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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

Sophomore Kyuwon Han holds her phone that displays the Gradekit app during fourth period on Tuesday, March 4, in Room 138.

COLUMN: Let’s use A+ Gradekit instead of Aeries

Kyuwon Han, Spotlight Team Reporter March 19, 2025

My job as a student is to check my grades regularly.  “Kyuwon! Our math test scores came out!” my friend told me.  I quickly opened the Aeries app and frantically logged in, but unfortunately,...

English long-term substitute teacher Tom Wiegman lectures during first-period Advanced Placement English Literature class today in Room 32 while the ViewSonic monitor behind him shows no internet access. Sunny Hills and all campuses in the Fullerton Joint Union High School District could not access the internet for the whole school day though it was restored within an hour after school.

Internet outage hits Fullerton Joint Union High School District again

Seowon Han, Web Editor-in-Chief March 11, 2025

This time around, the one thing school officials were certain of was it wasn’t a cyberattack, though today’s 12-hour network outage that lasted the whole school day prompted many teachers and students...

Class of 2015 alumnus Adrien Truong holds his phone displaying his Gradekit app at his home on Sunday, Nov. 3. Truong has been working on the app since 2014.

ALUMNI ARTICULATION: Class of 2015 graduate quits high-paying computer tech job to return to high school passion project

Kyuwon Han, Spotlight Team Reporter November 19, 2024

The Accolade introduces a new feature that focuses on those who have graduated from Sunny Hills and how they are contributing to their community and beyond. In this first segment, Spotlight team reporter...

"This site can't be reached" message appears on the screen for anyone trying to access the Fullerton Joint Union High School District's Aeries attendance and gradebook web-based application since Tuesday, Nov. 14. After a Nov. 14-15 district network shutdown of the internet for undisclosed reasons, teachers were able to access Aeries by Friday, Nov. 17, before the start of school, while students and parents are expected to gain access to Aeries again by Monday, Nov. 20.

Fullerton Joint Union High School District suffers two-day internet outage with no cause given; students, parents unable to access Aeries attendance or gradebook since Tuesday, Nov. 14

Seowon Han, Web Editor-in-Chief November 18, 2023

No tech Tuesday, Nov. 14. No tech Wednesday, Nov. 15. Tech Thursday, Nov. 16, but still no Aeries attendance or gradebook until the next day with access only for teachers and staff. That's what students...

Aeries, the FJUHSD’s grading system, is shown to have a “Change Your Aeries Password” page that pops up for students and teachers to mandatorily change every couple of months.

Students required to start changing their Aeries passwords more frequently

Dominique Chang, Assistant Business Manager February 18, 2021

And the countdown begins. “Your password is set to expire in 3 days. Change it now.” “Your password is set to expire in 2 days. Change it now.” “Your password is set to expire in 1 day....

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