Pricilla Escobedo

Pricilla Escobedo, Staff Reporter

After learning many skills from the Journalism 1 class during the 2021-2022 school year, sophomore Pricilla Escobedo continues her work in The Accolade as a staff reporter. She looks forward to expanding her knowledge and testing her ability to report on broad subjects.

When Escobedo isn't working for The Accolade, you can find her studying or hanging out with friends and family.

Teen music producer transfers from Austria to SH

Pricilla Escobedo, Staff Reporter • May 10, 2023

In a small nook of junior Daniel Kim’s home, a consistent string of melodic piano chords mixes with slow rhythmic beats late into the night. Besides his musical instruments, Kim often finds himself in...

DID YOU KNOW? FROM LANCE BULLWINKLE TO WINSTON THE LANCER: How Sunny Hills got its mascot, school colors

Pricilla Escobedo, Staff Reporter • March 3, 2023

As a continuing feature from last semester, The Accolade investigates some of the school's history. For this issue, we look into the origins of how Sunny Hills' colors became black and gold and how the...

Chemistry teacher also a Smash Bros. gamer

Pricilla Escobedo, Staff Reporter • February 17, 2023

For chemistry teacher Alexander Hua, his fascination with Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros. started when he was 8 years old. Some time after the video game’s Jan. 21, 1999 release, Hua said his parents...

NAME CHANGER: Miss Ng sounds too much like ‘missing,’ so new math teacher has a solution

Pricilla Escobedo, Staff Reporter • December 16, 2022

On the first day of school, Summer Ng wanted to be direct with her students. Not about math or the challenges of solving word problems. But about her last name. “I know my last name is ‘Ng,’...

UNPACKING A TIKTOK TREND: ‘SENIOR YEAR BABY’ video inspires students to reconnect with childhood characters like Lightning McQueen, Hello Kitty

Pricilla Escobedo, Staff Reporter • September 20, 2022

It started off July 28, 2021, with a TikTok video. Captioned “SENIOR YEAR BABY,” the 18-second clip begins with what appears to be a high school girl wearing a black, long-sleeve outfit. While...

Second-period fundraiser for Pathways of Hope collects more than $1,600

Pricilla Escobedo, Staff Reporter • January 24, 2022

This article originally appeared in the Nov. 19, 2021, print issue of The Accolade. But in that version, it abruptly ended. This is the full story. Minute of Hope, a second-period fundraiser hosted...

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