Fullerton Union High School

Fullerton Union High School
Address
Map
201 East Chapman Avenue

Fullerton
,
California
92832

United States
Coordinates33°52′30″N 117°55′16″W / 33.87500°N 117.92111°W / 33.87500; -117.92111
Information
School typeSecondary
MottoFloreat Fullerton![1]
(Let Fullerton Flourish!)
Established1893
School boardFullerton Joint Union High School District
SuperintendentSteve McLaughlin
PrincipalLaura Rubio
Teaching staff73.43 (on an FTE basis)[2]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,848 (2023–2024)[2]
Student to teacher ratio25.17[2]
Color(s)Red and White    
Team nameIndians
NewspaperThe Pleiades
Websitewww.FullertonHigh.org

Fullerton Union High School is a public high school located in the Orange County, California city of Fullerton, operated by the Fullerton Joint Union High School District.

History

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In 1893 a special election was held to create Fullerton Union High School. The school's first classroom, a rented room on the second floor of the Fullerton Elementary School building, was adequate to house the eight pupils, which constituted the first year's enrollment and the 32 books which made up the library. The high school was the second in Orange County.

In 1908, FUHS's enrollment was increasing at the rate of 18 percent a year. To accommodate the growth, the school was moved to new quarters on West Commonwealth Avenue, an area now known as Amerige Park.

Fullerton Union High School buses, 1921

School enrollment continued to grow and within two years a new polytechnic building was built to ease the overcrowding. But on November 17, 1910, the day before it could be occupied, the older FUHS building burned to the ground.

FUHS was housed in the polytechnic building and four tents that year. After the fire, the school's trustees debated the best location for rebuilding. The district owned the ground on which the polytechnic building stood, but the campus was small, and school work was disrupted by the numerous Santa Fe trains that roared by each day.

In 1911, the present site was purchased one block east of Harbor (Spadra) Boulevard. A walnut orchard was removed prior to building, and the former site was sold to the City of Fullerton for use as a park.

The school's facilities have changed over the years to meet educational and community needs. Plummer Auditorium was built in 1930-32 and its original ironwork, which was made by students on the campus, was kept when Plummer was refurbished and remodeled to meet earthquake standards in 1972 (the first class to use the auditorium for Baccalaureate was the Class of 1972). Since then the stadium, locker rooms, and the agriculture complex have been rebuilt. The latest replacement was the swimming pool and the science building. In 2009 a new building housing many new classrooms including several new computer driven classrooms was opened.

Renovations of Plummer Auditorium were completed in 1993. It included new lighting, audio and dressing room upgrades. Air conditioning and an orchestra lift was added as well. The Charles Kassler fresco "Pastoral California" was uncovered and completely restored in 1997.[3][4]

1910 fire
Fullerton Union High School before fire destroyed the building, 1910
After fire destroyed the main building, 1910
Student assembly after the fire. The ruins are behind the students; the newly-completed Technical Trades Building (right) escaped the fire.[5]

Academics

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The school provides opportunities for students to be involved in Honors, Advanced Placement (AP), and International Baccalaureate (IB) courses.[6]

Athletics

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Fullerton's sports teams are known as the Indians, and are members of the California Interscholastic Federation's Southern Section.

Notable alumni

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Many of Fullerton's notable alumni are listed on the FUHS Wall of Fame.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Fullerton High School Adopts Coat of Arms, article originally appearing in Fullerton News Tribune, February 13, 1969, accessed 2013-05-04
  2. ^ a b c "Fullerton Union High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
  3. ^ La Tour, Jesse (2021-03-18). "'Pastoral California' Mural and YMCA Sign Designated Local Landmarks". Fullerton Observer. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  4. ^ Cruz, Mimi Ko (1997-09-07). "The Renaissance of a Fullerton Mural". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  5. ^ Bowen, Warren (November 15, 1987). "Fullerton High School - The Way it Was" (PDF). Fullerton Observer.
  6. ^ Fullerton Union High School's "School Accountability Report Card" (SARC), published during 2015-16, using data from the 2014-15 school year. Accessed 2016-08-12.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Fullerton has produced four Major League Baseball pitchers all four of whom have pitched no-hitters. list of Wall of Fame members, accessed 2013-02-09
  8. ^ Armor, Samuel (1921). History Of Orange County, California. Historical Record Company. pp. 93.
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