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Latinx club member senior Sarah Patino spreads out her skirt while performing the Jalisco dance in the quad on Wednesday, Jan. 15. Patino will be among seven cultural clubs performing in the gym for the first time in front of parents and others on the eve of the Friday, Feb. 7, International Week assembly.

For first time, International Week assembly dress rehearsal to become evening performance for parents on Thursday, Feb. 6

Elise Pak, Staff Reporter • February 6, 2025

For the first time, students showcasing their cultures in the annual International Week assembly in the gym will perform in the same building in front of a paying audience the night before on Thursday,...

California Senate Bill 976, which was passed Friday, Sept. 23, aims to prohibit internet service and applications from providing addictive feeds to minors and bans companies from sending notifications to minors at certain times.

LAW & ORDER: New state bill to protect minors from ‘addicting’ social media content, notifications at certain times

Kevin Lee, Assistant News Editor • February 3, 2025

“Law & Order” explores passed bills relevant to teachers and students. What impact will these decisions have on the school? California Gov. Gavin Newsom passed into law Senate Bill [SB] 976,...

An artist’s interpretation of what happens if a minor tries to access certain types of Instagram content, which gets filtered by those operating the social media platform to protect underage teens from negative online behavior such as child grooming and cyberbullying. Besides this, Instagram has come up with five new policies that limit teens’ exposure to unknown accounts.

Instagram introduces stricter restrictions on teen accounts to enhance privacy and safety

Yena Oh, Sports Editor • January 27, 2025

On Nov. 8, 2022, 21-year-old Michael Watson Jr. was arrested for his involvement in 13 rapes, four of which were minors, allegedly threatening his victims, who he met via Instagram, to post nude images...

U.S. News & World Report ranks Sunny Hills nearly 200 spots higher than previous year with campus breaking into Top 800 schools nationwide

Kevin Lee, Assistant News Editor • January 16, 2025

Honors level classes. Advanced Placement [AP] courses. International Baccalaureate [IB] pathway.  These are among the options Sunny Hills offers its students who seek rigorous, academic assignments...

Senior Sebastien Roque shows an eighth-grade visitor how to use the racing simulator during the Parks Junior High preview day on Friday, Jan. 10, in the gym.

ROP auto tech students rev up their presentations to visiting Parks eighth-graders during their Friday, Jan. 10, visit

Serenity Li, Copy Editor • January 11, 2025

A racing simulator. Spark plug challenges. And go-kart and minibike showcases. Those were among the features that the Regional Occupation Program’s [ROP] auto tech class presented to welcome eighth-graders...

Students pass by the new auto tech program sign – created by then-senior Cali Watson – that features two car pistons in the shape of an “X” above a black rectangular sign with the text “Sunny Hills High School” on top of “Automotive Laboratory.” A car outlined in gold splits the words “Automotive” and “Laboratory” while the ROP [Regional Occupational Program] logo rounds out the design at the bottom.

SUMMER MAKEOVER THE SEQUEL: Program logos return to exterior building walls after they got painted over in 2023

Alice Chae, Social Media Team & Staff Reporter • January 10, 2025

This is the first 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...

Accolade seniors Teo Jeong (left), Justin Pak and Nathan Lee celebrate the Pacemaker recognition with Martinelli’s sparkling cider during fourth period on Tuesday, Nov. 12, in Room 138.

SETTING THE PACE: For 1st time, Advanced Journalism program wins back-to-back national award

Yena Oh, Sports Editor • December 12, 2024

Back to back and cementing a team into the record books. The Kansas City Chiefs know what it takes to win a Super Bowl for two straight years (2023 and 2024). So do the Los Angeles Lakers (2009 and...

The new fall final exam schedule for the 2024-2025 school year includes zero period for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. Students will have finals for Periods 0, 1 and 6 on the first day, Periods 2 and 3 on the second day and Periods 4 and 5 on the last day before heading off into winter break.

Fall semester final schedule for the 2024-2025 school year includes zero period

Nicole Park, Feature Editor • December 8, 2024

With a bit over a month before final exam week, school officials released a new piloted final exam schedule – the first major change since the COVID-19 pandemic when students remained at home for distance...

California Assembly Bill 3216, passed Monday, Sept. 23, focuses on developing restrictive phone policies for all state school districts.

LAW & ORDER: Gov. Gavin Newsom signs legislation requiring public schools to ban student cell phone use in classrooms

Irene Park, News Editor • November 25, 2024

“Law & Order” explores recently passed legislation relevant to teachers and students. What impact will these decisions have on Sunny Hills? California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed into...

The email California state governor Taylor Regen sent to Junior State of America [JSA] chapter presidents on Friday, Aug. 2, to inform them of the discontinuation of the organization and development of its successor, Civic Leaders of America.

Junior State of America — its headquarters and clubs — shuts down after nearly a century of service to students

Ashley Kang, Business Manager & Spotlight Team Reporter • November 20, 2024

Seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady. Former Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti. Businessman Charles R. Schwab. These are only three of the many notable alumni who reportedly participated in...

An excerpt of the Google Doc that social science teacher Hera Kwon posted Thursday, Sept. 19, in her Google Classroom for students in her four American Government classes. Capped at 400 volunteers, eligible students gets excused on Election Day to help out at an Orange County voting center and receive a $120 stipend afterward.

ENCOURAGING ENGAGEMENT: New High School Student Volunteer Program provides an opportunity to volunteer at the 2024 presidential Election

Ashley Kang, Business Manager & Spotlight Team Reporter • November 1, 2024

One hundred and twenty dollars. That amount can cover a year’s subscription to a Netflix account with ads with some change left over. And that stipend from the Orange County Registrar of Voters...

Parent volunteer Ivonne Wang (left) translates into Spanish principal Craig Weinreich's introductory message to the 20 Spanish-speaking adults attending the first meeting of the Hispanic Parent Outreach on Wednesday, Sept. 25, from 5:30-7 p.m. in the library. Wang, a council representative for the Parent Teacher Student Association, came up with the idea of forming the Spanish-speaking support group.

A NEED ADDRESSED: PTSA volunteer creates Hispanic Parent Outreach to update Spanish-speaking community on important campus, student issues

Emily Lee, Social Media Team & Staff Reporter • October 29, 2024

It was during this past summer, a week before Lancer Days registration on campus in August. On the first of the school's three-day Summer Bridge Program for freshmen on Wednesday, July 31, their parents...

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