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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

Nathan Lee

Nathan Lee, Layout Editor

Heading into his senior year, layout editor Nathan Lee plans to leave his mark on The Accolade‘s arduous journey toward producing innovative and respected news and specialty magazines. Winning numerous layout design awards in his junior year as an assistant Arts & Entertainment editor he feels confident to lead the staff reporters to continue The Accolade‘s legacy. Lee plans to produce each magazine with its own twist of charisma with unique themes, layouts and graphic designs.

Outside of The Accolade, Lee enjoys contemplating the metaphysical, pondering the true nature of reality and searching for a higher being in the universe without the use of dogmatic practices.

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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 Fool, the Seer, the Apothecarist

The Fool, the Seer, the Apothecarist

Nathan Lee, Layout Editor May 15, 2025

Life begins when a baby draws its first breath. But such a notion is far too mundane, too mortal. It does not end when one takes its last. For me, my ending was just the beginning — it was the beginning...

Graduating as one of the Class of 2024 valedictorians, senior Karen Huang committed to University of California, Irvine, as a computer science major.

CLASS OF 2024 VALEDICTORIAN Q&A: Karen Huang

Nathan Lee, Layout 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 a valedictorian of the Class of 2024, senior Lindsey Hur committed to USC as a global health major.

CLASS OF 2024 VALEDICTORIAN Q&A: Lindsey Hur

Nathan Lee, Layout 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...

Newly hired math teacher David Rogers lectures students on an angle of elevation problem displayed on the board on April 14.

Welcome to Mr. Rogers’ neighborhood

Nathan Lee, Layout Editor May 3, 2022

It’s a beautiful day in this neighborhood / A beautiful day for a neighbor. This familiar tune resurfaced among many of new math teacher David Rogers’s current and former students. “Everywhere...

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