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The Student News Site of Sunny Hills High School

The Accolade
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The Student News Site of Sunny Hills High School

The Accolade
Members of the Mock Trial club gather to celebrate after their inaugural tournament season on Tuesday, Nov. 19, inside the Superior Court of California, County of Orange.

CLUB CORNER: Mock Trial back in session

Tatiana Galvez, Business Team & Staff Reporter • May 11, 2025

Senior Ethan Hsu (right) points at the laptop screen of junior Julia Kim (center) in his attempt to tutor her after school at the Algebra Center on Thursday, March 6, in Room 45. Also helping Kim is senior Sarah Patino.

Sine, cosine, tangent

Caleb Kang, Data Team • May 9, 2025

Sin²θ + cos²θ = 1. For those who’ve never taken pre-calculus (also known as trigonometry) before, this equation may lead many to scratch their heads and mutter to themselves, “What the …?” Meanwhile,...

Andrew Guevara (left), playing with Kellie Ma, swings his paddle to hit the pickleball on Tuesday, Feb. 25, on the tennis courts.

Picking up pickleball

Kaylee Won, Cub Reporter • May 5, 2025

12:54 p.m. Tuesday, April 15. It’s lunchtime at Sunny Hills. Some student motorists get in line to head for the west parking lot exit so they can spend as much of their 30 minutes to socialize while...

Class of 1973 alumnus and former Spanish teacher Gene Bordy looks Wednesday, April 23, in Room 138 at the Pilgrim Tours website featuring his dream trip to the Holy Land of Israel. Bordy has been unable to go on his scheduled tour the past two years because of the Israeli-Hamas conflict as well as several airlines’ decision to no longer offer flights to that part of the Middle East.

ALUMNI ARTICULATION: Dream trip to Israel turned nightmare

Amy Lim, Staff Reporter • May 1, 2025

This story was updated on Thursday, May 15, with new information about how much the subject stands to lose if he doesn't take his trip. The Accolade continues with its feature that focuses on those...

Seniors Amanda Laurie Pascual (right) and Mohamad Ibrahim walk with their crowns and sashes after they were announced as prom queen and king, respectively, at the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center on Saturday, April 5.

PROM QUEEN Q&A: Amanda Laurie Pascual reflects on her unexpected win

Emily Kim, Sports Editor • April 22, 2025

With the crowning of the 2025 prom queen, Accolade staff reporter Emily Kim conducted a Q&A with senior Amanda Laurie Pascual to share her journey leading up to the title.  Question: How did it...

Seniors Mohamad Ibrahim (right) and Amanda Laurie Pascual showcase their sashes and crown for winning prom king and queen, respectively, on the staircase of the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center on Saturday, April 5.

PROM KING Q&A: Mohamad Ibrahim relives his crowning and senior memories

Kyuwon Han, Opinion Editor • April 21, 2025

With the crowning of the 2025 prom king, The Accolade’s Spotlight team reporter sophomore Kyuwon Han conducted a Q&A with senior Mohamad Ibrahim to share his experience and motivations to achieve...

Sophomore Bright Jun picks up his McDonald’s online order from Room 7, the attendance office, on Wednesday, Oct. 9, during lunch.

DOOR DASHERS: More students opt for food delivery during lunch than settling for ‘gross,’ free school meals

Elise Pak, Opinion Editor • April 11, 2025

This is one of a series of five-year, COVID-19 pandemic anniversary articles The Accolade’s Spotlight team has expanded from its original print version that appeared in the Monday, March 24, issue.  The...

Since the March 2020 lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic, terms like “test-blind” or “test-optional” for SAT and ACT have begun appearing in the college admissions process to adapt to the circumstances of being unable to take the exams in person. Test-blind refers to colleges not accepting or considering standardized exam scores.

VIRAL IMPACT ON SAT, ACT: Pandemic spurs ‘test-optional,’ ‘test-blind’ trend in college admissions

Kyuwon Han, Opinion Editor • April 3, 2025

This is one of a series of five-year, COVID-19 pandemic anniversary articles The Accolade’s Spotlight team has expanded from its original print version that appeared in the Monday, March 24, issue.  Science...

Author of Party School Jonathan Hart shares his experience writing and publishing the novel during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Q&A: Party School author reviews experience as a writer during COVID-19

Ashley Kang, News Editor • April 1, 2025

This is one of a series of five-year, COVID-19 pandemic anniversary articles The Accolade’s Spotlight team has expanded from its original print version that appeared in the Monday, March 24, issue. Co-business...

After switching to colored magazines at the beginning of the 2023-2024 school year, The Accolade has produced three issues as of Tuesday, April 1. Students share their reactions to the costs and effort required to plan and publish each magazine.

DID YOU KNOW? Cost of one Accolade 32-page magazine same as a McDonald’s Mini McFlurry

Alice Chae, Social Media Team & Staff Reporter • April 1, 2025

As a continuing feature, The Accolade delves into the origins of Sunny Hills culture or landmarks. This time, we take a look at our own program. We send staff reporter and social media team member sophomore...

Looking back on the past five years, teachers and students reflect on how the world has changed while going through both the stages of a global pandemic to a recovery, to where we are now.

5 YEARS LATER: A look back at what we have learned from the COVID-19 pandemic

Angelina Jeong, Spotlight Specialty Magazine Editor • March 25, 2025

This is one of a series of five-year, COVID-19 pandemic anniversary articles The Accolade’s Spotlight team has expanded from its original print version that appeared in the Monday, March 24, issue.  Five...

Oxford University Press, which named "brain rot" its Word of the Year, created this design on its website with words in the background relating to the other runner-up terms that are included in the shortlist.

Brain rot’s the sigma – earns 2024 Word of the Year honor from Oxford English Dictionary

Irene Park, Editor-in-Chief • March 11, 2025

“Selfie” in 2013. “Vape” in 2014. Then another four years later in 2018, “toxic.” And to join the list of Oxford English Dictionary’s annual Word of the Year for 2024 … “brain...

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