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The Accolade

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The Accolade

Then-sophomore Ayden Currier (left) and then-junior Kayla Choe mop and clean the drawings and messages in chalk left by the senior pranksters in the quad on May 24, 2024. Custodians also worked to clean other parts of the campus.

NEWS ANALYSIS: Senior pranks

Rose Park May 28, 2025

May 24, 2024, was unlike most school mornings at Sunny Hills. During zero and much of first period after that, instead of students being in their classrooms, most likely preparing for finals the following...

Social science teacher Jeff Gordon (right) shares a congratulatory hug from assistant superintendent Karl Zener during the Monday, May 12, celebration of retiring teachers in the Performing Arts Center. The Fullerton Joint Union High School District organized the event to give its 43 certificated retirees a commemorative plaque recognizing the number of years they've contributed to their students.

GOLDEN HANDSHAKE: 43 Fullerton Joint Union High School District teachers — 9 from Sunny Hills — take early retirement incentive

Kevin Lee, Assistant News Editor May 20, 2025

Sunny Hills for the next school year will experience a staffing change as nine teachers representing five academic departments will not return after accepting the Fullerton Joint Union High School District’s...

Fire Truck 6 from the Fullerton Fire Department arrives by the swimming pool to investigate the potential gas leak situation during fourth period on Friday, May 2.

On-campus gas leak leads to classroom evacuations

Irene Park, News Editor May 15, 2025

A suspected gas leak in the restroom in the back west parking lot forced the evacuation of students and teachers in the 130s and 150s building for most of fourth period, but no one was hurt and no damage...

Accolade web managing editor senior Justin Pak (left), web editor-in-chief senior Seowon Han and adviser Tommy Li celebrate the online news website’s first-place win in the Southern California Journalism Education Association’s California All-Stars competition on Tuesday, April 8, in Room 138 during fourth period.

Accolade’s online news website takes first-place plaque at state media contest

Soojin Cho, Copy Editor April 25, 2025

From tiebreak to heartbreak. That's what happened to a team of eight Accolade staff members who competed for the Sweepstakes trophy at the Southern California Journalism Education Association [SCJEA]...

Eco Spirit Week features different activities students can participate Monday-Friday, April 21-25, to raise awareness for the environment in celebration of Earth Day Tuesday, April 22. This flier was posted on the Instagram accounts of the Associated Student Body and Thrifting Club, the coordinators of this new spirit week.

Thrifting Club, ASB collaborate to form first-time Eco Spirit Week

Mina Imai and Irene Park April 22, 2025

To raise awareness for the environment and celebrate Earth Day, Thrifting Club planned the first Eco Spirit Week Monday-Friday, April 21-25. featuring various activities, including a mini Club Rush and...

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...

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