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Since the 2019-2020 school year, Sunny Hills has faced a decline in student enrollment. Although the change is not incredibly significant, many classes are seeing lesser student attendance and schoolwide programs are also experiencing a small decrease.

SH faces decline in student enrollment for the first time since COVID-19 pandemic

Aashna Dialani, Web Editor-in-Chief • September 23, 2024

For the first time in nearly six years, student enrollment for the 2024-2025 school year dipped by 3.9% compared with the previous term, school officials said. Principal Craig Weinreich attributed the...

Seniors Alejandra Quismorio (left) and Kate Yang team up to deliver a speech about their experience as International Baccalaureate students in the gym as part of the opening ceremonies of the Jan. 24 Open House for eighth-graders and their parents. The pair was among six student speakers selected by school officials to tout the variety of programs offered at Sunny Hills.

I returned to the SH Open House from the perspective of a student speaker

Kate Yang, Editor-in-Chief • February 7, 2023

Nearly four years ago, I took a seat in the Sunny Hills gym as an eighth-grader, one of hundreds on those bleachers listening to former principal Allen Whitten introduce a few Open House student speakers...

Two Sunny Hills students pass out information about the school’s Engineering Pathways to Innovation and Change during the January 2018 Open House in the gym. With a surge over winter break in Omicron variant cases in Orange County, district officials have decided to cancel the Thursday, Jan. 6, Open House – the first in-person one since January 2020 before the coronavirus pandemic hit in March of that same year.

Surge in Omicron COVID-19 variant cases prompt district officials to impose new health and safety protocols, canceling this month’s Open House, sports team dinners and banquets

Jaimie Chun, Editor-in-Chief • January 6, 2022

This story was updated on Jan. 7 to reflect new information from school officials and coaches as well as  the number of positive COVID-19 cases among Sunny Hills students based on the school district's...

Advanced Placement Psychology teacher Greg Abbott speaks to his fifth period Cohort B students who attend class in-person on March 12 while the rest of his class Zooms in.

Head to Head: New Normal?

March 15, 2021

In response to The Accolade’s call for guest columnists, two students debate whether the district should require all to return to campus next school year; take our online poll and tell us what you think:...

In-person will help freshmen

Sienna Pak • March 15, 2021

When I attended Sunny Hills’ Open House assembly in January 2020, I thought my freshman year would be one to remember. It has been a memorable one, but not in the way that I imagined. I imagined football...

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