Isabella Palazuelos recognized as a National Merit Scholar

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Fillmore High School is proud to announce that senior student Isabella Palazuelos has been recognized as a National Merit Scholar.

The National Merit Scholar Program annually recognizes 16,000 students out of 1.6 million eligible students nationwide as semifinalists based on student performance for the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude exam. Of those 16,000 students, only 15,000 are selected to receive a Certificate of Merit as a finalist. Finally, only 7,500 students out of the 15,000 finalists are granted scholarships that may include full college tuition. Miss Palazuelos was presented a Certificate of Merit from her high school principal on February 5, 2020 at Fillmore High School. Fillmore High School has not had a National Merit Scholar in recent memory.

Miss Palazuelos has applied to several prestigious universities, both in and out of California, and is expecting to receive notification of acceptance this spring. Isabella Palazuelos is a well-rounded student as she participates in several activities at Fillmore High School, which include: the Advanced Placement program; a medalist as part of the award winning 2020 Fillmore High School Academic Decathlon team; a three sport athlete (volleyball, water polo and swimming); the leader of the Fillmore High School Mock Trial team; Band and Jazz Ensemble; the Interact Club; MEChA; the Chess Club; and the Mentor Program.

Isabella is the daughter of Adrian and Julie Palazuelos and has three siblings in the Fillmore Unified School District: Olivia, grade 11; Nadia, grade 7; and Adrian Junior, Transitional Kindergarten.

Our sincere congratulations go out to Isabella Palazuelos!

Robotics Team Preparing for Ventura County Competition

The high school robotics team is hard at work finishing up week 7 of their build season. The team mechanical group is finishing up structural reinforcement and stress testing the Robot. The programming group is adjusting the CAD model and programming both the driver control system and the automatic driver code. The public relations group is designing and creating buttons, key chains, and tee shirts as well as taking the included pictures. The electrical group is mounting the control system and wiring the motors and LED lights to the system and mounting those pieces to the frame. All in all the team is farther along this year than in previous years and is very excited for the competition on March 20th-22nd. Great job everyone!

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Fillmore FFA in Public Speaking Contest

Fillmore FFA participated in the sectional public speaking contest hosted by Camarillo High School. We are excited to congratulate all of our winners! We placed 1st Place in Extemporaneous, Job Interview, and Co-op! We are so proud of everyone who competed tonight!

Job Interview
1st - Conner Appel
3rd - Michael Frost

Impromptu:
4th - Jadyn Brant
3rd - Paul Smith

Co Op:
1st - Michael Frost
1st Place Team - Fillmore
4th - Jadyn Brant

Extemporaneous:
1st - Natalie Parrish
4th - Evan Alamillo

Creative Energy!

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With auditions for the spring production, creative energies are running high! The drama classes, periods 3, 4, and 6, are developing their musical/musical backdrop scenes. In-class performances begin Feb. 4th!

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Anthony Campos and McKenna Taylor practicing a sword fight that will take place with a moving musical score!

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Alondra Ochoa and Emilia Magdaleno are incorporating some movement to their musical scene.