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the accolade VOLUME LXII, ISSUE I // SUNNY HILLS HIGH SCHOOL 1801 LANCER WAY, FULLERTON, CA 92833 // AUG. 27, 2021 A!er over a year stuck in a COVID-19 a"ected instruction, Sunny Hills is o#cially back on the hill. To make up for the loss of the in-person experience, we, at !e Accolade, dedicated this issue to bring back the Lancer spirit. See Special Sections, pages 2-4. JACQUELINE CHANG | theaccolade August 27, 2021 2 !"#$%! "#$%!"&''&(! the accolade How to survive Sunny Hills 101 Never panic-run to your next class when the #rst bell rings. Avoid the quad bathroom at all costs. !e quad is for seniors only. !ese are the three pieces of krishna!aker advice my older Special Sections Editor cousin, a Sunny Hills alum- ni, gave me the day before I started high school. Being an impressionable student, I accepted them completely without question. However, now, three years later, I realize that the most important things I learned as a Sunny Hills student came MICHELLE SHEEN | theaccolade from trial and error and many mistakes BRAINSTORM SESSION: AVID teacher Lindsay Safe addresses students in the PAC on May 28 during the student along the way. feedback meeting, encouraging them to come up with fresh ideas for the 2021-2022 school year. A few students from all Whether it be #nding the best way the departments across campus were invited to join Safe and principal Allen Whitten in rebuilding school spirit. to study for Advanced Placement exams, learning to time your bathroom breaks to avoid the herd of students or successfully surviving #nals season, the Back on the Hill: A fresh start most helpful tip I can possibly give is At the end of the 2020-2021 sized the need to provide more hosted the back-to-school around the topic of being rein- to learn through experience. school year on May 28, prin- mental support for students. assembly – the #rst one since troduced to in-person school. So this goes out to those of you who cipal Allen Whitten invited !ough no #nal decisions February 2020. From students We explored the concept of have spent their entire summer watch- students to the Performing were made that day, Safe and excitedly taking pictures with rede#ning what it means to be ing high school vlogs and “how to be Arts Center to brainstorm Whitten let us students know their friends a%er dressing out a Lancer, thus coming up with successful in high school” videos on ideas before the upcoming that our ideas for the new for Disney day to seeing un- the idea to name this issue, Youtube to prepare for the upcoming school year. school year would be shared derclassmen swarming across “Build, Back, Better,” in refer- year — stop stressing out. During this meeting, select by the district board. campus, donning their class ence to President Joe Biden’s !e worst feeling in the world is students from each depart- And about three months colors, I witnessed the Lancer campaign slogan. when you realize that while spending ment — including me, who later, the 2021-2022 school Spirit in-person for the #rst As journalists, we have the so much time trying to make your high repre- year o$cially began and time in over a year. duty of reporting and edu- school experience perfect in every way, sented almost immediately, I saw the To cap o" the #rst week, cating our community, and you forgot to enjoy the four years while !e discussions from that meeting I attended the #rst home we aim to do just that in this it lasted. Accolade, go into e"ect as Sunny Hills football game against Can- issue by reintroducing “Lancer I promise you, everything you are along made improvements and held yon High School. I saw the Spirit” to students. stressing out about right now will seem with the spirit-#lled events. bleachers crowded with my With the return to in-per- insigni#cant a few years later when the michelleSheen special School o$cials organized peers cheering and watched as son learning, Sunny Hills pre- time to graduate comes. Editor-in-Chief sections events before the #rst day of the marching band #lled the served the roots of its culture In the end, no amount of advice or editor — school to welcome the in- stadium with victory songs. by upholding traditions like tips I received could have possibly pre- pitched ideas to Whitten and coming ninth-graders and the !e 2021-2022 school year the back-to-school assembly pared me for the life-changing experi- AVID teacher Lindsay Safe returning or new 10th-graders – my last one here – was o" to and by bringing changes, such ence that was high school. that could better school life for through the Link Crew fresh- a #ery start. as with the Link Crew sopho- Trying new things (I joined !e Sunny Hills students. man orientation and sopho- So, when the special sec- more barbeque. Accolade sta") will serve the most We o"ered suggestions for more barbecue, respectively. tions editor, my journalism ad- And with that, I can’t wait bene#ts, so do not be afraid to jump how to increase participation !en last week on Aug. 20, viser and I met to discuss the to see what else is in store for into the deep end; I promise you will in school events and empha- the Associated Student Body #rst issue’s theme, we circled us this year! not drown. ASB president aims to revive Lancer spirit Sitting in the gym bleachers as a fresh- Festival’s cultural performances — meant school. all students. Students can use this poll man, watching the Associated Student to oer some school sirit in a time of Considering that the event was online to voice their opinions on the events Body [ASB] president and vice president complete isolation. last year, half of our student body has nev- e lan and oer imroements as introduce all the great programs at our oeer, no that e are nally bac er experienced Club Rush in person, we needed. school, I thought about how much fun it in erson, the s rst riority is to are really trying to ut in our best eorts Because our ultimate responsibility seemed to be the one actually planning it. close the distance between Sunny Hills into planning and assisting the clubs. is to serve the student body, I would Never in my wildest dreams would i students by strengthening peer bonds and Over the past weeks, the ASB dis- like to adjust our methods if any con- ever have imagined that reintroducing the Lancer spirit. cussed dierent ays in hich lub ush cerns arise. I would be playing such One way we would accomplish this could be accessible for more students. We After a long period of isolation and a large role in these goal is by putting in the work to improve are even considering hosting both online uncertainty, the ASB hopes to make events. all school events so that students experi- and in-person versions so that students can this year ground-stopping for all stu- During the past year ence the best possible version of dances, access and refer back to the information dents in order to show everyone what and a half of quaran- games and everything in between. presented during the event easily. our school is all about. aimeeKwon tine, the ASB planned e hae already started this eort Another idea we discussed for increas- So this year, let’s get it Lancers! ASB President virtual spirit events by improving the upcoming Club Rush ing involvement in school events was — like presentations event, our annual club fair that introduces creating a student feedback poll on the SH about Club Rush and International Food students to all the dierent actiities at our ASB website and making it available to August 27, 2021 the accolade !"#$% !"#$ !&''&( 3 With return to school, where are we hanging out? GRACE MIN conditioning — for students during break Staf Reporter and lunch. Split into three sections — si- lent zone, semi-quiet area and social corner — the Lyceum allows students to do their homework, study with classmates or hang out with friends in their free time. Addi- tionally, some students prefer to sit behind the library, where there is grass to sit on and shade to lay under. QUAD: Hosting various school events like club rush, sports rallies and the annual International Food Fair [IFF], the quad is iconic. With benches lining the perimeter of the area and a large, open space in the JACQUELINE CHANG| theaccolade middle, the quad provides a perfect spot tion allows the new high school students afternoons, the cafeteria distributes free for students to hang out during break and to get to their locker quickly (if they en- breakfast and lunch, attracting long lines LOCKERS: Students who do not spend lunch. Traditionally, the unspoken rule ter through the East side) and stay out of of students before and during school hours. their break and lunch time at the hot spots about the quad states that it belongs to up- upperclassmen populated areas; freshmen Since students cannot eat inside, they enjoy on campus usually hang out by their lock- perclassmen, keeping most freshmen and also gain easy access to the main areas their food on the tables outside the cafete- ers for convenience. Typically, freshmen sophomores out of the area unless invited of school from Freshman Hall, like the ria, which students also use to do home- spend their time around the even buildings, otherwise.