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The Accolade

Emily Kim

Emily Kim, Sports Editor

Senior Emily Kim joins The Accolade staff this year as the Sports editor. Passionate about telling the stories behind the scores, she looks forward to covering athletes, games and moments that bring the campus together. Kim hopes to continue sharpening her reporting and editing skills while helping produce engaging and accurate sports coverage for readers.

Outside of The Accolade, she enjoys baking, hiking and exploring new places to eat with friends.

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 Quarterback sophomore Solaio Arredondo takes the run and scores the team a one point conversion in the first flag football game of the season on Monday, Aug. 11.

FLAGGED FOR EXCELLENCE: Lady Lancers shut out Wilson in season-opening rout

Emily Kim, Sports Editor August 18, 2025

The Lancers’ first day of the 2025-2026 school year ended with the first preseason flag football game.  With a final winning score of 41-0, the Lady Lancers earned a shutout win over Woodrow Wilson...

Members of the Circle of Friends club stand in front of Disneyland on Wednesday, April 30, during their end-of-year field trip to the amusement park.

MORE THAN JUST MONDAYS: Circle of Friends club makes a full turn in my life

Emily Kim, Sports Editor May 30, 2025

Genuine friendships. True connections. Valuable lessons. When I first joined the Circle of Friends club in my freshman year, after hearing about it from a senior friend, I honestly just thought it would...

Sisters and doubles tennis partners seniors Hannah Saab (left) and Karina Saab hold their rackets while brother senior Lucas Saab prepares for a volleyball spike.

SUPER SAAB STORY: Senior triplets reflect on high school athletics bond; plan to pave their own path past graduation

Emily Kim, Sports Editor May 16, 2025

They’re triplets. But they’re not all the same gender. Two are girls, and one is a boy. For the past four years, these three have taken their athletic talents to either the tennis or volleyball...

Seniors Amanda Laurie Pascual (right) and Mohamad Ibrahim walk with their crowns and sashes after they were announced as prom queen and king, respectively, at the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center on Saturday, April 5.

PROM QUEEN Q&A: Amanda Laurie Pascual reflects on her unexpected win

Emily Kim, Sports Editor April 22, 2025

With the crowning of the 2025 prom queen, Accolade staff reporter Emily Kim conducted a Q&A with senior Amanda Laurie Pascual to share her journey leading up to the title.  Question: How did it...

한국 시민들이 전주 거리에 앉아 윤석열 대통령에 반대하는 시위를 12월 27일 금요일에 벌이고 있다.

한국의 탄핵 시위를 목격하며 다시금 느낀 고향의 의미

Emily Kim, Sports Editor March 6, 2025

이 칼럼은 원래 영어 버전으로 Opinion 섹션에 게시되었습니다. 이 글을 영어로 읽으려면 여기를 클릭하세요. 열정. 얼어붙은 대한민국의 거리에서 정의를...

Carol Hallenbeck (right), who taught journalism and advised The Accolade school newspaper from 1969-1993, scans a paper with a pencil in her right hand while a staff member observes. Hallenbeck died of old age Sunday, Feb. 2, in her Costa Mesa apartment. She was 97.

‘Legendary’ Accolade adviser dies at 97

Emily Kim, Sports Editor March 6, 2025

A memorial service for former Accolade adviser and English teacher Carol Wagner Hallenbeck will be held on Saturday, March 8, at the Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Tustin, Hallenbeck’s surviving...

South Korean citizens sit down on the streets of Jeonju to protest against President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday, Dec. 27.

COLUMN: Witnessing nationwide protest rekindles my connection to South Korea

Emily Kim, Sports Editor February 24, 2025

This article is also published in the Korean-language section (한국어). Click here to read it in Korean. Eagerness. That was one characteristic I collectively saw in each of the 150-plus citizens...

Girls soccer head coach William Allgeier guides the Lady Lancers against the Esperanza Aztecs during a scrimmage on Thursday, Nov. 21, at the Esperanza turf field.

ALL IN FOR ALLGEIER: First-time girls soccer head coach becomes fourth in program history

Emily Kim, Sports Editor December 26, 2024

William Allgeier said he has been inspired by the words of Marcelo Bielsa: “A man with new ideas is a madman, until his ideas triumph.” Allgeier, hired in May to become only the fourth person to...

Episode 8: Halloween Treats

Emily Kim and Yena Oh November 19, 2024

https://open.spotify.com/episode/09glmDJna3aj5Gnxm0N7YQ Song: "Better Days" by LAKEY INSPIRED

Freshman Florenzo Tenazas unlocks his e-bike after fifth period on Thursday, Nov. 7, between the 20s and 40s wings. Since the beginning of the 2024-2025 school year, more electric forms of transportation can be seen at the two bike racks on campus.

ELECTRIFYING TREND: More SH students riding e-bikes, e-scooters to get to school

Emily Kim, Sports Editor November 8, 2024

Faster than a speeding porker. More expensive than an iPhone 16. Able to travel 50 miles in a single charged battery pack. Look, down the road on Nicholas Street!  It can’t be a bird or...

Senior Liv Chavez (second to right) receives her pink tiara upon the announcement of her homecoming queen title during the halftime of the Friday, Oct. 4, football game at the Buena Park High School stadium.

CROWNED TO INSPIRE: Q&A with 2024 homecoming queen Liv Chavez

Emily Kim, Sports Editor October 23, 2024

With the crowning of the 2024 homecoming queen, Accolade staff reporter Emily Kim conducted a Q&A with senior Liv Chavez to share her experience and motivations to achieve the title. Question: Why...

Freshmen Quirsten Barabag (front), freshman John Baker (middle) and junior Ryan Lim (back) run 300-meter repeats on Thursday, September 5, on the track as part of their twice-a-week speed work.

CROSS COUNTRY PREVIEW: Lancers sprint with spirit under new head coach

Emily Kim, Sports Editor September 11, 2024

Coaches: Hannah Batchelor (head coach), Ashley Bordy (assistant coach), Gideon Pichardo (assistant coach) Top Returners (boys): Ian Cha (12), Nathaniel Covarrubius (12), Ronin Ngyuen (11) Top Returners...

Those subscribed to Hulu's streaming service can watch the anime, “Go! Go! Loser Ranger!” which offers a different take on the traditional Power Ranger stories of the 1970s. In this adaptation of the Japanese manga, Sentai Daishikkaku, viewers get to see a different side of the Rangers with an anti-hero serving as the series' protagonist.

SERIES REVIEW: Hulu’s anime, ‘Go! Go! Loser Ranger!’ offers new take on the Japanese sentai genre of the 1970s

Emily Kim, Sports Editor June 13, 2024

Last August was the 30th anniversary of the U.S. television debut of the live-action series, "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers." For Gen Zers unfamiliar with the show and the catchy theme song ("Go! Go! Power...

Senior Evan Hsu stands as one of the 39 Class of 2024 valedictorians. Hsu plans on attending UCLA as a business and economics major.

CLASS OF 2024 VALEDICTORIAN Q&A: Evan Hsu

Emily Kim, Sports Editor May 23, 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...

Graduating as the top of the Class of 2024, senior Lex Hou plans on attending University of California, San Diego, to major in data science.

CLASS OF 2024 VALEDICTORIAN Q&A: Lex Hou

Emily Kim, Sports Editor May 23, 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...

The Lady Lancers – with sophomore Emily Kim in the front row fourth from the left – hold their second-place plaque, qualifying for nationals, from their first cheer competition at Agoura High School on Saturday, Jan. 13.

COLUMN: Lady Lancers’ first ever national cheer competition – a big jump for me, literally and figuratively

Emily Kim, Sports Editor January 29, 2024

Transitioning from being an amateur in cheerleading to having participated in the first Sunny Hills cheer competition on Saturday, Jan. 13 was a big jump for me. I mean that figuratively and literally. Many...

Junior Erin Park prepares to pack water, clothes and blankets into bags to donate to the homeless with members of the C2C organization outside of the SH branch on Friday, Aug. 18.

CLUB CORNER: Faith-based group open to all who want to perform acts of kindness

Emily Kim, Sports Editor January 17, 2024

For the 2023-2024 school year, the Associated Student Body [ASB] has approved 29 new clubs. The Accolade’s cub reporters from the beginning journalism class will report on each new group in alphabetical...

Junior Cameron Martinez stands in front of a birdhouse he made with his dad Friday, Jan. 12, at his home.

CLUB CORNER: Birds of a Feather flock together over passion for winged creatures, assembling aviaries

Emily Kim, Sports Editor January 12, 2024

For the 2023-2024 school year, the Associated Student Body has approved 29 new clubs. The Accolade’s cub reporters from the beginning journalism class will report on each new group in alphabetical order....

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