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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

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...

Sophomore Kyuwon Han holds her phone that displays the Gradekit app during fourth period on Tuesday, March 4, in Room 138.

COLUMN: Let’s use A+ Gradekit instead of Aeries

Kyuwon Han, Spotlight Team Reporter March 19, 2025

My job as a student is to check my grades regularly.  “Kyuwon! Our math test scores came out!” my friend told me.  I quickly opened the Aeries app and frantically logged in, but unfortunately,...

Junior Dylan Erickson tries to strike out a batter of the Monday, March 10, league opener at home against Sonora. Erickson gave up three runs in the first inning, forcing the Lancers to play catchup in a 5-3 loss.

Baseball loses 5-2 in league season opener at home against Sonora

Lauren Kang, Sports Editor March 17, 2025

For the spring sports season, The Accolade plans to introduce new coverage by producing a recap of the Lancers’ or Lady Lancers’ first league game/match of the season; if the team advances to CIF playoffs,...

SERIES REVIEW: ‘Squid Game’ Season 2 lives up to its hype, captivating viewers with continued dark comedy and new characters

Christine Yoo, Managing Editor March 17, 2025

Despite being released three years after its first season, fans of Netflix’s “Squid Game” showed equal, if not increased, hype for the sequel, and after releasing all seven episodes on Thursday,...

Joseph, played by senior Caleb Van Hook (center), displays his technicolor dream coat with the help of his brothers in the opening night of the musical on March 6, 2025 in the PAC. (Image used with permission from Spirit of the MACY awards)

BEHIND THE SEAMS: Curtain call

Serenity Li, Copy Editor March 15, 2025

Accolade co-copy editor junior Serenity Li auditioned last semester to join the cast of the spring musical, “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” and director Annie Pagano — theater...

Second base sophomore Saraya Jhawar prepares to swing at an incoming pitch during the home game against Yorba Linda after school on Monday, March 3.

SOFTBALL PREVIEW: Lady Lancers ready to build on last season’s success

Claire Lee, Entertainment Editor March 14, 2025

Coaches: Rod Engel (head coach), Alia Marquez (assistant coach) Top Returners:  Samantha Apolinar (11), Samaya Holguin (11), KristiAnn Gomez (12), Riley Gonzalez (12), Elayna Marquez (11), Zoey Matthews...

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...

Sophomore Madelyn Sooter enters the takeoff zone for the high jump in an attempt to jump over the bar at the Freeway League quad meet No. 2 on Thursday, April 3.

GAMEBALL: A (wo)man for all seasons

Yena Oh, Sports Editor March 12, 2025

This is the first in a series on student-athletes playing a sport during each season in the 2024-2025 school year. The Accolade profiles their contributions and what they do to keep them on top of their...

Oxford University Press, which named "brain rot" its Word of the Year, created this design on its website with words in the background relating to the other runner-up terms that are included in the shortlist.

Brain rot’s the sigma – earns 2024 Word of the Year honor from Oxford English Dictionary

Irene Park, News Editor March 11, 2025

“Selfie” in 2013. “Vape” in 2014. Then another four years later in 2018, “toxic.” And to join the list of Oxford English Dictionary’s annual Word of the Year for 2024 … “brain...

Two students from December 2016 decorate parts of the quad before the start of first period on the Monday of final exam week. This rite of passage that disappeared before COVID-19 hit in March 2020 should return to campus.

STAFF EDITORIAL: 5 years after the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s time to bring back some forgotten traditions

The Accolade Editorial Board March 11, 2025

Instead of relying on Accolade’s 21-member editorial board to address a specific topic about the aftermath of COVID-19 five years later, we decided to incorporate every staff member to discuss the issue...

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...

Sunny Hills staff, parents and students listen to English teacher Suzanne Boxdorfer who is standing in front of the podium to present accreditation information in Room 33 on Wednesday, March 5.

5-member committee to visit, evaluate Sunny Hills from today to Wednesday, March 12

Rose Park, Cub Reporter March 10, 2025

A five-member committee representing an organization that evaluates schools will visit Sunny Hills today through Wednesday, March 12, school officials said. The evaluation process — commonly referred...

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