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The Student News Site of Sunny Hills High School

The Accolade
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The Student News Site of Sunny Hills High School

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Campus supervisor liaison Randy Avalos (left) and science teacher Alexander Hua hold a bouquet of flowers in recognition of their Employee of the Year award. This school year’s honorees were announced in the staff lounge on Friday, Jan. 24, during break.

Campus supervisor liaison, science teacher earns Employee of the Year

Katelyn Ahn, Business Manager & Spotlight Team Reporter • May 30, 2025

Sunny Hills Employees of the Year were recognized earlier this month during the regularly scheduled board meeting at the district office. “The district people didn’t really know me too well, but...

Both students and teachers face their respective struggles in the classroom, with the former struggling to keep up with a heavy workload and, quite frankly, maintaining their sanity, and the latter enduring occasional disruptive outbursts from their students. Co-Opinion editors Aashna Dialani and Kayden Kim each take their respective stances regarding who has it worse: students or teachers.

SPITFIRE: Do teachers face more challenges than students?

Aashna Dialani and Kayden Kim • May 12, 2025

This is Spitfire, a style of head-to-head debates between The Accolade’s two Opinion editors. Kayden is green. Aashna is pink.  PREVIOUSLY ON SPITFIRE: The two Opinion editors went head-to-head...

Andrew Guevara (left), playing with Kellie Ma, swings his paddle to hit the pickleball on Tuesday, Feb. 25, on the tennis courts.

Picking up pickleball

Kaylee Won, Cub Reporter • May 5, 2025

12:54 p.m. Tuesday, April 15. It’s lunchtime at Sunny Hills. Some student motorists get in line to head for the west parking lot exit so they can spend as much of their 30 minutes to socialize while...

The administration has introduced the 5-Star app (left) and physical restroom passes attached to lanyards for the fall semester of the 2023-2024 school year. School officials plan to make the digital app, which limits restroom use to seven minutes twice a day, a schoolwide requirement for teachers and students to use by the start of the spring semester.

Staff Editorial: New 5-Star app requires adjustments to hall pass limits

The Accolade Editorial Board • December 11, 2023

The Accolade Editorial Board unanimously agrees that the 5-Star app hall pass system needs revision in its time and daily limits. As the second semester approaches in January, the Sunny Hills administration...

An artist's rendition of two different student teachers — one cultivating the students' growth and the other treating them like guinea pigs.

HEAD TO HEAD: Student Teacher vs. Regular Teacher

Stacy Kim and Giselle Suastegui • October 26, 2022

Principal Craig Weinreich opens Back to School Night with a speech to parents and students on Tuesday, Aug. 30, at 6 p.m. in the quad.

Photo Gallery: Back to School Night

Rebekah Kim and Noah Lee • September 8, 2022

Chemistry teacher Walter Haberaecker introduces his class curriculum for families attending a 2019 Back to School Night. This year's event has a hybrid option.

SH staff and families set off the new school year with a hybrid Back to School Night alternative option

Irene Sheen, Managing Editor • August 30, 2021

After going all virtual for Back to School Night last year because of the coronavirus pandemic, this year’s Aug. 31 event will be in person but with a hybrid option provided by some teachers. “It’s...

Upon entering the iSierra Online Academy website, viewers can see buttons with titles and slideshow of photos. The website provides information about the courses, programs, staff, enrollment and more.

So far, many in Cohort C plan to return to campus in the fall instead of choosing to learn from home through iSierra Online Academy

Katie Lee, Cub Reporter • May 17, 2021

Many Sunny Hills students who have opted against returning for live instruction this school year during the COVID-19 pandemic plan to come back in the fall for five days a week instead of continuing with...

Aeries, the FJUHSD’s grading system, is shown to have a “Change Your Aeries Password” page that pops up for students and teachers to mandatorily change every couple of months.

Students required to start changing their Aeries passwords more frequently

Dominique Chang, Assistant Business Manager • February 18, 2021

And the countdown begins. “Your password is set to expire in 3 days. Change it now.” “Your password is set to expire in 2 days. Change it now.” “Your password is set to expire in 1 day....

Students, don’t go through the loophole of blaming teachers -- it won’t do anything for your distance learning frustrations

Students, don’t go through the loophole of blaming teachers — it won’t do anything for your distance learning frustrations

Charis Lee, Feature Editor • December 7, 2020

Dear Mr. Whitten, I wish to inform you that in the more than three years I’ve been a student at Sunny Hills High School, this has been the hardest for me, academically, emotionally and mentally. You...

For an effective distance learning connection, teachers must exercise understanding and empathy

For an effective distance learning connection, teachers must exercise understanding and empathy

Hanna Oltman, Arts & Entertainment Editor • December 7, 2020

School is never easy, especially with AP/IB classes and extracurriculars. But being stuck at home doing school online only makes it worse. At this point, everyone knows that most schools across the...

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