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The Accolade

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The Accolade

Senior Liam Weinreich talks about his high school career with his father as principal.

Q&A WITH A LANCER: Liam Weinreich

Emily Lee, Social Media Team & Staff Reporter May 14, 2025

In this last issue of the 2024-2025 school year, The Accolade’s staff reporter and social media team member Emily Lee interviews senior Liam Weinreich on his experience as a student here with his father...

The Pak family has a lineage of Accolade recognition in awards, and staff reporter sophomore Elise Pak (bottom) hopes to continue the family tradition.

BEYOND THE AWARD-WINNING CULTURE: Joining the Pak of older siblings on Accolade staff

Elise Pak, Staff Reporter April 25, 2025

As a continuing feature, The Accolade delves into the origins of Sunny Hills culture or landmarks. This time, we take a look at our own program. First-year staff writer Elise Pak shares how she ended...

Parents tracking their children’s locations often sparks mixed reactions from kids, who may see it as either a breach of privacy or a safety precaution. Co-Opinion editors Aashna Dialani and Kayden Kim each take their respective stances regarding how they feel about location tracking.

SPITFIRE: Should parents be tracking their children’s locations?

Aashna Dialani and Kayden Kim April 20, 2025

This is Spitfire, a style of head-to-head debates between The Accolade’s two Opinion editors. Aashna is blue. Kayden is purple. PREVIOUSLY ON SPITFIRE: The two Opinion editors went head-to-head...

Senior Kayden Kim listens to a podcast on Spotify as he works on homework outside his fourth period class Friday, Nov. 22.

COLUMN: Spotify takes on YouTube in pointless video war

Kayden Kim, Opinion Editor December 22, 2024

Dear Spotify,  We students spend most of our day scrolling or staring at the screen. I’m sure your marketing team is aware of the infinite scroll phenomenon. Whether that be Instagram Reels,...

Accolade Spotlight reporter sophomore Kyuwon Han argues that the experience of going to the theater, eating popcorn and sipping on a cold soda far exceeds the use of streaming services to watch movies.

COLUMN: Ditch streaming services, let movie theaters set the scene

Kyuwon Han, Spotlight Team Reporter December 13, 2024

Ever since COVID-19, I haven’t seen a movie theater full of audiences.  While 1.3 billion tickets were sold in 2018, the year before COVID-19, 829 million tickets were sold in 2023, according to...

Wearing her second-degree black belt and a dobok, English teacher Liese Wellmeyer Garcia demonstrates her taekwondo skills by separating a board in two with her right hand during the Friday, Feb. 16, International Food Fair double second period assembly in the gym.

TEACHER LEISURE: Who was that lady punching the board in half with her hand during the International Week assembly?

Aashna Dialani, Opinion Editor June 3, 2024

“Teacher Leisure” explores Sunny Hills teachers’ hobbies outside of school. What impacts have they made not only on students, but also outside of their classroom? When English teacher Liese Wellmeyer...

Then-4-year-old sophomore Paige Bringas stands with her mom, waving the flag toward an arriving military vehicle during a 2010 Memorial Day parade.

Military families share Memorial Day celebrations

Christine Yoo, Managing Editor May 17, 2023

Sophomore Paige Bringas and her family have been watching the live stream of the Washington D.C Memorial Day parade through her cable TV network ever since her family saw it live in 2010.  “We initially...

Among the many original video content that Disney+ will make available Nov. 12 is a 10-episode spin-off starring Bonnie’s toy spork from “Toy Story 4,” which was released over the summer. Image posted with permission from Disney.

Disney aims to keep its magic going with new streaming content come November

Hope Li, Opinion Editor September 17, 2019

Disney will release its own streaming service, Disney+, on Nov. 12 that will feature original content from Disney, National Geographic, Marvel and Star Wars.  Companies such as Apple, Google, Microsoft,...

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