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The Accolade

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The Accolade

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The Accolade

Junior Melina Ciorogariu walks down the red carpet during the Prom Fashion Show held in the quad during break on Wednesday, March 26. The event, featuring formal attire from Windsor and Friar Tux, showcased outfit options for juniors and seniors preparing for prom on Saturday, April 5, at the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center.

PROM PREVIEW: ‘Interstellar’-themed dance to light up The Artic in Anaheim Saturday, April 5

Caroline Shin, Staff Reporter April 3, 2025

This year’s “Interstellar”-themed prom will take place at the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center, a first for Sunny Hills, on Saturday, April 5. Based on consultation between Associated...

An unknown firefighter stares into the raging flames and thick smoke that blazed through the Eaton and Palisades areas on Tuesday, Jan. 7, the first day of the fires.

Eyewitness to fire devastation

Emily Lee, Social Media Team & Staff Reporter April 2, 2025

Senior Jenna Forster recalled the number of texts she had received from her father on Friday, Jan. 10. It ended up being just one. “He only texted me once when he had connection to let me know...

The weekly principal's newsletter features video production's latest episode with school events on Friday, March 28. For the first time, students received the morning announcements via video sent to teachers on Monday, March 31, during second period. (Screenshot from GOLD Standard)

TAKE TWO: ASB hands over some of morning announcements duty to video production

Aashna Dialani and Irene Park March 31, 2025

For the first time, today’s second-period morning announcements — followed by two other days this week — will be handled by the Regional Occupational Program’s [ROP] advanced video production class...

The Sunny Hills Science Olympiad team celebrates its sixth-place finish at the regional competition at the University of California, Irvine, on Saturday, Feb. 22. Teams that place in the top six get to advance to state competition Saturday, April 12, held at the California Institute of Technology.

SH Science Olympiad advances to in-person state contest for first time since 2020

Jenna Kim, Entertainment Editor March 30, 2025

Five years ago, the Sunny Hills Science Olympiad team made history when it placed fourth at the Orange County regional competition — the best result since the club was first established in 2016. But...

The National Scholastic Press Association selected this snapshot of The Accolade’s online news website in recognizing it as one of 34 Pacemaker finalists on Tuesday, March 11. The staff will find out if it becomes a Pacemaker winner during an awards ceremony on Saturday, April 26, in Seattle.

Journalism program earns another round of national, regional awards

Soojin Cho, Copy Editor March 20, 2025

The Grand Slam of journalism awards. Actually, a Super Slam. That’s what journalism adviser Tommy Li has been telling the 45 members of The Accolade staff after the program earned its first honor...

A digital copy of the AP Honor Roll certificate was included in the Friday, Oct. 4, digital newsletter sent out by principal Craig Weinreich.

Sunny Hills strikes gold for a second straight year

Kaylynn Park, Cub Reporter March 12, 2025

It’s an award that not many have heard about. Instead of an Oscar-like, gold-plated statue or a wooden “CIF” sports plaque that winners can hoist up in the air and celebrate with, this commendation...

English long-term substitute teacher Tom Wiegman lectures during first-period Advanced Placement English Literature class today in Room 32 while the ViewSonic monitor behind him shows no internet access. Sunny Hills and all campuses in the Fullerton Joint Union High School District could not access the internet for the whole school day though it was restored within an hour after school.

Internet outage hits Fullerton Joint Union High School District again

Seowon Han, Web Editor-in-Chief March 11, 2025

This time around, the one thing school officials were certain of was it wasn’t a cyberattack, though today’s 12-hour network outage that lasted the whole school day prompted many teachers and students...

Sunny Hills staff, parents and students listen to English teacher Suzanne Boxdorfer who is standing in front of the podium to present accreditation information in Room 33 on Wednesday, March 5.

5-member committee to visit, evaluate Sunny Hills from today to Wednesday, March 12

Rose Park, Cub Reporter March 10, 2025

A five-member committee representing an organization that evaluates schools will visit Sunny Hills today through Wednesday, March 12, school officials said. The evaluation process — commonly referred...

Carol Hallenbeck (right), who taught journalism and advised The Accolade school newspaper from 1969-1993, scans a paper with a pencil in her right hand while a staff member observes. Hallenbeck died of old age Sunday, Feb. 2, in her Costa Mesa apartment. She was 97.

‘Legendary’ Accolade adviser dies at 97

Emily Kim, Staff Reporter March 6, 2025

A memorial service for former Accolade adviser and English teacher Carol Wagner Hallenbeck will be held on Saturday, March 8, at the Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Tustin, Hallenbeck’s surviving...

California Assembly Bill 1858, effective Jan. 1 of this year, aims to tamp down those campuses that hold active shooter drills.

LAW & ORDER: Legislation over certain safety drills effective Jan. 1 of this year prompt district officials to update protocols

Esther Ahn, Cub Reporter March 2, 2025

“Law & Order” explores passed bills relevant to teachers and students. What impact will these decisions have on the school? Despite new legislation that limits what public schools can do during...

The new small electronic sign board, also known as a minitron, stands at the entrance of the west parking lot. For nearly a week since the start of the 2024-2025 school year, visitors to that part of the campus only saw the stem without the sign and LED boards after the old marquee got removed over the summer.

SCREEN TIME UPDATES: Jumbotron, meet minitron

Alice Chae, Social Media Team & Staff Reporter February 20, 2025

This is the second of a three-part series on the additional changes to Sunny Hills facilities over the summer and during the 2024-2025 school year. These updates follow the larger makeover that started...

Installed in February 2017, the jumbotron has been prone to malfunction lately, as in this case, last May.

BIG SCREEN NEEDS BIG UPDATE: School officials take steps to replace 8-year-old jumbotron with a more advanced model

Kevin Lee, Assistant News Editor February 18, 2025

With a nearly decade-old jumbotron that has been prone to break down in recent years, school officials plan to replace it with a more modern and reliable one – though the cost has not been determined. “The...

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