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Claire Lee

Claire Lee, Entertainment Editor

After serving as a staff reporter during her junior year, senior Claire Lee is excited to return back to The Accolade as a co-Entertainment editor. For this 2024-2025 school year, Lee plans to work closely with other editors to expand the relevancy of the publication and make her last year on staff as memorable as possible.

Aside from this program, Lee is involved in clubs like Cooperation Act and Sister Support Project as a cabinet member, as well as several volunteer organizations outside of campus. In her free time, she enjoys hanging out with friends, drawing and listening to music.

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SORIMMARA, which opened on July 19, 2024, in Buena Park, offers a wide range of meat, seafood and vegetables that diners can put into a clear, plastic bowl for a chef inside the kitchen to cook in a pot, which is different from a hot pot style of dining that requires customers to cook their own ingredients. Known as malatang, this meal originated in China’s Sichuan province and has recently gained popularity in Korea, where it’s been reimagined with local flavors and ingredients.

RESTAURANT REVIEW: Buena Park’s latest Asian street food style malatang offering offers right amount of spice, decor

Claire Lee, Entertainment Editor • November 20, 2024

Boba tea. Korean barbecue. Yangnyeom chicken. Tteokbokki (spicy sweet rice cake). A5 Wagyu beef. Recently, malatang joined the Asian street food scene in Southern California. Translated to "spicy and...

Episode 6: LET’S TALK POLITICS — Elections and social media

Jenna Kim and Claire Lee • October 11, 2024

https://open.spotify.com/episode/71UYuz8XkylJ9jjMbMhKic Song: Downtown Glow by Ghostrifter Official & Devyzed (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lh9a01ecsus)

Two customers place their orders inside Stereoscope Coffee at 4542 Beach Blvd. on Thursday, Sept. 5.

SIP BACK AND STUDY: Top 5 local cafes to visit to increase productivity this school year

Claire Lee, Entertainment Editor • September 22, 2024

As we have passed the first five weeks of the fall semester, A & E co-editor Claire Lee has come up with five suggestions for where students can productively study while enjoying some snacks and...

Emma Myers plays Pippa Fitz-Amobi (left), who goes on her smartphone to analyze a 5-year-old murder investigation in Episode 2 with her friend, Ravi Singh, played by Zain Iqbal.

SERIES REVIEW: ‘Wednesday’ star captivates young audience as teenage murder investigator in ‘A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder’

Claire Lee, Entertainment Editor • September 7, 2024

An adaptation of Holly Jackson’s best-selling young adult trilogy, “A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder,” uses its appealing aesthetics and unexpected twists to grab the attention of viewers.  Allegedly...

Sophomore Norah Chowdhury (far right) reads out loud her essay, “Storyteller,” on Friday, March 15, at Chapman University in Orange as part of the 25th Annual Holocaust Art and Writing Contest awards ceremony.

Sophomore recalls own family history to win 1st place in Chapman University’s Holocaust Writing Contest

Claire Lee, Entertainment Editor • May 29, 2024

Storyteller.  This is the role of genocide survivors — and the title of sophomore Norah Chowdhury’s first-place essay in the High School Prose category in Chapman University’s Holocaust Writing...

A digital version of the Lancer Handbook, renamed “Student Handbook,” can be found under the “Students and Parents” section of the Sunny Hills website. For students to be able to pick up class schedules on Lancer Days, the handbook is one of many steps their parents have to go through on Aeries in May or over the summer.

DID YOU KNOW?: Despite transition from hard copy to digital, ‘Student Handbook’ remains obscure to Lancers, their parents

Claire Lee, Entertainment Editor • May 29, 2024

For our last “Did You Know?” feature of the school year, The Accolade looks into the origins of the Student Handbook, which few students are familiar with. The Accolade sends staff writer Claire Lee...

Senior Patrick Lee stands as one of the 39 Class of 2024 valedictorians. Lee will be attending University of California, Irvine, majoring in economics.

CLASS OF 2024 VALEDICTORIAN Q&A: Patrick Lee

Claire Lee, Entertainment Editor • May 25, 2024

The Class of 2024 produced 39 valedictorians, and The Accolade interviewed each to reflect on their high school journeys and thoughts. This is a full version of the Q&A, of which the preview is included...

Senior Madison Lee takes her place as one of the 39 Class of 2024 valedictorians. Kim plans on attending University of California, Irvine, majoring in biological sciences.

CLASS OF 2024 VALEDICTORIAN Q&A: Madison Lee

Claire Lee, Entertainment Editor • May 25, 2024

The Class of 2024 produced 39 valedictorians, and The Accolade interviewed each to reflect on their high school journeys and thoughts. This is a full version of the Q&A, of which the preview is included...

Accolade editor-in-chief senior Jaimie Chun stands as one of the 39 Class of 2024 valedictorians. Chun plans on continuing her education at Northwestern University, double majoring in journalism and international studies.

CLASS OF 2024 VALEDICTORIAN Q&A: Jaimie Chun

Claire Lee, Entertainment Editor • May 22, 2024

The Class of 2024 produced 39 valedictorians, and The Accolade interviewed each to reflect on their high school journeys and thoughts. This is a full version of the Q&A, of which the preview is included...

Episode 2: From Lesson Plans to Pumpkin Patches — A Teacher’s Halloween

Jenna Kim and Claire Lee • April 12, 2024

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5SSLLA6o7MQ2pw3bB8RLY5?si=vQDoF2WUSpWM4SC5K7hw6w Song: Play With Me by Myuu (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgWUwr1YhXU&ab_channel=Myuu

Senior Logan Villanueva (left) sits with sophomore Katie Fahl on a bench during the dress rehearsal of “Almost, Maine” on Wednesday, Feb. 7, at the Performing Arts Center.

SPRING PLAY PREVIEW: Premiering in the PAC on Thursday, Feb. 8, ‘Almost, Maine’ offers 9 vignettes about love

Claire Lee, Entertainment Editor • February 7, 2024

With Valentine’s Day nearly a week away, students looking for or interested in love can satisfy their romantic notions by attending the spring play, “Almost, Maine,” which opens in the Performing...

I Got My Sound Chicken, which opened in October 2023 in Fullerton’s Amerige Town Center near Sunny Hills, offers eye-catching neon lights and Instagram-worthy decorations for those looking for Korean street food.

I Got My Sound Chicken restaurant in Amerige Heights Town Center lives up to its name

Claire Lee, Entertainment Editor • January 16, 2024

Korean restaurants like Pelicana or BBQ Chicken in Buena Park that offer fried chicken as its main course usually serve it without any special sides unless ordered separately.  But in the recently...

Sophomore Elly Sweeney reaches for the soccer ball at the Sunny Hills field during an after school practice on Monday, Dec. 4. The Lady Lancers will kick off their Freeway League season at an away game against Sonora High School.

GIRLS SOCCER PREVIEW: Lady Lancers kick off the season with a strong comeback, aims to progress further into CIF playoffs

Claire Lee, Entertainment Editor • December 11, 2023

Coaches: AJ Arenas (head coach), Sergio Miramontes (assistant coach), Ezequiel Paz (assistant coach) Top Returning Players: Rachel Haan (12), Isabel Miramontes (12), Katie Sweeney (12), Celine Villasenor...

New social studies teacher Christopher Collodel monitors his students taking an Advanced Placement [AP] United States History quiz while delivering a test paper to a student on Friday, Aug. 25, in Room 184.

KICK OFF: New social studies teacher starts school year with happiness wall project

Claire Lee, Entertainment Editor • October 17, 2023

This is the third in a series of profiles on new, full-time instructors hired at Sunny Hills during or before the fall semester of the 2023-2024 school year. Expect more profiles to be posted soon. New...

Deviation member senior Monique Alvarado (left) dances alongside senior Dorotea Barbini and sophomore Madelyn Boyd to “Family Ties” by Baby Keem on March 10 at the spring assembly.

CLUB CORNER: Deviation encourages student involvement in the art program

Claire Lee, Entertainment Editor • April 28, 2023

They wore muted green sweatshirts. The 14 girls and one boy set foot onto the gymnasium floor. The audience watching from the bleachers cheered, shouting out the names of their friends. This was...

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