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The Student News Site of Sunny Hills High School

The Accolade

The Student News Site of Sunny Hills High School

The Accolade

With the weather’s recent unpredictability, sophomore Katelyn Ahn argues against using umbrellas, considering their inconvenience.

COLUMN: Choosing practicality — hoodies over umbrellas

Katelyn Ahn, Cub Reporter June 6, 2024

Every morning, I check the Weather app to choose my outfit, keeping a lookout for whether it will rain. Seeing the gray clouds with water droplets, I always know to pack my umbrella and brace myself for...

With the potential passing of Senate Bill 976, teenagers will be able to find their way out of the social media-centered rabbit hole, leading to a more wholesome mental state.

Introduction of new state bill may lower social media addiction for teens

Ashley Kang, Cub Reporter June 3, 2024

Talks of social media restrictions for adolescents are nothing new in today’s society. From Florida’s Online Protections for Minors bill and the Utah Social Media Regulation Act, the recent influx...

Freshman Kyuwon Han holds her MacBook in her right hand and Chromebook in her left hand in Room 138, Monday, May 13. Han holds her MacBook higher to symbolize her reliance on the device.

COLUMN: Using my personal laptop increases convenience, efficiency

Kyuwon Han, Cub Reporter May 30, 2024

On the first day of school, Mr. Robert Bradburn announced non-school-issued devices were not allowed in his classroom. However, since this regulation was only for his class,  I started bringing my...

Senior Susie Kim wears the Apple Vision Pro for the first time during a free, reserved session on Sunday, May 5, and feels discomfort from its weight during the experience.

Apple Vision Pro’s underwhelming features aren’t worth the $3,500

Susie Kim, Web Editor-in-Chief May 24, 2024

As graduation rolls around the corner, I hear the same question being asked over and over again: “What do you want for your graduation gift?” Since freshman year, I’d envisioned myself saving...

Sophomore Yena Oh performs her piece, “Polonaise no. 1 in D Major,” by Henryk Wieniawski, at Carnegie Hall in New York. Oh was given a chance to perform in the East Coast in January after placing first place in the virtuoso string category of the International Association of Professional Music Teachers Virtuoso string concerto competition.

COLUMN: My violin playing journey – first Carnegie Hall, then the Sydney Opera House in Australia

Yena Oh, Cub Reporter May 7, 2024

“In the future, everybody will be famous for 15 minutes,” Andy Warhol wrote in his exhibition catalog at the Moderna Museet gallery in 1968. My moment started in early January this year when I was...

Assistant principal Heather Bradley gives instructions to staff and students at the beginning of the Thursday, Feb. 15, evacuation drill.

Staff Editorial: Tell us why

The Accolade Editorial Board March 13, 2024

The Accolade Editorial Board unanimously agrees school officials need to clearly explain to students the reasons for new safety procedures in light of recent drill. Increased awareness of mental health...

Section editors of the 2022-2023 school year work on newspaper layouts in  The Accolade  room after school. This was a recurring daily routine during the week that print issues were released.

Old-style methods just lower my GPA

Faith Jung, Entertainment Editor February 20, 2024

This story was originally published in our March 3 print issue last year. Because of our oversight, the full version never got posted online, which is why...

Fullerton Joint Union High School District superintendent Steve McLaughlin’s Friday, Jan. 12, email sent nearly an hour after school to students and parents informs stakeholders that last November’s network outage was “caused by a sophisticated ransomware attack.”

Staff Editorial: Fullerton Joint Union High School District superintendent should have acted sooner in informing community about November data breach

The Accolade Staff Editorial Board January 12, 2024

The Accolade Editorial Board unanimously agrees that the district-wide network outage that occurred last semester from Nov. 14-Nov. 15 warranted more transparency and immediate information from the superintendent.  Cyber...

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy (right) wants those ages 15-24 of the electorate to pass a civics test about the U.S. government before they can vote. Right now, once U.S. citizens turn 18, they have the right to cast ballots during elections.

Civics Education Initiative makes voting more meaningful in the U.S. with a new civics test

Irene Park, Copy Editor December 19, 2023

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, the youngest of the current nine vying for the chance to take on Democratic President Joe Biden, proposed a plan to pass a constitutional amendment that...

The administration has introduced the 5-Star app (left) and physical restroom passes attached to lanyards for the fall semester of the 2023-2024 school year. School officials plan to make the digital app, which limits restroom use to seven minutes twice a day, a schoolwide requirement for teachers and students to use by the start of the spring semester.

Staff Editorial: New 5-Star app requires adjustments to hall pass limits

The Accolade Editorial Board December 11, 2023

The Accolade Editorial Board unanimously agrees that the 5-Star app hall pass system needs revision in its time and daily limits. As the second semester approaches in January, the Sunny Hills administration...

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