The Accolade

ONE VIAJE TO THE NEXT: From Spain, Mexico, Guatemala to Peru, new Spanish teacher settles on the Hills

Christine Yoo, Sports Editor • October 20, 2023

This is the fourth in a series of profiles on new, full-time instructors hired at Sunny Hills during or before the fall semester of the 2023-2024 school year. Expect more profiles to be posted soon. In...

KICK OFF: New social studies teacher starts school year with happiness wall project

Claire Lee, Staff Reporter • October 17, 2023

This is the third in a series of profiles on new, full-time instructors hired at Sunny Hills during or before the fall semester of the 2023-2024 school year. Expect more profiles to be posted soon. New...

A STROKE OF ART: New teacher paints her path to Sunny Hills

Stacy Kim, Feature Editor • October 11, 2023

This is the second in a series of profiles on new, full-time instructors hired at Sunny Hills during or before the fall semester of the 2023-2024 school year. Expect more profiles to be posted soon. She...

CUE THE LIGHTS: Theater Tech students reveal the importance of those working behind the scenes

Christine Yoo, Sports Editor • October 7, 2023

With a clipboard, papers and a pen in hand, then sophomore and now senior stage manager Rachel Kim sat at the front row seats in the Performing Arts Center [PAC], her eyes scoping the stage as the actors...

UPHILL JOURNEY: Sophomore with muscular myopathy advocates for herself

Jaimie Chun, Editor-in-Chief • October 7, 2023

A memorable color that sticks after meeting Won is red — not because that’s the color of her electric wheelchair, rather through her personality. “I like red because it looks clean, bold and straightforward,”...

BUILDING A NEW LEGACY: Ex-bodybuilder now Regional Occupational Program teacher at Sunny Hills strives to aid students in kinesthetic learning

Nicole Park, Copy Editor • October 5, 2023

This is the first in a series of profiles on new, full-time instructors hired at Sunny Hills during or before the fall semester of the 2023-2024 school year. Expect more profiles to be posted soon. It...

Digital Detox: New awards uplift students’ self-esteem after years of virtual learning

Jaimie Chun and Hannah Lee • October 4, 2023

Before the widespread COVID-19 pandemic, the Sunny Hills administration had honored students with academic awards like Student of the Month, Lancer Knight and Rotary Top 100. However, titles of individual...

LANCER HALL OF ACHIEVEMENTS

Nathan Lee, Justin Pak, and Aiden Park • October 2, 2023

eSports While the school’s publications programs can trace their origins back as far as when the campus first opened in the 1959-1960 school year, this video gaming group first started out as a club...

IMPRESSIVE STROKES: Campus painter signs off with an easel and paintbrush in hand

Irene Sheen, Managing Editor • June 1, 2023

The crowd roars for the Lancers’ last sprint to the goalpost. As the football stands rattle from the hundreds of feet stomping against the steel slate, one student’s easel stands unbending. Earning...

Teenage entrepreneur rakes in 5 figures of profit from self-made clothing brand

Hannah Lee, Web Managing Editor • June 1, 2023

Senior Noah Choi was not an amateur in the business industry when he first started his own clothing brand last summer. After starting off by reselling popular shoes like Jordans and Yeezys through sites...

SEIZING DREAMS: QuestBridge fulfills 1st-generation student’s higher education aspirations

Susie Kim, Web Editor-in-Chief • June 1, 2023

Senior Lynette Ochoa planned on attending a University of California [UC] school with financial aid as her backup plan after graduating from high school and submitted her application in late November. “I...

MUSICAL VIRTUOSO: Senior Ricardo Gonzalez shares musical journey in forming his band, ROUNDHOUSE

Alexxa Berumen, Spotlight Editor • June 1, 2023

A quick, muted guitar riff plays alongside low-fidelity drums leading into the chorus. Lead singer Joe Strummer begins to sing. “You better cheat-cheat / No reason to play fair” These...