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The Accolade

The Student News Site of Sunny Hills High School

The Accolade

The Student News Site of Sunny Hills High School

The Accolade

A digital copy of the AP Honor Roll certificate was included in the Friday, Oct. 4, digital newsletter sent out by principal Craig Weinreich.

Sunny Hills strikes gold for a second straight year

Kaylynn Park, Cub Reporter March 12, 2025

It’s an award that not many have heard about. Instead of an Oscar-like, gold-plated statue or a wooden “CIF” sports plaque that winners can hoist up in the air and celebrate with, this commendation...

Accolade seniors Teo Jeong (left), Justin Pak and Nathan Lee celebrate the Pacemaker recognition with Martinelli’s sparkling cider during fourth period on Tuesday, Nov. 12, in Room 138.

SETTING THE PACE: For 1st time, Advanced Journalism program wins back-to-back national award

Yena Oh, Sports Editor December 12, 2024

Back to back and cementing a team into the record books. The Kansas City Chiefs know what it takes to win a Super Bowl for two straight years (2023 and 2024). So do the Los Angeles Lakers (2009 and...

Senior Samantha Burgess prepares for the CIF-SS D2 Championship Finals at Riverside City College on Friday, May 3.

GAME BALL: Senior swimmer holds Freeway League title as fastest in 50-, 100-yard freestyles

Jenna Kim, Entertainment Editor May 30, 2024

Senior Samantha Burgess said she has been drawn to the water since she was 5 years old. Whether it was strolling the seaside or taking a dip in the hot tub, Burgess said she would often find herself...

Junior Ethan Tam (left) and world language Chinese teacher Soon-Ya Gordon hold Gordon’s national Educator of Distinction award on Tuesday, Feb. 20, during lunch in her classroom, Room 36. The award is named after Claes Nobel, a grand nephew of Alfred Bernard Nobel — founder of the Nobel Peace Prize — and co-founder of the National Society of High School Scholars.

Veteran world language teacher earns national recognition with a different type of Nobel prize

Kevin Lee, Assistant News Editor April 19, 2024

Two decades. That’s four U.S. presidents in that time frame. Ten Winter and Summer Olympics have been held in such countries as Japan, China, Italy and Greece. And 15 total solar eclipses have...

Former girls varsity soccer coach Jeff Gordon (center) holds a glass trophy and a certificate as part of his induction into the CIF Hall of Fame on Wednesday, Oct. 18, at The Grand’s Conference Center Ballroom in Long Beach. To Gordon’s left stands a plaque that  contains the names of past and present Hall of Fame inductees.

Ex-girls soccer head coach Jeff Gordon gets inducted into CIF Hall of Fame

Aashna Dialani, Opinion Editor December 12, 2023

Walking into social science teacher Jeff Gordon’s classroom is like entering a sports memorabilia museum.  On the left wall, Gordon has on display brown frames containing 16-by-14- inch photos of...

Principal Craig Weinreich (left) shakes the hand of junior Karen Huang, who received an Exceptional Effort and Engagement award, also known as E cubed, on Wednesday, March 1, in the Lyceum. Engineering teacher Patrick Salem nominated Huang for the recognition sponsored by the Parent Teacher Student Association [PTSA], which for the first time held a meeting on campus in the evening to honor the second group of E cubed recipients this school year.

Photo Gallery: E3 Awards Ceremony

Asaph Li, Assistant Photo Editor March 13, 2023

Principal Craig Weinreich (left) applauds after presenting freshman Boyd Houser with a certificate in the Lyceum at a recent Parent Teacher Student Association meeting. Houser is among the first group of students to receive the new award in which teachers nominate  students for their effort and participation in the classroom.

11 students recognized for inaugural PTSA award

Kayla Martinez, Staff Reporter February 9, 2023

Cleaning beakers, organizing papers and wiping down tables. That's what junior Samantha Zacarias does twice a week in science teacher Alexander Hua’s classroom as a teacher’s assistant [TA] during...

Site technician Anthony Jara (left) and International Baccalaureate coordinator and art teacher Brian Wall pose after their nomination as the employees of the year in Room 3 on Jan. 18.

Veteran and second-year staffer named teacher and employee of the year

Chris Lee, Staff Reporter February 3, 2023

One has worked at Sunny Hills High School for 32 years, while the other only two. Despite the gap in their work experience, Sunny Hills staff recognized both as the campus’ employees of the year at...

A screenshot of the National Scholastic Press Association's list of high school newspaper Pacemaker finalists with the first one representing California journalism programs being Sunny Hills' The Accolade.

The Accolade newspaper PDF issues from 2020-2021 tapped national Pacemaker finalist – only journalism program in Orange County given such an honor

Jaimie Chun, Editor-in-Chief October 30, 2021

For the first time since 2013, The Accolade has been named a national Pacemaker award finalist based on issues evaluated from the 2020-2021 school year. “This particular recognition has eluded us...

Keeping with the campus’ health and safety protocol of remaining six feet apart, principal Allen Whitten (center) leads a ceremony Thursday during break announcing Sunny Hills’ employees of the year.

Dance teacher, guidance technician earn teacher, classified employee of the year award

Lauren Jung, Guest Columnist February 19, 2021

Principal Allen Whitten held a ceremony at the quad Thursday during break in honor of the 2020-2021 employees of the year — dance teacher and Dance Production coach Leiana Volen and guidance technician...

For the second time in as many years, the Helios staff earned Crown finalist honors but must wait until March to find out whether or not it will repeat as a Gold Crown winner.

Yearbook named Crown finalist for second straight year

Kate Yang, Editor-in-Chief December 9, 2020

For a second consecutive year, a national journalism organization named the Helios yearbook a Crown finalist -- the only program to receive the award in Orange County, and one of three programs in Southern...

Accolade staff writer junior Hope Li (left) holds the Best of Show certificate from the National Scholastic Press Association while adviser Tommy Li holds up six fingers signifying the placement. The Nov. 23 awards ceremony was held in Washington, D.C., and The Accolade's first issue of the school year earned recognition for placing in the Top 10 nationally.

The Accolade wins sixth place in Best of Show at national journalism convention in Washington, D.C.

Hope Li, Opinion Editor November 30, 2019

The Accolade school newspaper was one of two Southern California tabloids recognized Nov. 24 for placing in the Top 10 in the Best of Show contest at a national journalism convention in Washington, D.C. Sunny...

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