Fullerton Union High School

Congratulations to Izabella Luna, who finished 4th at Masters and has officially qualified for the CIF State Wrestling Championship this weekend. Izabella has made school history as the first female wrestler to qualify for the state championship.

A big shoutout to Jazmin Abanobi and Natalie Godinez for their tremendous effort and competitiveness at Masters over the weekend. Jazmin made history of her own as the first freshman to qualify for Masters

Congratulations to the Physics Students: Merritt Lee, James Ha, Katelyn Rodriguez, Alexis Hernandez, Molly Kim & Abby Guevara for qualifying for the Semi-final round of the StellarXplorers National Space Design Competition. Over the past few months, 386 teams have competed in 3 qualifying rounds and now the top 30% move on to the semi-finals. They compete today, February 19th, after school, for a spot in the National competition (top 10 teams will make it). Wish them luck!

TEN members of the Speech and Debate Club competed at the Harvard Invitational over the 3 day weekend. This tournament is bigger than Nationals and takes over the whole campus! With that being said, we did our best and I want to celebrate their hard work. Here is a breakdown: 569 Schools 43 States 5897 Competitors Dramatic Interpretation: Molly Kim placed 91st Hailey Kwok placed 97th Molly Cooper placed 206th Extemp: Olivia Woo placed 38th, Octafinalist Humorous Interp: Ella Kim placed 40th, Octafinalist Dahun Lee placed 52nd, Octafinalist Original Oratory: Alexis Hernandez placed 141st Apollo Salazar placed 256th Paisley Polder placed 297th Audrey Kwok placed 314th Program of Oral Interpretation: Hailey Kwok placed 112th

Congratulations to the Girls Varsity Basketball team on their Golden West League Championship. Congratulations to Coach Fitzsimons on all his hard work.

Students competed on one of the six categories: Dance Choreography, Film Production, Literature, Music Composition, Photography, Visual Arts, Special Artist Division. Judging was based on the following criteria: Interpretation - Most strongly considered. How closely does the piece relate to the theme, based on the work itself and the artist's statement. Creativity - How creative and original the piece is in its conception of the theme and its presentation. Technique - The level of skill demonstrated in the basic principles/techniques of the arts area.

Fullerton Union High School is proud to announce the 2026 Fullerton Male and Female athletes awarded the Orange County Athletic Directors Athlete of Character Award to Brandon Fan and Marley Keller. These two great athletes demonstrate excellence in athletics, academics, and sportsmanship. Brandan and Marley are great models for FUHS Student Athletes. Both Brandon and Marley are Empire League Champions this year. Brandon was voted MVP of the Empire League for Water Polo. In addition, Marley was also voted MVP of the Empire League for Flag Football. Marley was also awarded an All-CIF honor by the CIF-SS Div. 2 coaches for Flag Football. We wish both these two fine seniors the best in their future endeavors and thank you for representing FUHS so proudly.

Congratulations to Speech & Debate on your success at the Peninsula Invitational, where over 90 schools from eight states competed. Dramatic Interpretation 1 Ella Kim (TOC Bid) Duo Interpretation 2 Annette Lee and Kaitlyn Choi (TOC Bid) Extemporaneous 3 Olivia Woo (TOC Bid) Original Oratory Semifinalist Victoria Park Program Oral Interpretation Semifinalist Hailey Kwok

Thursday, January 14th, the 1st annual FJUHSD Poetry Slam was held at La Habra High School. We had a five person team of Jessa Hanchett, Lexi Hernandez, Rebeccca Jacobs, Paisley Polder, and Juno Valdes. The team was amazing. We had two of the top three places for the event. Here are the results: 1st place: Paisley Polder 3rd place: Juno Valdes Congratulations!