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The Student News Site of Sunny Hills High School

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The six-member Sunny Hills Math Club team (right) joins those from Sierra Canyon School to recognize their first-place tie in the Southern California Mathematics Competition Division B contest with assistant professor of mathematics Nathaniel Emerson at USC’s Taper Hall Saturday, March 23.

Math Club ties for first at Saturday, March 23, Southern California Mathematics Competition at USC

Justin Pak, News Editor March 27, 2024

A six-member team representing the school’s Math Club tied for first place Saturday, March 23, in a competition held every other year at USC. “I’m just so excited and happy for them … it was...

Excited to pursue her mathematical journey, senior Remy Garcia-Kakebeen poses as she displays illustrated math formulas above her head. (Illustrations by DaHee Kim)

18 Questions for the Top of the 2023 Class: Remy Garcia-Kakebeen seeks to explore STEM-related careers at Princeton University

Hannah Lee, Web Managing Editor May 28, 2023

Question 1: How do you feel as one of the 18 valedictorians?  Answer: I feel simultaneously honored and somewhat tired. I've spent the past four years working toward this title, and now that I have...

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...

Junior Luke Hong (left) checks his answers after senior Lucas Zhuang helps him with math homework in Room 45.

Algebra Center offers free math tutoring after school

Henry Lee, Web Editor-in-Chief September 24, 2021

To many students, math is arduous. But to senior Yeonji Baek, the subject comes naturally. Her understanding of concepts in Advanced Placement [AP] Statistics and AP Calculus BC motivated her to help other...

Cameron Tong (right) celebrates his wedding day with his bride, Shirley, on July 13 in front of Wyoming’s Grand Teton mountain range. Nearly a month later on Aug. 11, Tong starts the 2020-2021 school year at Sunny Hills as a new math instructor, teaching Algebra 2 and Probability and Statistics.

New math teacher mixes ‘cool points’ and music to hype up interest in his classes

Krishna Thaker, Special Sections Editor November 21, 2020

Every Friday, math teacher Cameron Tong plays a musical game with his students in all of his classes called, “Guess That Song.” As students are joining his Zoom session or are walking into his classroom...

New Algebra I and Algebra Foundations 1 teacher Lauren Johnson moves around the classroom asking students if they are in need of assistance in Aug. 16. Photo taken by Accolade photographer Brianna Zafra.

New math teacher brings world of experience to students

Charis Lee, Feature Editor August 26, 2019

Traveling to multiple unfamiliar and foreign countries, Lauren Johnson carries myriads of experiences before arriving at Sunny Hills.  Johnson is the wife of a technician in the U.S. Air Force, who...

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