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Nicole Park

Nicole Park, Feature Editor

After undertaking the role of copy editor during her first year on staff, junior Nicole Park is thrilled to continue contributing to The Accolade‘s award-winning legacy as this year’s Feature editor. Park was inspired by the broad range of topics encompassed by the section and can’t wait to polish her writing further by taking on the editor position. As an experienced staffer, the junior hopes she can lead by example and help produce quality work to the best of her abilities.

Outside of the newsroom, Park is involved in clubs and organizations including Bio Club and Literacy for Youth. She also loves collecting stationery items, going out for food with her friends and watching Korean dramas.

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The new fall final exam schedule for the 2024-2025 school year includes zero period for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. Students will have finals for Periods 0, 1 and 6 on the first day, Periods 2 and 3 on the second day and Periods 4 and 5 on the last day before heading off into winter break.

Fall semester final schedule for the 2024-2025 school year includes zero period

Nicole Park, Feature Editor • December 8, 2024

With a bit over a month before final exam week, school officials released a new piloted final exam schedule – the first major change since the COVID-19 pandemic when students remained at home for distance...

An artist’s rendition of after the assembly held in the gym on Tuesday, Sept. 10, shows two vastly different student body responses. Some students embraced speaker Keith Hawkins’ advice, while others disregarded it completely.

HEAD TO HEAD: Should SH continue guest speakers to inspire the student body?

Soojin Cho and Nicole Park • November 14, 2024

New head football coach Fred Gambrell walks toward the sideline with his players during the game against Buena Park High School on Friday, Aug. 30.

TAKING A GAMBLE ON GAMBRELL: School officials offer San Clemente defensive assistant his first head coaching job to guide Lancer football team

Nicole Park, Feature Editor • September 23, 2024

To serve and not be served. New head football coach Fred Gambrell said he constantly preaches this mantra to his players. “Serve but not be served; don't be selfish, but be selfless,” Gambrell...

Episode 4: LANCERS’ TRAVELING DIARIES — Budapest, Hungary

Soojin Cho and Nicole Park • September 20, 2024

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Opposite hitter senior Dylyn Williams tips the ball during the home match against Mary Star of the Sea High School on Friday, Aug. 30. The Lady Lancers won in straight sets.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL PREVIEW: New league but same championship-minded goals for Lady Lancers

Nicole Park, Feature Editor • September 11, 2024

Coaches: Amanda Donaldson (head coach), Katie Pascoe (assistant coach) Top Returners: Dalilah Rivero (12), Kayla Thienprasiddhi (11), Olivia Urias (10), Dylyn Williams (12) Top Newcomers: Lilly Hernandez...

Social media platforms may be utilized to broaden the horizons of women (left), but it can also degrade users' self-esteem and confidence.

HEAD TO HEAD: How does social media allow women to express themselves?

Nicole Park and Irene Sheen • May 15, 2024

HEAD TO HEAD: Apple vs Android?

HEAD TO HEAD: Apple vs Android?

Nicole Park and Natasha Niazi • May 7, 2024

Assistant principal Heather Bradley directs students to their designated grade level areas after gathering with their second period class: freshmen and sophomores separated in the tennis courts and juniors and seniors divided on opposite sides of the pool area.

SHAPING STANDARDS: FJUHSD contracts with new company, modifies safety regulations

Nicole Park, Feature Editor • March 12, 2024

One device with a pull switch is blue; another, light green. Produced by Illinois-based BluePoint Alert Solutions, each equals the size of a 6-inch-by-7-inch red one usually seen in public places like...

Defensive specialist freshman Isabelle Kim serves the ball on Wednesday, Oct. 11, at the Troy High School gym in a match against Troy. Sunny Hills and Troy will not compete in the same league for the 2024-2025 season..

[Photo] Freeway League disbands after 40 years

April 5, 2024

Defensive specialist freshman Isabelle Kim serves the ball on Wednesday, Oct. 11, at the Troy High School gym in a match against Troy. Sunny Hills and Troy will not compete in the same league for the 2024-2025...

Episode 4: LANCERS’ TRAVELING DIARIES — Cozumel, Mexico

Aashna Dialani and Nicole Park • January 29, 2024

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5SWNRviWtCeRdI97j4yFjj?si=c278b84fffb745cd Song: Travel Pop Royalty Free Music by MUSIC4VIDEO (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIR1Gul1DD4&ab_channel=MusicforVideoLibrary)

Two steers lie down inside the agriculture farm after school on Thursday, Dec. 21. Though the program has animals that produce manure, the unfamiliar smell that infiltrated campus in November did not originate from the farm.

[Photo] DID YOU KNOW? Contrary to popular belief, animals from school's agriculture farm are not the source of the stench around campus before Thanksgiving break

December 22, 2023

Two steers lie down inside the agriculture farm after school on Thursday, Dec. 21. Though the program has animals that produce manure, the unfamiliar smell that infiltrated campus in November did not originate...

Lancers’ Traveling Diaries in Cozumel, Mexico

Nicole Park and Aashna Dialani • December 20, 2023

Freshman Alexis Arroyo Garcia, who plays midfielder, dribbles a soccer ball across the Sunny Hills field during sixth period on Thursday, Nov. 30. The team’s non-league record is 4-1-1, with its only loss to Canyon High School in Anaheim, and the first Freeway League game will begin Tuesday, Dec. 12.

BOYS SOCCER PREVIEW: Lancers set their sights on another Freeway League title and a return to CIF title game

Nicole Park, Feature Editor • December 11, 2023

Coaches: Jordan Brinkley (head coach), Jonathan Burtea (assistant coach), David Torres (assistant coach) Top Returning Players: Anthony Aguiar-Casillas (12), Ezra Arias (12), Zachary Cardona (11), Ethan...

Outside hitter senior Kayla Taylor holds up two fingers to signify the number of available hitters for the opposing team during the quarterfinal match against Windward School on Wednesday, Oct. 25.

GAME BALL: Girls volleyball team captain reaches 1,000 career kills, receives Dream Team recognition

Nicole Park, Feature Editor • October 28, 2023

In the midst of the black-and-yellow coded Sunny Hills gym, bright splotches of leprechaun green fill the stands and the court. The nine-meter net separates six players from the SH girls volleyball...

Setter junior Dalilah Rivero gives a high five to outside hitter sophomore Kayla Thienprasiddhi after the girls volleyball team defeated Claremont in straight sets during the first round of CIF playoffs home game on Thursday, Oct. 19.

[Photo] CIF PLAYOFFS: Girls volleyball eliminates Claremont in straight sets; will travel to Agoura Hills for 2nd round matchup Saturday, Oct. 21

October 20, 2023

Setter junior Dalilah Rivero gives a high five to outside hitter sophomore Kayla Thienprasiddhi after the girls volleyball team defeated Claremont in straight sets during the first round of CIF playoffs...

Setter junior Dalilah Rivero gives a high five to outside hitter sophomore Kayla Thienprasiddhi after the girls volleyball team defeated Claremont in straight sets during the first round of CIF playoffs home game on Thursday, Oct. 19.

[Photo] CIF PLAYOFFS: Girls volleyball eliminates Claremont in straight sets; will travel to Agoura Hills for 2nd round matchup Saturday, Oct. 21

Christine Yoo, Managing Editor • October 20, 2023

Girls volleyball head coach Amanda Donaldson talks to the Lady Lancers after calling a timeout in the first set against Claremont on Thursday, Oct. 19.

Setter junior Dalilah Rivero gives a high-five after the girls volleyball team’s dominant win over Troy High School in straight sets 25-16, 25-15, 25-18 at an away match on Wednesday, Oct. 11. The team claimed the Freeway League champions title for the first time since 1995.

MAKING HERSTORY: Girls volleyball team captures Freeway League champion title for first time in 28 years

Nicole Park, Feature Editor • October 13, 2023

1995. That was the last time the Sunny Hills girls volleyball team won a Freeway League championship  — until this week. After 28 seasons, the Lady Lancers (10-0) clinched the league title after...

Regional Occupational Program [ROP] Medical Careers and ROP Sports Medicine and Therapy teacher Paul Linares points out parts of the human skull to his sixth period class in Room 24.

BUILDING A NEW LEGACY: Ex-bodybuilder now Regional Occupational Program teacher at Sunny Hills strives to aid students in kinesthetic learning

Nicole Park, Feature Editor • October 5, 2023

This is the first 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. It...

An artist’s rendering of Oli London, who received 32 cosmetic surgeries to resemble K-pop idol Jimin from BTS, and the media's reaction after netizens saw London’s transformation.

Overwhelming South Korean influence in the West transforms culture into a mere aesthetic

Nicole Park, Feature Editor • September 19, 2023

Five years ago, British influencer Oli London began attracting media attention after appearing on a television show called “Hooked On The Look,” which showed the process of him receiving over 30 cosmetic...

Juniors Ashley Hong (left) and Emma Jang show off their matching Sanrio keychains their friend gifted them after purchasing during her Hawaii trip on Thursday, April 20.

Decorative keychains charm their way onto backpacks

Nicole Park, Feature Editor • May 18, 2023

According to the Guinness Book of World Records’ online website, Angel Alvarez Cornejo holds the title for the largest collection of keychains after accumulating 62,257 items. That feat was set in...

HEAD TO HEAD: Has the 8:30 a.m. Period 1 start time benefited students?

HEAD TO HEAD: Has the 8:30 a.m. Period 1 start time benefited students?

Nicole Park and Kayden Kim • May 16, 2023

PRO: Later start time says goodnight to groggy students

Nicole Park, Feature Editor • May 16, 2023

Listening to a Biology Honors lecture detailing the structure of nucleotides proves impracticable for zero period students at 7:27 a.m., especially after just a few hours of sleep. Yet, picturing the...

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