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Learning loss — myth or fact?

Learning loss — myth or fact?

Katelyn Ahn, Business Manager & Spotlight Team Reporter July 2, 2025

This is one of a series of five-year, COVID-19 pandemic anniversary articles The Accolade’s Spotlight team has expanded from its original print version that appeared in the Monday, March 24, issue.  Learning...

COLUMN: Going out a winner

Tommy Li, Adviser June 30, 2025

This is an extension of the column published in the May senior issue. It may be updated from time to time with new information about the retired adviser and one more gallery of images upon the writer's...

Sophomore Janiny Maldonado (right) reads out her essay, “Carrying What Matters,” during the 26th Annual Holocaust Art and Writing Contest awards ceremony, standing behind the podium on Friday, March 14, at Chapman University in Orange.

English assignment turned into award-winning entry

Irene Park, News Editor June 23, 2025

Survivor. It’s the term used by Chapman University’s Annual Holocaust Art and Writing Contest to describe those who lived through the events of the Holocaust.  And for sophomore Janiny Maldonado,...

Junior Mia Folk rides on Parco during an equestrian competition Aug. 24 in Chicago, where Folk ended up winning first place in the junior division.

Horsing around since childhood

Lauren Kang, Sports Editor June 22, 2025

Nearly a decade ago in 2016, Mia Folk found herself growing up in Idaho, also known as the potato state. It was the year of fidget spinners, Shopkins and other make-believe toys for most 8-year-olds....

Base sophomore Sarina Desai practices lifting her teammate on her shoulders in the SH dance room on Wednesday, May 21.

GAMEBALL: Underclassman’s efforts lead to her joining 2 upperclassmen as cheer team’s co-captains

Soojin Cho, Copy Editor June 19, 2025

Passion. Dedication.  Communication.  Those are the three traits that cheer head coach Patrice France noticed in Sarina Desai when she was a freshman in France’s junior varsity squad. Those...

Only one staff parking space remains unoccupied at the end of lunch on Thursday, May 1, in the west parking lot; the other slots have been filled up mainly by student motorists, a violation of school policy. Many have chosen to ignore school rules and park wherever it’s convenient for them, claiming student-marked locations are full.

STAFF EDITORIAL: Time to create new parking spaces for student motorists

The Accolade Editorial Board June 17, 2025

The Accolade Editorial Board unanimously agrees that Sunny Hills does not offer enough parking spaces for students in the east and west lots, especially in the spring semester when more are getting their...

Freshmen Cora Woodward (left) and Evangeline Cowell (right) eat their lunches and socialize at one of five newly added picnic tables in front of the 20’s building.

WRAPPING IT UP: Murals, fixtures conclude 2024-2025 school year campus improvement projects

Alice Chae, Social Media Team & Staff Reporter June 14, 2025

This is the last 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 in...

BLACKPINK member Jisoo's newly released album, "Amortage" is a combination of the Latin word for love, "amor," and "montage," symbolizing a montage of love.

A POP QUAKING START FOR ALL: Jisoo’s “Earthquake” leads trio of rising artists

Bradyn Chiang June 13, 2025

Jisoo’s K-pop solo album “Amortage” starts off like an explosion. It begins with an upbeat rhythm to draw the listener in, then slows down at the end with softer vocals and a slower beat. “Boy...

Senior Jai Patel holds open the 310-page book he had co-authored during his 2024 Boeing summer internship. Statistical Programming Essentials: R & Python is available for purchase on Amazon for $22.99.

Engineering a new book

Nathan Lee, Layout Editor June 12, 2025

Look for more senior profiles in our May issue. Senior Jai Patel has been fascinated with engineering concepts since he was in sixth grade, playing with his building blocks. “Any time I build Legos,...

The four National Merit semi-finalists for the 2024-2025 school year were announced in the Sunny Hills GOLD Standard Newsletter on Friday, Sept. 20.

7 decades of honoring the brightest

Philip Cho, Cub Reporter June 5, 2025

The National Merit Scholarship Corp. [NMSC] has something in common with Disneyland in Anaheim, McDonald’s and Guinness World Records. 1955. That’s the year each organization or franchise was...

New campus supervisor Jason Hughes (right) demonstrates how he would listen to supervisor liaison Randall Avalos’s walkie-talkie message in the hallway near the 10s wing on Friday, April 11.

Latest addition to campus supervisor team a familiar face

Alice Chae, Social Media Team & Staff Reporter June 4, 2025

Jason Hughes is the most recent addition to the campus supervisor team at Sunny Hills, increasing the total number to four. “My job is to keep everyone safe; that’s the primary goal,” Hughes said. Besides...

In their formal attire, the cast of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” stands on the steps outside the Cerritos Performing Arts Center waiting for the awards ceremony to begin on Sunday, June 1.

BEHIND THE SEAMS: Revisiting world of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” with encore

Serenity Li, Copy Editor June 3, 2025

Accolade co-copy editor junior Serenity Li auditioned in the first semester of the 2024-2025 school year to join the cast of the spring musical, “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” and...

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