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A young girl feeds a sheep at the petting zoo during the ag department’s Fall Festival Saturday, Oct. 19, at the farm. Besides the opportunity to interact with such animals as sheep and goats, the event offered carnival games and food options.

Ag students host return of Fall Festival on Saturday, Oct. 19, after 7-year hiatus

Kyuwon Han, Opinion Editor • October 22, 2024

After a seven-year hiatus, Sunny Hills ag students who are part of the Future Farmers of America [FFA] hosted a Fall Festival at the farm on Saturday, Oct. 19. “We really wanted more community events,...

Agriculture students and recent SH graduates hold up their red, blue and green ribbons to commemorate their success at this summer’s Orange County Fair livestock competition.

SH agriculture program wins 21 awards at summer Orange County Fair livestock competition

Chloe Chun, Assistant Arts & Entertainment Editor • September 20, 2022

The Sunny Hills agriculture program won 21 awards in various categories ranging from pig to rabbit showmanship at the annual Orange County Fair livestock competition over the summer. “The students...

Ag teacher feature

New agriculture teacher aims to continue with traditional events like ‘Kiss the Cow’ while helping students grow as leaders

Esther Oh, Staff Reporter • January 19, 2022

Shannon Deskin grew up in South Orange County with parents who owned such pets as cats, dogs, horses, snakes, lizards and geckos. “We always had animals,” Deskin said of her childhood Mission Viejo...

Not his first rodeo — English teacher who grew up on a dairy farm gets most student votes to kiss the cow as culmination of Future Farmers of America Week

Alice Lee, Staff Reporter • March 16, 2021

English teacher Randy Oudega never thought he would get enough votes from students to be nominated for the honor of a Future Farmers of America [FFA] spring semester tradition: Kiss the Cow. “Udder...

Livestock like this pig remained on the Sunny Hills farm as of April 10 after live classroom instruction ended nearly a month before because of the coronavirus pandemic. Ag students were coming to the farm one at a time to take care of their animals to prep them for the Orange County Fair, which was eventually canceled because of COVID-19 health and safety concerns. After that, Fullerton Joint Union High School District officials decided to have all the animals removed.

Fullerton Joint Union High School District officials agree to allow livestock back on Sunny Hills farm

Krishna Thaker, Special Sections Editor • September 25, 2020

First, the Fullerton Joint Union High School District [FJUHSD] over the summer banned all livestock from any of its farms for agriculture students because the coronavirus pandemic had forced the closure...

The four Future Farmers of America team members were in Fresno March 12 to look at some of the fruit trees in person and get some practice before their March 13 competition in Yuba City, which was canceled because of the novel coronavirus pandemic. That eventually led to the creation of a virtual event over the summer.

Four FFA students take second place in state virtual fruit tree judging contest

Gianne Veluz, Social Media Manager • September 21, 2020

Coming off a first-place finish for Sunny Hills’ Future Farmers of America [FFA] program last year in a state fruit tree judging contest, a new team of four students fell three points shy of repeating...

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