tea...yummm. You can take the boy out of the country, but you cannot take the country out of the boy. What is your favorite quote? 1 John 4:11, "Since God so loved us, then we should love each other." This was my senior year quote from high school too. If there is ever anything that I can do for you, then please do not hesitate to contact me at [email protected].