Spectacular Sonora Spotlight Program:

Nursing and Medical Careers

Each week we will feature one of our pathways/families of learners to determine where you belong among any/multiple pathways at Sonora High School. This week we will feature our Nursing and Medical Careers Program. At Sonora High School we offer Nursing and Medical Careers Pathway, which has four courses, Introduction to Nursing and Medical Careers, Medical Terminology, Body Systems, and Medical Assistants. This is a perfect blend of our District coursework along with our partnership with North Orange County Regional Occupational Program (ROP). Body systems and disordered Medical Assistant students have had a busy first semester filled with body systems and clinical labs. 

Our juniors have learned about diseases and disorders of our body systems including a dissection lab of a chicken wing to see the skeletal and muscular systems in action. 

Our medical assistant students have been busy working on their clinical skills such as urinalysis, throat swabs, and even venipuncture. Our students have been working hard to master their craft! We even had a special patient, Mr. Atkins himself volunteered to be a patient for our students. 

This semester our Medical Assistant students are participating in their clinical externship. They are working in doctors' offices around La Habra and our neighboring cities to learn from real professionals, as well as Mrs. Edmunds in class. 

Our Ninth-Grade students are enjoying their time with Mr. Witt, learning about topics that include Nutrition, Diet, Exercise, and personal hygiene. Their annual Community Service project will begin right before Spring Break!

The Tenth-Grade, Health Med/Office students have recently begun learning Medical Terminology. They also had the chance, along with all other Medical Academy students, to attend a guest speaker session with a representative from American Career College and West Coast University.

We are so proud of your students and staff associated with this phenomenal pathway. Behold our Blue and Gold!! Go Raiders!  #beholdblueandgold #iamsonora

Thank-You WASC

Thank you Sonora Family for your participation in our WASC accreditation process. The team committed how the word "family" came up over and over throughout the groups they spoke with. This is the heart of Sonora High School. We are a safe place for students to learn, a collaborative place for teachers to work together, and a place where parents are always welcome to partner with us along this educational journey. They were very pleased with everything that they saw and heard.

Thank you to Mr. D'Amelia, our WASC Coordinator for our school site, and Mr. Cazares, our assistant principal who coordinated our events from the site administrative level. A sincere level of gratitude goes to the FJUHSD Board of Education, District Office, Mrs. Appenrodt and Mrs. Tushla-Sanchez, our site Leadership Team, Focus Group Leaders, Chef Nhim (All of the treats), our entire staff, students, and parents. This visit would not have been such a success without the efforts of our family.

We should receive the official accreditation in June. We will celebrate with everyone once we receive this information.

Please see the commonly used words recorded by the committee when describing our school by all of our stakeholders. The larger the word the more often it was used. Thank you!! #beholdblueandgold #sonorastrong

Let's Celebrate

Let's celebrate our areas of strength listed below recorded by our WASC Committee!!

Student-Athletes

A student-athlete is defined as a group of people who are willing to get up earlier, work harder, and be leaders on and off the field, court, and classroom. They are incredibly hard-working not only keeping grades up but also striving to be the best in what they do. Our Girls' Soccer Program is an exemplification of the types of student-athletes that we have here at Sonora High. Well done, Raiders!!

Thank you to Coach Witt and the coaching staff for all you do for Sonora Raider Girls' Soccer Program. #beholdblueandgold #sonorastrong

Prom 2023

Class of 2023 News

Please click the picture if you would like to review any information. Thank you to Mr. Lee and Ms. Virden for leading us through this celebratory time of year.

LET'S GO CLASS OF 2023!!

Our Raider Regiment

Raider Activities

If you would like to join ASB for the 2023-2024 school year, the applications are now available. Please go to room 422 for additional information.

AVID Update

We are so proud of our AVID One students who visited Cal State Fullerton and Santiago Canyon Colleges on Friday. They shared how much they enjoyed their experiences.

Thank you, Mr. Nguyen, Mrs. Alfonso, and Ms. Miller for chaperoning and arranging this trip for our students. #beholdblueandgold

ESports Update

Counselors' Corner

Academic Supports

Sonora High School offers a plethora of academic support for our students. Please click the picture below to access your Aeries account.  #beholdblueandgold

Please click the picture below for the sign-in sheet if you would like to keep track of your attendance.

Raider Athletics

A week full of rain made for a fun and challenging week for Athletics:

Track and Field

Our student-athletes are gearing up for a great league season, practicing in the gym and running in the rain. Hope to see you out at Buena Park on Tuesday for the first league meet.

Boys' Volleyball

Boys' Volleyball was business as usual this week, taking on Bellflower. James Liu leads the Raiders in kills as they continue their nonleague schedule at home against El Modena on 3/3 and at Los Altos on 3/9. 

Baseball

Baseball managed to get a game in during the challenging elements against Ocean View this week. Schnakenberg led the Raiders, throwing 5 strong innings on the mound and allowing only 1 ER. Despite his great performance the Raider offense was unable to put much together and the Raiders fell 2-0. They take on Crean Lutheran on 3/3, followed by Laguna Hills and Valencia next week. 

Softball

The rain-soaked fields led to a couple of rainouts this week but the Raiders will take on Cal, Los Altos, and St. Paul next week.

Boys' Tennis

Raider Tennis suffered a narrow defeat against El Mo this week and will take on Rowland next week in the Raider showdown.

Please click any of the buttons below to have an update on the latest scores and standings as reported by MaxPreps.

ATHLETIC CLEARANCE PROCESS

ALL Sports Including Cheer, Dance, JROTC & Band Must Register

1) Go to homecampus.com

• Please use the following Handout to help guide you through the Athletic Clearance process
• Create an account and complete all sections: Watch the VIDEO for detailed instructions
• **Very Important** Choose “Sonora” (CIF-SS)” on the list and the School Year "2022/2023"

2) Print out the Confirmation Page from homecampus.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

1. Print & Fill Out all 4 pages (Both Parent & Student signature is required)
2. Pages 1-2 are filled out by the Parent(s) and Student 
3. Page 3-4 MUST be COMPLETED, SIGNED, and DATED by a 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  

Athletic Clearance paperwork must be returned to Mr. Steve Cazares. Please submit your completed Athletic Clearance Forms, all 4 pages, plus the AthleticClearance.com Confirmation Page(s) for each sport you intend to participate in for the 2022/23 academic school year. 

If you have questions, please contact Mr. Cazares, Assistant Principal, at scazares@fjuhsd.org.

Parent Involvement

We like to pride ourselves on being a community school. One of the key components is our parents. We have our booster programs, ELAC, and PTSA. Please see the flyers below if you would like to get involved with any of our groups. 

Please plug into our community because we need you to ensure we stay a place of excellence in education. #beholdblueandgold

Fullerton Joint Union High School Newsletter

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Employment Opportunities

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