Queen Valencia and May Festival

Before Homecoming and Orange High girls competing to be Homecoming Queen, There was Valencia Queen. The City of Orange was a major valencia orange producing...

Where Orange High Began

When the school bond election of 1903 was declared illegal because one polling place closed early, there was no money to build a High School. Mr Dobner...

Students Suspended For Dancing

The City of Orange was very conservative in the 1920’s and churches thought dancing should not be allowed on campus. When seniors went down into the...

Christmas Through The Years

Orange High has had many Christmas traditions that have come and gone. In the early years, there was the Christmas Party with Santa, school decorations,...

The Ambulance

In 1918, The Reflector reported a fund raising program to purchase and send an “ambulance” to France to aid the US wounded. The program was requested...

Leanna Shibata Retires

Leanna Shibata has broken the record for the longest teacher tenure at Orange High, 42 years. Since 1903 only 2 other teachers have come close: Tom Judson...