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The Accolade

The Student News Site of Sunny Hills High School

The Accolade

The Student News Site of Sunny Hills High School

The Accolade

Despite not becoming one of the 39 Class of 2024 valedictorians, senior Michael Amescua celebrates winning the Academic Excellence Award.

CLASS OF 2024 ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNER Q&A: Michael Amescua

Faith Jung, Entertainment Editor June 8, 2024

Question 1: Which university have you committed to? Answer: Loyola Marymount University. Question 2: What will you major in? A: Computer science. Question 3: Which teacher helped you the most...

Wearing her second-degree black belt and a dobok, English teacher Liese Wellmeyer Garcia demonstrates her taekwondo skills by separating a board in two with her right hand during the Friday, Feb. 16, International Food Fair double second period assembly in the gym.

TEACHER LEISURE: Who was that lady punching the board in half with her hand during the International Week assembly?

Aashna Dialani, Assistant Business Manager June 3, 2024

“Teacher Leisure” explores Sunny Hills teachers’ hobbies outside of school. What impacts have they made not only on students, but also outside of their classroom? When English teacher Liese Wellmeyer...

Social science teacher Kristin Kosareff checks on her students work in her fourth period Advanced Placement Human Geography class on Tuesday, May 14.

FROM RAIDER TO LANCER: Despite graduating from Sonora, social science instructor hired to teach 3 classes in 2022 embraces SH culture

Caroline Shin, Cub Reporter May 30, 2024

The Accolade aims to produce stories about staff hired to teach full time; however, in the case of social science teacher Kristin Kosareff, we failed to take notice of her since she was working here part...

Sophomore Norah Chowdhury (far right) reads out loud her essay, “Storyteller,” on Friday, March 15, at Chapman University in Orange as part of the 25th Annual Holocaust Art and Writing Contest awards ceremony.

Sophomore recalls own family history to win 1st place in Chapman University’s Holocaust Writing Contest

Claire Lee, Staff Reporter May 29, 2024

Storyteller.  This is the role of genocide survivors — and the title of sophomore Norah Chowdhury’s first-place essay in the High School Prose category in Chapman University’s Holocaust Writing...

 Junior Harley Kaewsamlee works with the newly purchased tools on Wednesday, April 10, with the morning engine building team in Room 131.

EXTREME MAKEOVER — AUTO TECH EDITION: Renovation moves students out of classroom and into mechanic shop itself

Alexxa Berumen, Spotlight Editor May 29, 2024

It was a “Field of Dreams” moment for auto tech teacher Jesse Munoz.  But instead of hearing someone whisper to him the classic line, “If you build it, he will come,” from the 1989 film about...

A digital version of the Lancer Handbook, renamed “Student Handbook,” can be found under the “Students and Parents” section of the Sunny Hills website. For students to be able to pick up class schedules on Lancer Days, the handbook is one of many steps their parents have to go through on Aeries in May or over the summer.

DID YOU KNOW?: Despite transition from hard copy to digital, ‘Student Handbook’ remains obscure to Lancers, their parents

Claire Lee, Staff Reporter May 29, 2024

For our last “Did You Know?” feature of the school year, The Accolade looks into the origins of the Student Handbook, which few students are familiar with. The Accolade sends staff writer Claire Lee...

Student cafeteria worker senior Chloe Sepulveda uses the tablet while handing out food items to students during break on Friday, May 17, in the cafeteria.

SILENT SUPPORT: Student workers help maintain school environment behind the scenes

Gerald Han, Cub Reporter May 29, 2024

While the student body hardly ever sees them working, these students are the unsung heroes of Sunny Hills. Senior Chloe Sepulveda and junior Eduardo Villacrez work out of sight but ensure parts of the...

Video production director senior Melusine Tenkoff prepares to film for the schoolwide lip dub during sixth period on Friday, April 26.

Video production director of weekly, pre-recorded news video reflects on her 4-year experience at the helm

Angelina Jeong, Sports Editor May 27, 2024

Entering the Art of Video class, then-junior Melusine Tenkoff didn’t know these next two years of her life would play the biggest role in determining her future career.  Tenkoff said she had neither...

Senior Mei-Ling Leal takes a picture with actor and singer Joshua Bassett on June 16, 2023, while covering an event at Sweet Squares, his sister Ashley Bassett’s bakery.

Blogger flips the script and brings new voices online

Lauren Kang, Cub Reporter May 26, 2024

Then-junior Mei-Ling Leal recalled how she couldn’t believe it was real. It had seemed like a dream just a year ago, but here she was about to enter the photo pit — every photographer’s dream...

Science teacher Kathy Bevill points to the screen while teaching her sixth period biology class in Room 102 on Wednesday, April 24.

HEADING HOME: Science teacher retires after 39 years in the district

Faith Jung, Entertainment Editor May 26, 2024

From sports to science. These two subjects go hand in hand for science teacher Kathy Bevill. Since she was a young girl, Bevill has been involved with softball and basketball throughout her elementary...

Graduating as one of the 39 Class of 2024 valedictorians, senior Lauren Sung committed to Smith College, where she will be majoring in economics.

CLASS OF 2024 VALEDICTORIAN Q&A: Lauren Sung

Jiseong Yoo, Cub Reporter May 26, 2024

The Class of 2024 produced 39 valedictorians, and The Accolade interviewed each to reflect on their high school journeys and thoughts. This is the last full version of the Q&A, of which the preview...

Senior Keiley Shea stands as one of the 39 Class of 2024 valedictorians. Shea will be attending Rice University, majoring in environmental engineering.

CLASS OF 2024 VALEDICTORIAN Q&A: Keiley Shea

Caroline Shin, Cub Reporter May 26, 2024

The Class of 2024 produced 39 valedictorians, and The Accolade interviewed each to reflect on their high school journeys and thoughts. This is a full version of the Q&A, of which the preview is included...

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