Students, parents react with tears, concerns over school closure for rest of spring semester — likely through the summer
April 17, 2020
Senior Sarah Bankhead couldn’t stop refreshing the inbox of her school email on her iPhone 7+ after reading the latest announcement from Fullerton Joint Union High School District superintendent Scott Scambray. Bankhead was hoping to read a subsequent notice from Scambray that would cancel out that f...
Yearbook adviser loses chance — twice — to personally accept awards at national journalism conventions in New York, Nashville because of growing threat of COVID-19
April 16, 2020
Upon sending out emails to journalism advisers the morning of March 17, the National Scholastic Press Association [NSPA] uploaded this image on its spring convention page further notifying visitors to the website of the event's cancellation. Sunny Hills yearbook adviser Lindsay Safe was among those who ha...
April 14: COVID-19, I’m not going to let you ruin the rest of my senior year
April 14, 2020
LIVING UNDER THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS This is part of a series of columns from The Accolade staff about their various experiences during the school closure because of the coronavirus pandemic. If you would like to submit some of your experiences, please email us at [email protected] Dear COVID-...
YouTube’s ‘Some Good News’ with ‘The Office’s’ John Krasinski uplifts viewers amid coronavirus crisis
April 12, 2020
“Stay positive.” “There’s a silver lining in all of this.” “It could be worse.” These are among some of the statements that my parents, older sister and friends have been telling me over the past few weeks. Yes, my senior year has ended two months early thanks to COVID-...
Charter Communications offers Spectrum free internet for 60 days for students so they can do classwork at home
April 12, 2020
Since the move last month to distance learning at Sunny Hills High School, Charter Communications has offered free Spectrum Wi-Fi service for 60 days to any homes with K-12 or college students who do not have internet access. According to a March 13 Charter news release, “Americans rely on high-speed br...
Yearbook extends 2020-2021 staff application deadline to April 19 because of COVID-19-related school closure
April 8, 2020
Because of the district-imposed school closure nearly a month ago, the yearbook adviser will continue to accept 2020-2021 staff applications, extending the due date to April 19 instead of the original March 30 one. “Along with developing journalism, technology and business skills, yearbook students...
April 4: Why losing the chance to compete at Science Olympiad states feels worse than not qualifying at all
April 4, 2020
LIVING UNDER THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS This is part of a series of columns from The Accolade staff about their various experiences during the school closure because of the coronavirus pandemic. If you would like to submit some of your experiences, please email us at [email protected] We — the S...
March 15: COVID-19 panic leaves several shelves of Amerige Heights Town Center’s Target empty
March 26, 2020
LIVING UNDER THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS This is part of a series of columns from The Accolade staff about their various experiences during the school closure because of the coronavirus pandemic. If you would like to submit some of your experiences, please email us at [email protected] Two days af...
Sunny Hills officials post video on Facebook featuring staff using various remote learning tools on first day of district-imposed school closure
March 22, 2020
For one minute and 30 seconds, the Sunny Hills community affected by a district-imposed school closure in response to the coronavirus pandemic got a glimpse of what distance learning looks like. From the teachers’ perspective. On the first day students had to stay home instead of coming to ...
March 20: How the cancellation of Pilipino Culture Night because of COVID-19 pandemic hurts like the loss of a family member
March 21, 2020
LIVING UNDER THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS This is part of a series of columns from The Accolade staff about their various experiences during the school closure because of the coronavirus pandemic. If you would like to submit some of your experiences, please email us at [email protected] This mornin...
March 20: How I’m handling the abrupt end to my senior swim season in club and at Sunny Hills
March 21, 2020
LIVING UNDER THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS This is part of a series of columns from The Accolade staff about their various experiences during the school closure because of the coronavirus pandemic. If you would like to submit some of your experiences, please email us at [email protected] Senior year...
March 19: Spring sports suspension, a trip to the hospital and what it’s like to be the subject of an OC Sports Zone story
March 21, 2020
LIVING UNDER THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS This is part of a series of columns from The Accolade staff about their various experiences during the school closure because of the coronavirus pandemic. If you would like to submit some of your experiences, please email us at [email protected] Nothing has...
