{{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox school | name = Fullerton Union High School | established = 1893 | logo = Fullerton Union High School logo.jpg | logo_size = 120px | image = LouisPlummerAuditorium01c.jpg | image_size = | motto = Floreat Fullerton!<ref>[http://www.fullertonhigh.org/pdf/FUHS%20Coat%20of%20Arms%20Article.pdf Fullerton High School Adopts Coat of Arms], article originally appearing in ''Fullerton News Tribune'', February 13, 1969, accessed 2013-05-04</ref> | motto_translation = Let Fullerton Flourish! | address = 201 East Chapman Avenue | city = Fullerton | state = California | zipcode = 92832 | country = United States | coordinates = {{coord|33|52|30|N|117|55|16|W|display=title,inline|format=dms|type:edu_region:US-CA}} | website = [http://www.fullertonhigh.org/ www.FullertonHigh.org] | school_number = | school_board = Fullerton Joint Union High School District | superintendent = Steve McLaughlin | trustee = | principal = Jon Caffrey | viceprincipal = | schooltype = Secondary | grades = 9–12 | enrollment = 1,848 (2023–2024)<ref name=NCES>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=0614760&ID=061476001810|title=Fullerton Union High|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=December 15, 2024}}</ref> | teaching_staff = 73.43 {{FTE}}<ref name=NCES/> | ratio = 25.17<ref name=NCES/> | mascot = | team_name = Indians (Red Hawks Beginning in 2026-27 school year) | colors = Red and White {{color box|red}} {{color box|white}} | newspaper = The Pleiades }} '''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== 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. thumb|left|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. Fullerton Auditorium (formerly Louis E. Plummer Auditorium<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tour |first=Jesse La |date=2020-06-18 |title=School Board Votes to Remove Plummer Name from Auditorium |url=https://fullertonobserver.com/2020/06/17/school-board-votes-to-remove-plummer-name-from-auditorium/ |access-date=2025-05-06 |website=Fullerton Observer |language=en-US}}</ref>) was built in 1930-32 and its original ironwork, which was made by students on the campus, was kept when it 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 Fullerton 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.<ref>{{Cite news|last=La Tour|first=Jesse|date=2021-03-18|title='Pastoral California' Mural and YMCA Sign Designated Local Landmarks|url=https://fullertonobserver.com/2021/03/18/pastoral-california-mural-and-ymca-sign-designated-local-landmarks/|access-date=2021-03-22|work=Fullerton Observer|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Cruz|first=Mimi Ko|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-sep-07-me-29874-story.html|title=The Renaissance of a Fullerton Mural|date=1997-09-07|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=2021-03-22}}</ref>
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==Academics== The school provides opportunities for students to be involved in Honors, Advanced Placement (AP), and International Baccalaureate (IB) courses.<ref name=sarc>[http://fjuhsd1.schoolwires.net/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=1684&dataid=648&FileName=FUHS%2014-15%20SARC.pdf 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.</ref>
==Athletics== Fullerton's sports teams are known as the Indians, and are members of the California Interscholastic Federation's Southern Section.
Beginning in the 2026-27 academic year, Fullerton’s sports teams will be known as Red Hawks.
==Notable alumni== <!----Notability for lists like this is established by the existence of a Wikipedia article on the subject. Write the article, then insert the link.----> Many of Fullerton's notable alumni are listed on the FUHS Wall of Fame.<ref name="walloffame">Fullerton has produced four Major League Baseball pitchers all four of whom have pitched no-hitters. [http://www.fullertonhigh.org/ourpages/auto/2008/1/24/1201205911428/WFAME-YR.pdf list of Wall of Fame members], accessed 2013-02-09</ref> {{div col}} * Bob Blackburn, NBA play-by-play announcer<ref name="walloffame" /> * David Boies, lawyer, including Bush v. Gore and Perry v. Schwarzenegger<ref name="walloffame" /> * Hoby Brenner, NFL player<ref name="walloffame" /> * John Brenner, NCAA shot put and discus champion<ref name="walloffame" /> * John V. Briggs, California State Senator and Assemblyman * Marvin Burns, Olympic water polo player<ref name="walloffame" /> * Steve Busby, Major League Baseball player<ref name="walloffame" /> * Jim Bush, coach in National Track and Field Hall of Fame * Vicki Calhoun, former backing vocalist of Red Hot Chili Peppers * Del Crandall, Major League Baseball player and manager<ref name="walloffame" /> * Sue S. Dauser, Superintendent of the United States Navy Nurse Corps<ref name="walloffame" /> * Viet D. Dinh, lawyer, legal scholar and Assistant Attorney General of United States<ref name="walloffame" /> * Daniel Fells, NFL player * Darren Fells, NFL player * Leo Fender, electric guitar innovator <ref name="walloffame" /> * Keith Ginter, Major League Baseball player * Willard Hershberger, Major League Baseball player * Walter Johnson, Major League Baseball player and Hall of Fame member (did not graduate)<ref name="walloffame" /> * Chuck Jordan, vice president of GM design<ref name="walloffame" /> * Natalie Kaaiawahia, national high school record holder, shot put * Michael Lorenzen, Major League Baseball player * Erin Mackey, actress * Alfonso Márquez, Major League Baseball umpire<ref name="walloffame" /> * Thomas L. McFadden (class of 1896), college football player and attorney<ref>{{cite book | last = Armor | first = Samuel | title = History Of Orange County, California | publisher = Historical Record Company | year = 1921 | url = https://archive.org/details/historyoforangec00armo | pages = [https://archive.org/details/historyoforangec00armo/page/n94 93]}}</ref> * Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States (did not graduate; transferred to Whittier High School for his junior and senior year)<ref name="walloffame" /> * Chris Norby, California State Assemblyman * Jim Norton, professional football player * Brig Owens, NFL player<ref name="walloffame" /> * John Raitt, actor and singer<ref name="walloffame" /> * Cruz Reynoso, California Supreme Court justice<ref name="walloffame" /> * Ann Stanford, poet<ref name="walloffame" /> * Keith Van Horne, NFL player<ref name="walloffame" /> * Arky Vaughan, Major League Baseball player and Hall of Fame member<ref name="walloffame" /> * Diane Wakoski, poet<ref name="walloffame" /> * Mike Warren, Major League Baseball player * Jessamyn West, author<ref name="walloffame" /> {{div col end}}
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==External links== * [http://www.fullertonhigh.org/ Fullerton Union High School official website]
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