District contracts with STOPit in poster campaign to curb bullying on campus
September 28, 2019
To encourage students to report bullying on campus, the Fullerton Joint Union High School District has contracted with an organization called STOPit, which has supplied posters with a hotline number to be displayed in all classrooms, school officials said. “This one started at the district level wi...
Class of ‘23 gets new Lenovo Chromebook models; sophomores and upperclassmen to keep using Acers
September 24, 2019
After three years of issuing Acer Chromebooks used by the graduating senior class to incoming freshmen, the Fullerton Joint Union High School District has decided to provide brand new Lenovo devices to incoming ninth-graders for all campuses. “I was kind of jealous because I’ve had the same [Acer] Chro...
Fox 11’s Good Day LA to broadcast video segment Sept. 19 of only male performer on Sunny Hills’ Dance Production team
September 18, 2019
This story was updated Sept. 19 to show the actual air time of the "School Standouts" segment on Fox 11's Good Day LA program. As the only male member of Sunny Hills’ Dance Production [DP] team, sophomore David Burn will be featured Friday, Sept. 19, in a segment on Fox 11’s morning news program. ...
67 campus groups participate in annual Club Rush
September 17, 2019
It was three days in the quad at break with students shouting, waving posters and offering free candy such as Jolly Ranchers, Dum Dums and Snickers. The first day -- Aug. 27 -- featured 20 student clubs. Two days later, the school’s annual Club Rush continued Aug. 29-30 with 22 clubs on the second day an...
College and Career Center opens to students, parents
September 11, 2019
After a 10-year absence, the College and Career Center has reopened in Room 2 so students and their parents can seek advice on post-high school options as well as find out how to obtain work permits for any part-time jobs. “We want to help kids open doors for themselves post high school,” princ...
Oink, oink; Sunny Hills agriculture’s Astro the pig wins Grand Champion title at OC Fair
August 29, 2019
For the first time in 18 years, the Sunny Hills Agriculture Department won the top prize of Grand Champion Market Hog over the summer at the Orange County Fair with its 295-pound pig, Astro. “I didn’t know how to feel; I didn’t really believe it until my friends came over and hugged me,...
Aug. 27 Back-to-School Night changes for parents include new locations for drama, choir, band classes
August 27, 2019
Because of ongoing construction to the Performing Arts Center [PAC], parents who want to visit their children’s drama, choir, and band classes will have to go to different locations on campus during Back-to-School Night Aug. 27. “Parents will meet me in the cafeteria where we are having class...
Students who took Aug. 24 SAT discuss College Board’s new adversity score
August 27, 2019
On Aug. 27 after this story was posted, The Accolade learned that the College Board has on the same day decided to drop the adversity score report and will replace it with something called "Landscape." According to the College Board, this new index will be visible for colleges and students who take the SAT...
Senior event moves up two months from October to August to curb 12th-graders from ditching classes
August 21, 2019
To prevent another year of 12th-graders purposely skipping school either after attending Senior Sunrise on an October morning or not coming at all, the ASB has decided to move the traditional event two months earlier to this coming Thursday. “Students took advantage of it being on a Friday in October,...
Charge it! Students can now pay for stag dances with a credit card
August 16, 2019
Students interested in going to all three stag dances this school year but don’t have cash on hand can now pay using a credit card. Credit card purchases can be done by going to the Sunny Hills website, sunnyhills.net, and then clicking on the “SHHS Webstore,” which is directly next to the sea...
Link Crew welcomes 500 freshmen in gym
August 16, 2019
This story was updated Aug. 31 with additional information from other freshmen. In its third year at Sunny Hills, Link Crew organized a freshman orientation Aug. 6 at the gym to help incoming students adjust to Lancer life and the campus. “We want to connect freshmen with upperclassmen to make the...
$4.5 million PAC modernization expected to finish next February, officials say
August 16, 2019
While the Performing Arts Center [PAC] remains closed for remodeling until at least February, the programs that use it during the school year have had to adjust to new locations ranging from Buena Park High School’s theater building to the cafeteria. “Things are always changing, but [it’s] their...
