May 29: Being quarantined at home because of coronavirus crisis can’t stop these students from pursuing Victorian-era hobbies
May 30, 2020
LIVING UNDER THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS This is part of a series of columns from The Accolade staff about their various experiences during the school closure because of the coronavirus pandemic. If you would like to submit some of your experiences, please email us at [email protected] Since Califor...
Dancin’ to ‘90s music? Glow in the Dark Neon Lights in the gym? Student-suggested May stag dance themes could have been either one had the COVID-19 pandemic not have gotten in the way
Alexandria Kim
May 26, 2020
“Neon Lights.” “The ‘90s.” “Blacklight.” These are just a few of the 73 student stag theme submissions that the ASB received before school closure in mid-March in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Those who turned them in, however, will never know what the last stag dance the...
20 Questions for Top of the 2020 Class: Jiwon Hur graduates with a full International Baccalaureate diploma and would like to thank her grandparents for motivating her
May 26, 2020
In lieu of our senior print issue, The Accolade has decided to conduct a Q and A with each of the 12 valedictorians for online posting. Question #1: What are your plans after high school? Answer: My plan for right now is to go to UCI as a Psychology B.S. Major. I’m interested in double or even triple maj...
20 Questions for Top of the 2020 Class: Samuel Kho stays organized while graduating at the top of his class
May 26, 2020
In lieu of our senior print issue, The Accolade has decided to conduct a Q and A with each of the 12 valedictorians for online posting. Question #1: What are your plans after high school? Answer: Johns Hopkins Neuroscience/Physics Research. See if I can get the Woodrow Wilson Grant. Question #2: Which ex...
20 Questions for Top of the 2020 Class: Jenny Lee’s encouragement from her mother helped her rise to the top of her class
May 26, 2020
In lieu of our senior print issue, The Accolade has decided to conduct a Q and A with each of the 12 valedictorians for online posting. Question #1: What are your plans after high school? (which school, which major; if not going to college, why not?) Answer: I am planning on attending Williams College as a b...
20 Questions for Top of the 2020 Class: Daniel Shim plans to pursue engineering at UCLA
May 26, 2020
In lieu of our senior print issue, The Accolade has decided to conduct a Q and A with each of the 12 valedictorians for online posting. Question #1: What are your plans after high school? Answer: UCLA engineering is my future education plan for now. Question #2: Which extracurriculars and clubs have you ...
20 Questions for Top of the 2020 Class: Peter Park graduates as a valedictorian and gives thanks to all of his high school teachers
May 26, 2020
In lieu of our senior print issue, The Accolade has decided to conduct a Q and A with each of the 12 valedictorians for online posting. Question #1: What are your plans after high school? Answer: UCLA, applied mathematics. Question #2: Which extracurriculars and clubs have you been a part of? A: ...
Going for a clean slate: Sophomore sells home-made soap to pay off fines for losing school textbooks
May 26, 2020
$180. That’s how much money in school fines sophomore Suh Lin Hong had accrued since her freshman year. “The truth is, I lost all my textbooks and my chromebook charger both my freshman and sophomore year,” said Hong, who chose not to pay the PTSA $25 for a locker to store her school supplies...
20 Questions for Top of the 2020 Class: Micheal Jiang commits to UCI and graduates after four years of taking EPIC classes
May 25, 2020
In lieu of our senior print issue, The Accolade has decided to conduct a Q and A with each of the 12 valedictorians for online posting. Question #1: What are your plans after high school? Answer: I'll be going to UC Irvine to study biomedical engineering. Question #2: Which extracurriculars and clubs ...
20 Questions for Top of the 2020 Class: Andrew Tran graduates as a valedictorian and reminisces about the summer days spent with friends
May 25, 2020
In lieu of our senior print issue, The Accolade has decided to conduct a Q and A with each of the 12 valedictorians for online posting. Question #1: What are your plans after high school? Answer: UCLA as a human physiology major. Question #2: Which extracurriculars and clubs have you been a part of? ...
Korean Culture Night would have commemorated its 10th year anniversary had it not gotten axed because of COVID-19-related school closure
May 25, 2020
It was supposed to be an event to commemorate the 10th year of performances to show what the Korean culture -- past and present -- is all about. Korean 1 and 2 teacher and Korean Culture Club [KCC] adviser Esther Lee had also invited such special guests as Fullerton Joint Union High School District supe...
20 Questions for Top of the 2020 Class: Golf captain Stacy Kim commits to UCLA with straight A’s
May 25, 2020
In lieu of our senior print issue, The Accolade has decided to conduct a Q and A with each of the 12 valedictorians for online posting. Question #1: What are your plans after high school? Answer: UCLA Business Economics Major Question #2: Which extracurriculars and clubs have you been a part of? ...
