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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 Fullerton Joint Union High School District (FJUHSD), founded in 1893 is a school district in Orange County, California that serves a fifty-square-mile area which includes the cities of Fullerton, La Habra, and small sections of Anaheim, Buena P ...
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History

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. 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
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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
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fresco "Pastoral California" was uncovered and completely restored in 1997.


Academics

The school provides opportunities for students to be involved in Honors,
Advanced Placement Advanced Placement (AP) is a program in the United States and Canada created by the College Board which offers college-level curricula and examinations to high school students. American colleges and universities may grant placement and cours ...
(AP), and International Baccalaureate (IB) courses.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.


Athletics

Fullerton's sports teams are known as the Indians, and are members of the
California Interscholastic Federation The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) is the governing body for high school sports in the U.S. state of California. CIF membership includes both public and private high schools. Unlike most other state organizations, it does not have a ...
's Southern Section.


Notable alumni

Many of Fullerton's notable alumni are listed on the FUHS Wall of Fame.list of Wall of Fame members
accessed 2013-02-09
* Bob Blackburn, NBA play-by-play announcer * David Boies, lawyer, including
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and
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*
Hoby Brenner Hoby F. J. Brenner (born June 2, 1959) is a former American football tight end who played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the New Orleans Saints. High school career Brenner prepped at Fullerton Union High School. His tea ...
, NFL player * John Brenner, NCAA shot put and discus champion * John V. Briggs, California State Senator and Assemblyman *
Marvin Burns Marvin Duane "Ace" Burns (July 6, 1928 – June 24, 1990) was an American water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1960 Summer Olympics. He was born in Santa Ana, California. He played water polo for the University of S ...
, Olympic water polo player *
Steve Busby Steven Lee "Buzz" Busby (born September 29, 1949) is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Kansas City Royals. He batted and threw right-handed. High school Busby attended Fullerton Union High Sch ...
, Major League Baseball player *
Jim Bush James Stanley Bush (September 15, 1926 – July 10, 2017) was a National Track and Field Hall of Fame track and field coach. He was known primarily for his coaching tenure at the University of California, Los Angeles from 1964 to 1984. Dur ...
, coach in
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, former backing vocalist of Red Hot Chili Peppers * Del Crandall, Major League Baseball player and manager *
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, Superintendent of the United States Navy Nurse Corps *
Viet D. Dinh Viet D. Dinh ( vi, Đinh Đồng Phụng Việt; born February 22, 1968) is a lawyer and a legal scholar who is Chief Legal and Policy Officer of Fox Corporation and who served as an Assistant Attorney General of the United States from 2001 to 2 ...
, lawyer, legal scholar and Assistant Attorney General of United States *
Daniel Fells Daniel Fells (born September 23, 1983) is a former American football tight end. He played college football at UC Davis and was signed by the Atlanta Falcons as an undrafted free agent in 2006. Fells was also a member of the St. Louis Rams, Denv ...
, NFL player *
Darren Fells Darren Andre Fells (born April 22, 1986) is an American football tight end who is a free agent. He did not play college football, instead playing college basketball at the University of California, Irvine. Prior to his NFL career, he played prof ...
, NFL player *
Leo Fender Clarence Leonidas Fender (August 10, 1909 – March 21, 1991) was an American inventor known for designing the Fender Stratocaster. He also founded the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. In January 1965, he sold Fender to CBS, and later foun ...
, electric guitar innovator *
Keith Ginter Keith Michael Ginter (born May 5, 1976) is a former American Major League Baseball infielder. Ginter is a graduate of Fullerton Union High School in Fullerton, California. College Ginter attended and played baseball at Cypress College before tra ...
, Major League Baseball player * Willard Hershberger, Major League Baseball player * Walter Johnson, Major League Baseball player and Hall of Fame member (did not graduate) * Chuck Jordan, vice president of GM design * Natalie Kaaiawahia, national high school record holder, shot put *
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, Major League Baseball player *
Erin Mackey Erin Ashley Mackey (born June 19, 1986) is an American stage actress and singer, known for playing the role of Glinda in the Chicago, Los Angeles, Broadway, and Second National Tour productions of the musical '' Wicked''. She was also a double i ...
, actress * Alfonso Márquez, Major League Baseball umpire * Thomas L. McFadden (class of 1896), college football player and attorney * Richard Nixon,
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(did not graduate) *
Chris Norby Chris Norby (born December 3, 1949) is an American politician and educator. He served on the Fullerton City Council (1984–2002) including three years as mayor, on the Orange County Board of Supervisors (2003–2010), on the California State A ...
, California State Assemblyman * Jim Norton, professional football player *
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, actor and singer *
Cruz Reynoso Cruz Reynoso (May 2, 1931 – May 7, 2021) was an American civil rights lawyer and jurist. Reynoso was the first Chicano Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court, serving from 1982 to 1987. He also served on the California Third ...
, California Supreme Court justice *
Ann Stanford Ann Stanford (November 25, 1916 – July 12, 1987) was an American poet. Early life and education Ann Stanford was born in La Habra, California and attended Stanford University where she graduated in 1938 ''Phi Beta Kappa'', and University of Ca ...
, poet *
Keith Van Horne Keith Van Horne (born November 6, 1957) is an American former professional American football, football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons during the 1980s and 1990s. He played college footba ...
, NFL player *
Arky Vaughan Joseph Floyd "Arky" Vaughan (March 9, 1912 – August 30, 1952) was an American professional baseball player. He played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball, between 1932 and 1948, for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Brooklyn Dodgers, primarily as a s ...
, Major League Baseball player and Hall of Fame member *
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, poet * Jessamyn West, author


References


External links


Fullerton Union High School official website
{{authority control Education in Fullerton, California Educational institutions established in 1893 High schools in Orange County, California International Baccalaureate schools in California Public high schools in California 1893 establishments in California