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Rising senior Abigail Hahm jumps to victory as she sprints toward the finish line during a 100-meter hurdle event June 5 at Moorpark High School. Hahm placed first in her heat with a personal best of 16.54 advancing to the California Interscholastic Federation Finals June 12.
Junior Sharon Choi’s award-winning painting in the international 2021 Science Without Borders Challenge depicts the mangroves as a safety shelter for the small fish from the predators.
Senior forward Jazmin Montalvo (left) moves around her opponent during an April 20 2-1 win over the La Habra Highlanders. Montalvo, the last of four other siblings who have graduated from Sunny Hills, has committed to attend Biola University in La Mirada.
Upon reaching out to teachers, students who would like to add to their Chromebooks for school use Chrome extensions that are blocked by the district’s web filters need to know that the process to unblock them isn’t that difficult. It just takes making that request with a teacher first.
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Harper Lee’s 20th century novel To Kill a Mockingbird still remains relevant today in the racially charged 21st century.
Despite use of the N-word, the accurate portrayal of racial injustice in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ must stay in high school English classes
Rida Zar

A fictional narrative of a young tomboy growing up in Maycomb, Ala., with her single father and older brother -- it's a simple concept for a book without...

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A sample College Board response email regarding a potential change in scores for Advanced Placement tests.
Sunny Hills students, teachers finding College Board’s not budging much on their appeals regarding low scores from modified online exams
Kate Yang

This is the second of a two-part series focusing on the May 2020 Advanced Placement [AP] scores released earlier this summer. In response to the coronavirus...

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Art illustrated by Accolade graphics editor Erin Lee.
The Flare, the Red Death, the Plague — how’s about reading some fictional pandemics during stay-at-home period?
Lauren Choi

As Californians are headed toward the 10th week of stay-at-home orders, they may consider reading what past authors have written regarding fictional pandemics. Take...

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The Hawaiian Chicken Bowls offers a fair staple -- turkey legs for $15 each.
The OC Fair is canceled, but the food isn’t: Drive-thru option worth the ride
Alice Lee

For many families, the Orange County Fair has been a summertime staple.  Held annually at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa, the event has...

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Back then a junior, Class of 2019’s Minji Kim dresses up with her peers to celebrate being the lone upperclassmen on campus the Monday before final exams start since the seniors have finished their school year and are getting ready for graduation. This traditional event, also known as “Junior Takeover,” will not be held Monday, May 24, because of the coronavirus pandemic in which many juniors are still choosing to learn from home.
Traditional event in which juniors come to campus dressed in formal attire on Monday before final exams start canceled for second straight year because of coronavirus pandemic
Dominique Chang • May 24, 2021
A group participates in an unofficial Paper Toss today in the quad after school.
Seniors to get free breakfast burritos, pick up grad tickets on May 25 event
Dominique Chang and Alice Shin • May 21, 2021
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Math teacher Darius Durham, who was hired shortly after the spring semester started, sits at his desk in Room 97 to get ready to instruct his first period Pre-calculus class on May 18. Durham is one of four new full-time additions to the Sunny Hills faculty for the 2020-2021 school year.
After couple of career changes, Darius Durham joins Sunny Hills community as new math teacher
Nevya Patel • May 24, 2021
Junior Manishi Jayasuriya celebrates getting her driving permit from the Department of Motor Vehicles [DMV] in Fullerton. Jayasuria has been waiting for a month to take her DMV permit test because the facility has been closed because of COVID-19 health and safety protocols.
More students heading to DMV for driving permit or license test after it was closed down earlier because of the coronavirus pandemic
Divya Bharadwaj • May 19, 2021
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A prime example of rape culture and its prevalence in society culminated in the media
Rape culture plagues society; how can we stop it?
Krishna Thaker • May 17, 2021
Jaimie Chun (left) and her 7-year-old brother make gimbap, a Korean dish with cooked rice, eggs, spam, spinach and pickled radish. During the coronavirus pandemic, the two shared this meal last summer.
Finding my identity through the pandemic
Jaimie Chun • May 17, 2021
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Guard freshman Taylor Parra drives toward the basket during Wednesday
Girls basketball loses to Sonora 53-36
Kristima Aryal • April 29, 2021

In a hard-fought game against the Raiders, the Sunny Hills girls basketball team lost to Sonora 53-36 Wednesday when the Raiders pulled away late in the second half. “Sonora was just bigger, stronger and more physical than we were, and we weren't ready for that,” head girls...

Defender senior Acira Mehta (left) maneuvers around a Highlander opponent during an April 20 2-1 victory over La Habra.
Sunny Hills girls soccer team overcomes Highlanders 2-1
Rachel Yun • April 21, 2021
Olivia Liang as Nicky Shen, the main character in the CW
CW’s reboot of 1970s 'Kung Fu' featuring female lead pulls the right punches
Sydney Lee • April 21, 2021
BTS and Halsey collaborated together to release the song “Boy With Luv” on April 19, 2019. Fans believe that both were robbed by the Grammys when BTS’ single, “Dynamite,” received a nomination for the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance category in the Grammys on Nov. 24 but lost to Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande’s song, “Rain on Me,” during the Recording Academy’s awards ceremony March 14 and when Halsey did not receive a nomination at all.
I won’t support the Grammys after mistreatment of BTS
Lauren Jung • April 19, 2021
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Sunny Side-Up: Mask fashion

Ngan Dang | May 23, 2021

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