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The Student News Site of Sunny Hills High School

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The Student News Site of Sunny Hills High School

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New campus supervisor Dasmilia Guevara-Pulido (center) advises a group of students during lunchtime in the quad on Friday, Nov. 17. Pulido becomes the campus’ fourth person to join the school’s security team.

GOAL-DRIVEN: New campus supervisor aims to spread ‘dash’ of joy to students

Jenna Kim, Staff Reporter January 12, 2024

The move from Peru to the U.S. was no small feat for Dashmilia Guevara-Pulido. At just 9 years old, Guevara-Pulido boarded a plane to the U.S., clinging to her family for comfort as their lives were...

New Geometry and Korean 1 and 2 teacher June Lee explains audience etiquette to her sixth period Korean 1 class before beginning Korean presentations in Room 67 on Friday, Dec. 16.

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER: Increase of students interested in Korean classes brings third Korean teacher – a first

Stacy Kim, Feature Editor December 22, 2023

For more than two decades, Sunny Hills has assigned only two instructors to teach Korean classes. However, two weeks after the start of the 2023-2024 school year, school officials decided to hire a third...

Contents from the Writers Alliance’s first literary magazine Solarium surround club president and editor-in-chief senior Binny Park, who led the production of the project. Park prepares her club members for the second issue of the literary magazine, which sold over 20 copies with its first edition at the end of last school year.

CLUB CORNER: Writers Alliance publish first literary magazine, Solarium; members aim for second issue release date for May 2024

Susie Kim, Web Editor-in-Chief December 18, 2023

While scrolling through the online Club Rush slideshow during the 2020-2021 school year, then-freshman Binny Park noticed the lack of a creative writing club. Though slightly disappointed, the idea...

Former girls varsity soccer coach Jeff Gordon (center) holds a glass trophy and a certificate as part of his induction into the CIF Hall of Fame on Wednesday, Oct. 18, at The Grand’s Conference Center Ballroom in Long Beach. To Gordon’s left stands a plaque that  contains the names of past and present Hall of Fame inductees.

Ex-girls soccer head coach Jeff Gordon gets inducted into CIF Hall of Fame

Aashna Dialani, Assistant Business Manager December 12, 2023

Walking into social science teacher Jeff Gordon’s classroom is like entering a sports memorabilia museum.  On the left wall, Gordon has on display brown frames containing 16-by-14- inch photos of...

Junior Carlos Pineda walks to the boys restroom in the 40s building last month after activating his restroom pass through the 5-Star app in his fourth period class along with his class’s designated physical hall pass on a lanyard.

Restroom passes to go digital – students only allowed two per day using 5-Star app

Jiwoo Han, Opinion Editor November 7, 2023

Starting the spring semester in January, administrators expect to have all teachers on board to use the 5-Star app for a new digital pass system, which limits students' restroom use during class time to...

Junior Ian Kim (left) and freshman Celeste Lopez-Garduno (right) rehearse one of their many games, Expert Challenge, on Tuesday, Nov. 8, in the Performing Arts Center.

UNSCRIPTED: Improv team takes the stage with live performances

Kevin Lee, Staff Reporter November 5, 2023

They call themselves the “Unscheduled 6th.” The 10 members of Sunny Hills’ newest improvisational [improv] team – resurrected this school year after the extracurricular activity disappeared...

New engineering teacher Martin Rodriguez introduces the Capstone Project to his students in Room 402 on Tuesday, Aug. 29. This project allows students to gain experience in engineering by designing and creating a prototype of something that should benefit the world.

PITCH PERFECT: New engineering teacher aims to bring stability to EPIC program

Faith Jung, Entertainment Editor October 23, 2023

This is the final in a series of profiles on new, full-time instructors hired at Sunny Hills during or before the fall semester of the 2023-2024 school year. One sports injury in high school ended...

 Social science teacher Troy Nelson explains the Chinese Exclusion Act to his fourth period U.S. History class in Room 56 on Wednesday, Aug. 30.

TRACING FOOTSTEPS: New social science teacher follows in the path of his former mentor

Nathan Lee, Assistant Entertainment Editor October 22, 2023

This is the ninth in a series of profiles on new, full-time instructors hired at Sunny Hills during or before the fall semester of the 2023-2024 school year. Expect more profiles to be posted soon. When...

New Spanish teacher Christian Llamas teaches his third period honors class how to conjugate the reflexive verb “despertarse” in Room 71 on Aug. 21.

RETURNING TO HIS ROOTS: SH Spanish department welcomes former basketball coach as new Spanish teacher

Angelina Jeong, Sports Editor October 22, 2023

This is the eighth in a series of profiles on new, full-time instructors hired at Sunny Hills during or before the fall semester of the 2023-2024 school year. Expect more profiles to be posted soon. Students...

The bar graph displays passing rates of Sunny Hills Advanced Placement [AP] exams from 2019-2023. The passing rate increased by 1.99% from the previous year, surpassing the 2020 rate by 0.59%, the previous highest mark recorded during the COVID-19 pandemic when the college board exclusively offered digital versions of its AP exam.

SH students achieve highest Advanced Placement pass rate since 2020 with more exams taken

Teo Jeong, Staff Reporter October 20, 2023

For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, nearly 77% of Sunny Hills students who took Advanced Placement [AP] exams this past May earned a passing score, continuing the upward trend from...

New Spanish teacher Natasha Tricoche gives two thumbs up while asking how the welcome back assembly was in Spanish to her sixth period Spanish 1 class on Friday, Aug.18, in Room 72.

ONE VIAJE TO THE NEXT: From Spain, Mexico, Guatemala to Peru, new Spanish teacher settles on the Hills

Christine Yoo, Sports Editor October 20, 2023

 This is the fourth in a series of profiles on new, full-time instructors hired at Sunny Hills during or before the fall semester of the 2023-2024 school year. Expect more profiles to be posted soon. In...

New social studies teacher Christopher Collodel monitors his students taking an Advanced Placement [AP] United States History quiz while delivering a test paper to a student on Friday, Aug. 25, in Room 184.

KICK OFF: New social studies teacher starts school year with happiness wall project

Claire Lee, Staff Reporter October 17, 2023

This is the third in a series of profiles on new, full-time instructors hired at Sunny Hills during or before the fall semester of the 2023-2024 school year. Expect more profiles to be posted soon. New...

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