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Fire Truck 6 from the Fullerton Fire Department arrives by the swimming pool to investigate the potential gas leak situation during fourth period on Friday, May 2.

On-campus gas leak leads to classroom evacuations

Irene Park, Editor-in-Chief • May 15, 2025

A suspected gas leak in the restroom in the back west parking lot forced the evacuation of students and teachers in the 130s and 150s building for most of fourth period, but no one was hurt and no damage...

Senior Ethan Hsu (right) points at the laptop screen of junior Julia Kim (center) in his attempt to tutor her after school at the Algebra Center on Thursday, March 6, in Room 45. Also helping Kim is senior Sarah Patino.

Sine, cosine, tangent

Caleb Kang, Data Team • May 9, 2025

Sin²θ + cos²θ = 1. For those who’ve never taken pre-calculus (also known as trigonometry) before, this equation may lead many to scratch their heads and mutter to themselves, “What the …?” Meanwhile,...

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...

World Language teacher Esther Lee (left) helps junior William Kim with writing his journal project in Room 15 on Wednesday, Feb. 5, in his Korean 3 class. For the 2025-2026 school year, an honors option will be offered.

HONORABLE OPTIONS: Returning students can choose more rigorous classes

Ashley Kang, News Editor • February 13, 2025

Students returning for the 2025-2026 school year will have five new courses to consider signing up for, two offering honors designations. Over the past two years, Regional Occupational Program [ROP]...

ALL-WEATHER TRACK? TURF FIELD?: If passed, Measure L will provide the Fullerton Joint Union High School District with funding to fulfill the wish list of items that need upgrading at Sunny Hills, including sports facilities. For it to pass, the bond measure needs 55% or more approval from voters living in the district boundaries.

Sunny Hills could get second gym, artificial turf if 55% or more voters approve school district’s Measure L

Ellen Hwang, Sports Editor • October 25, 2024

A second gym and other athletic support facilities, estimated to cost $35 million. An all-weather track and artificial turf field, estimated to cost $10 million. Those are two of the items Sunny...

Juniors Olivia Ko (center) and Euree Kim stand near their chalk drawings during fourth period in Advanced Placement Environmental Sciences teacher Wesley Fairall’s class between the 80s and 100s buildings on Tuesday, Nov. 14, when the network outage first hit districtwide. While the class usually works digitally, Fairall adjusted to the lack of internet access with the activity.

A LOOK BACK: The Accolade reflects on how last November’s network outage — confirmed on Friday, Jan. 12, as a ransomware attack — impacted the SH campus

Alexxa Berumen and Seowon Han • January 12, 2024

Fullerton Joint Union High School District superintendent Steve McLaughlin’s Friday, Jan. 12, email sent nearly an hour after school to students and parents informs stakeholders that last November’s network outage was “caused by a sophisticated ransomware attack.”

Staff Editorial: Fullerton Joint Union High School District superintendent should have acted sooner in informing community about November data breach

The Accolade Staff Editorial Board • January 12, 2024

The Accolade Editorial Board unanimously agrees that the district-wide network outage that occurred last semester from Nov. 14-Nov. 15 warranted more transparency and immediate information from the superintendent.  Cyber...

A teacher earlier this week anonymously provided The Accolade with a letter titled, “NOTICE OF DATA BREACH,” which states the cause of the recent internet outage that all schools in the Fullerton Joint Union High School District faced last November before Thanksgiving break. Emails from The Accolade that have been sent to the superintendent asking for comment on the document and the ransomware attack were unresponsive until Friday, Jan. 12.

HACKED: Unspecified number of district employee data taken from November’s network outage, according to Friday, Jan. 5, letter

Alexxa Berumen, Editor-in-Chief • January 12, 2024

*The Accolade strives to follow professional journalism practices in identifying all sources in the stories it posts or publishes. However, in rare cases in which sources’ identities could risk harm,...

Fullerton Joint Union High School District officials have put together an informational flyer to promote the new Ethnic Studies class to be offered for the 2023-2024 school year. Counselors who handed out registration packets to non-seniors earlier this semester included this handout for students to consider adding to their course selections.

Promotion pays off for new ethnic studies class for 2023-2024

Justin Pak, Web Managing Editor • April 24, 2023

For the first time, school officials offered Ethnic Studies as a new social science elective during spring registration in the 2021-2022 school year. However, no one ended up signing up for it. To...

The wellness sticker in the girls and boys restrooms contains a supportive message and help services for those who are in a mental crisis.

FJUHSD designs stickers promoting mental wellness

David Kim, Staff Reporter • February 18, 2023

Students who have been using the restrooms on campus since mid-January may have noticed some new decor. Sprawled on doors and walls are vertical, rectangular-shaped stickers with the Lancer knight logo...

Using an iPad, new math teacher Christina Vu (left) assists freshman Terah Nohl in her fourth period Algebra 2 Honors class in Room 105 at the beginning of the fall semester.

ALL IN THE FAMILY: New teacher follows in her mother’s footsteps as an educator; aims to multiply the joy of math with her students

Faith Jung, Spotlight Specialty Magazine Editor • January 10, 2023

Christina Vu sat in the back of her mother’s classroom at Rancho Alamitos High School in Garden Grove 20 years ago as she watched her role model teach math to Advanced Placement Calculus and Algebra...

The Uvalde school massacre in Texas on May 24 among other school shootings calls attention to campus safety measures. Meanwhile, Sunny Hills alongside the Fullerton Joint Union High School District aim to re-evaluate its current guidelines.

RESPONSE TO UVALDE SHOOTING: Fullerton Joint Union High School District creates new school safety position, SH seeks to hire a fourth campus supervisor

Jaimie Chun, Editor-in-Chief • September 17, 2022

Sunny Hills underwent an uncommon lockdown in 2019 — its most recent — when Fullerton Police Dispatch received a call regarding two armed males roaming near the campus with  “long rifles” or “BB...

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