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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

After being named homecoming court earlier this school year, senior Claire Chen graduates as a valedictorian and anticipates attending the Nolan School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University. (Illustrations by DaHee Kim)

18 Questions for Top of the 2023 Class: After taking on leadership roles in various school clubs and programs, Claire Chen commits to Cornell University to study hotel administration

Susie Kim, Web Editor-in-Chief May 25, 2023

Question 1: How do you feel as one of the 18 valedictorians? Answer: I feel honored to be one of the valedictorians because I am alongside many talented and hardworking students. It’s also rewarding...

Senior Veronica Diaz holds up the first and second-place medals she earned from the world championships with the FIRST Robotics Competition team for the past two years. (Illustrations by DaHee Kim)

18 Questions for Top of the 2023 Class: Veronica Diaz looks forward to attending Carnegie Mellon University for a degree in computer science after representing SH at the FIRST Robotics Competition

Susie Kim, Web Editor-in-Chief May 25, 2023

Question 1: How do you feel as one of the 18 valedictorians? Answer: It’s cool. Question 2: What are your plans after high school? A: I will be attending Carnegie Mellon University, pursuing...

Artificial intelligence-powered services, such as Grammarly and Mathway, have offered assistance but also methods for cheating. As a result, Sunny Hills staff and students express conflicting opinions about AIs application at school.

SUNNY OR SHADY?: Students, staff reflect on AI’s impact within education

Jaimie Chun, Editor-in-Chief December 5, 2022

Senior Simran Bimb types the last word of her admissions essay for the University of California. Without a moment of hesitation, she highlights her 350-word essay and turns to an assistant that has accompanied...

Richard Thomas plays Atticus Finch, an attorney who agrees to defend a Black man accused of sexually harassing a white woman in the stage adaptation of Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird.

To Kill a Mockingbird stage adaptation worth scouting for something to do during holiday break

Justin Pak, News Editor November 22, 2022

Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird has faced controversy in recent years, especially during the Black Lives Matter movement. The novel about an Alabama lawyer — Atticus Finch — defending a Black...

School officials and students agree that the decades-old Sunny Hills High School dress code policy is outdated. Meanwhile, the Fullerton Joint Union High School District’s Student Advisory Council is also reviewing this issue for all campuses, including Sunny Hills.

ADDRESSING THE CODE

Krishna Thaker, Special Sections Editor October 6, 2021

The opening descriptions of this story are not meant to show that the writer or The Accolade is endorsing such behavior among students. They are merely a factual report of what has been happening at a...

Some faculty and students at Fullerton Community College nearby Sunny Hills High School hold a demonstration outside their campus March 25.

Many Sunny Hills Asian students, alumni not surprised by nationwide and countywide series of hate crimes against their ethnicity though the actions remain hurtful

Nevya Patel, News Editor May 10, 2021

Accolade copy editor Michelle Sheen and staff reporter Esther Oh contributed to this report. Sophomore Jeffrey Tran spent his Sunday afternoon on March 28 helping out his friend’s parents tidy up...

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