The driving force behind my AAA behind-the-wheel lessons: safety
October 14, 2020
Careful not to breathe on the gloved hand pointing the gun at my forehead, I search for a point behind his head — anything but an awkward eye-to-eye stare. I stand still as my pleated cloth mask presses against my nose and mouth with every anxious inhale. Beep. “You’re good,” says Danie...
Game Ball: After setting record swim times for Sunny Hills in her first year in aquatics, senior commits to UC San Diego
![Then-sophomore Katie Cho swims toward the finish line in the 2019 Division 3 California Interscholastic Federation [CIF] finals for the women’s 100-yard Butterfly held at Riverside City college in Riverside. Cho set three Sunny Hills records for the varsity swim team.](https://shhsaccolade.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/IMG-0210-475x322.jpg)
October 9, 2020
When senior Katie Cho was 14 years old, the athlete found herself in a yearlong slump. Even in the absence of any physical injuries, Cho found her skills declining, and so in a session with a physician who specializes in the respiratory system, she learned that severe asthma had taken a toll on...
Group seeks $130,000 more to get Korean War Memorial erected in Fullerton’s Hillcrest Park
October 5, 2020
A committee working to build a Korean War Memorial in a Fullerton park has created a GoFundme page to raise the remaining $130,000 of $720,000 needed to begin construction of the monument to honor the nearly 35,000 U.S. soldiers who fought and died in that 1950-1953 conflict. “I am really hopeful ...
Fullerton Joint Union High School District officials agree to allow livestock back on Sunny Hills farm
September 25, 2020
First, the Fullerton Joint Union High School District [FJUHSD] over the summer banned all livestock from any of its farms for agriculture students because the coronavirus pandemic had forced the closure of all live, classroom instruction. Then at the start of the 2020-2021 school year, Sunny Hills agri...
Four FFA students take second place in state virtual fruit tree judging contest
September 21, 2020
Coming off a first-place finish for Sunny Hills’ Future Farmers of America [FFA] program last year in a state fruit tree judging contest, a new team of four students fell three points shy of repeating as champions, agriculture department officials said. “With a second-place win this year, it all...
Remote learning 2.0: Online games, polls, new tech tools used to provide a more enhanced version of instruction for students
September 19, 2020
After a month of distance learning using the Zoom virtual meeting platform, Pre-Calculus Honors teacher Amanda Morris decided it was time to change things up. “I chose this game because it gives you an opportunity to talk about and describe functions, which is important for the lesson we are start...
Despite distance learning, student clubs can hold virtual meetings, attract new members after virtual club rush
September 9, 2020
Though not allowed to hold live, in-person meetings during distance learning, clubs have been given permission by school district officials to virtually gather on platforms such as Zoom or Google Meet outside of classroom hours. In addition, club officers and members are expected to follow all school ...
ASB produces Google Slides promoting 66 clubs for prospective members to review in lieu of traditional Club Rush at break
September 7, 2020
This story was updated at 8:33 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 7, to correct junior Jasmine Lee's leadership role in Key Club. A crowd of students flooding the quad during break. Chanting, shouting and the occasional passing out of free candy. This has been what Club Rush was all about during the tra...
Girls soccer tryouts Sept. 3 draw interested players — including nearly a handful of freshmen
September 6, 2020
This is the first of a series of reports the Sports section will cover regarding team tryouts in the 2020-2021 school year. Accolade staff writer Henry Lee contributed to this report. With girls soccer starting its first practice session last week, head coach Jeff Gordon also held his first tryou...
Meeting out the differences: Google’s much simplified features top Zoom
September 5, 2020
Last semester, as our school suddenly transitioned into online learning in mid-March, only two of my seven teachers frequently used Zoom as their main form of video meetings with students. Of the others, three of them recorded their lessons and two utilized Google Meet to teach. This surprised me ...
Zoom’s ranked No. 1 among certain users for a reason
September 5, 2020
Ranked No. 1 in the business category and 4.5 out of five stars from over a million ratings in the App Store, Zoom is the newest, tech-savviest educational platform for our stay-at-home, COVID-19 times. In response to the global pandemic that caused the closure of all Fullerton Joint Union High Sch...
Yearbook class changes from sixth to fifth period to accommodate schedule conflicts
September 3, 2020
After three years of the award-winning Helios yearbook class being held during period six, it has switched back to fifth period this school year, joining other electives like the Associated Student Body and The Accolade newspaper staff. “Before, since the yearbook was at the end of the day, it was co...
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