Principal's Newsletter

Week 5

Friday, September 17, 2021

Dear FUHS Families,

Activities continue to evolve at FUHS! We have tryouts for sports teams and plays. Our ASB is busily starting to plan for Homecoming which is next month, and our clubs are beginning to have activities as well. One such club is our eSports Club! Gaming is an up-and-coming career pathway that is very quickly evolving. Many universities have expanded their courses and majors to include gaming! One such university is UCI, which has its own eSports Arena! If your student is interested, please have them contact Mr. Cao in room 57. We're starting off competition by playing League of Legends and Overwatch, and likely some Smashbros!

Our teachers will be submitting Progress Report grades by Tuesday. Please help us support our students by checking in with them, looking through their Google Classrooms, and checking their grades on Aeries Parent Portal.

FJUHSD Communication

Superintendent's Memo

Please click here for our Superintendent's Latest Memo to Staff, Students, and Parents regarding some COVID Updates.

Student Attestation

Students should have received an email from the Fullerton Joint Union High School District using our Qualtrics Survey system asking about their vaccination status. So you are aware, we are asking for this information should we have to contact trace for a positive COVID-19

exposure. Remember, the protocols for a close contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID are different when a student is vaccinated vs. unvaccinated. If quarantining is necessary the amount of days varies if your student is vaccinated or not. Getting the COVID-19 vaccine is voluntary for our students, for this inquiry, we are asking your student to voluntarily answer the question if they have been “fully vaccinated” or not. If they have not yet filled out this specific survey on their vaccination status, please have them search their school email for the Qualtrics Attestation Survey.

COVID Protocols

COVID Entrance Procedures

Safety Procedures attending school during the COVID-19 pandemic.

All students and staff will complete a Qualtrics COVID Safety Survey each morning (the survey will be sent to Student's school email).
Students will be directed to the central building breezeway as they enter campus where they will show their green checkmark from the completed survey permitting them to be on campus.
Students will walk through the thermal-imaging temperature cameras in the breezeway as they show their green Qualtrics survey checkmarks.
Face coverings (masks) are required inside and are optional while outside.

CDPH COVID K-12 Guidance Link

To view more information, you may go to the district website.

If you have received a COVID 19 test, do not attend school until you receive the results of that test and then only if you are negative for COVID 19. Additionally, if you have been exposed to a person who has recently tested positive for COVID-19 please stay home and contact the school attendance office.

In accordance with the Center for Disease Control (CDC), CA Dept. of Public Health (CDPH), and Orange County Health Care Agency (OCHCA), we ask that you complete the Qualtrics survey each morning prior to arriving on campus. However, please do not attend school if you have experienced any COVID-related symptoms:

Flu-like symptoms such as fever of 100.4 or greater
Chills
Cough
Sore throat
Runny or stuffy nose that is not associated with a pre-existing condition or other chronic health condition.

If you have received a COVID 19 test, do not attend school until you receive the results of that test and then only if you are negative for COVID 19.

Further, following the recommendations issued by the CDC, the CDPH has issued guidance in support of full in-person instruction and to as much instructional time as possible. A link to that guidance is included at the bottom of this communication.

Please note that masks will be required by all staff and students while indoors regardless of vaccinated status. As an extra precaution, FJUHSD is committed to continuing the enhanced cleaning procedures established to ensure that our schools are clean, sanitized, and safe. Further, temperatures will continue to be taken each morning.

Important Announcements

ASB Video Announcements

Athletics

This was a good week for Fullerton Athletics!

Football is taking on Brea tonight. JV football got a win vs. Brea 18-11! Hoping for a great game tonight by our varsity team!

Varsity girls tennis won two more matches and is ranked 8th in the county by the OCRegister. Congratulations to our girls, Lilly Kelly, Abby Kelly, Eliza Lynch, Abby Lynch, Emily Ma, Alyson Jeong, Alex Felz, Kennedy Hetts, Perla Sanchez, Ami Ishikawa, and Ria Shah.

They all won the same amount of points for the team to win.

Girls' golf has started but has lost their first two matches. We have a developing team and the girls are working hard for better matches next week.

Cross Country is heading out to Norco this weekend for the Woodbridge Invitational at the Silver Lakes Sports Complex. Good luck team!

Volleyball had a tough week with two varsity losses, but the lower levers are continuing to improve. JV volleyball is going to the Portola Tournament this weekend at Portola High School.

Boys Varsity Water Polo starts league play vs. Sonora at Sunny Hills on Wednesday at 5 pm, make sure to come out to support our boys.

Next Wednesday the City of Fullerton is honoring its great legendary resident, Tommy Lasorda! FUHS will be there at the Tommy Lasorda Celebration Day Baseball game between FUHS and Sunny Hills at Amerige Field at 7:30pm. Come out to honor the great Coach and cheer on our boys!

Remember to go to our website FullertonIndiansAthletics.com for statistics, stories, highlights, photos, and more. Also, make sure to follow our teams on social media.

Counseling Corner

Please email your counselor if you have any questions or concerns about your future schedule.

Mr. McIntosh (A-Di) DMcintosh@fjuhsd.org

Mrs. Defries (Do-K) EDefries@fjuhsd.org

Mrs. Kim (L-Ram)

HKim@fjuhsd.org

Mrs. McCarthy (Ran-Z) EMcCarthy@fjuhsd.org

Also, make sure to follow our counselors on Instagram! @FUHS.Counselors

College & Career Center

Please visit Ms. Conde in the College and Career Center for more news and information on getting ready for College!

FUHS PTSA

Join PTSA!

Make sure to stay connected and involved, hear some great speakers, get updates from Principal Rubio and our ASB. Join the FUHS PTSA! Meetings are held monthly! For more information on our PTSA email FullertonPTSA@gmail.com

The next PTSA Meeting of the year is Monday, September 27, 2021 @ 6:30pm on Zoom! Guest Speaker for the evening will be our new Superintendent, Dr. Steve McLaughlin. Please email our PTSA to RSVP and for more information.