08/07/2025
The Accolade flame passes on.
The Orange County Journalism Education Association held a board meeting on Friday, July 16, at Sage Hill School in Newport Coast, and after it was over, one of the board members suggested that we get a photo of the past and new Sunny Hills journalism teachers/advisers.
From left is Kimberley Harris, who replaced legendary adviser Carol Hallenbeck after the 1992-1993 school year; be sure to read Hallenback's obit here: https://shhsaccolade.com/20175/news/legendary-accolade-adviser-dies-at-97/
Harris is now the journalism teacher/adviser at Fullerton Union High School.
Standing in the middle is Tommy Li, who succeeded Harris starting in the 2001-2002 school year (for more on the timeline of Sunny Hills journalism teachers/advisers, go to this link: https://shhsaccolade.com/19977/feature/did-you-know-the-accolades-name-stems-from-connection-with-schools-mascot/
Finally, Li's replacement is CJ D'Innocente, who'll start his first year at Sunny Hills next Monday, Aug. 11. He will be taking over after this post, so hopefully he'll be sharing more about himself, or he'll post the online article that one of The Accolade staffers will write about him. I may or may not be checking this account since the password to access it might end up getting changed, and I don't have my own Facebook account.
Like I told my staff at the end of the spring semester, we are transitioning from Mr. Li to Mr. D! Have a blessed year, everyone!
For those Acco alum who have donated so much of their time and money to help us produce our issues, thank you, thank you, thank you! I will miss communicating with you on social media.
And to all those who have been following this page, thank you so much. We never reached our goal of 200 subscribers, but perhaps some day that will happen.
If you haven't read my farewell column yet, be sure to catch it here: https://shhsaccolade.com/21931/opinion/column-going-out-a-winner/
And if anyone would like to reach me, here's my email address: [email protected].
Let me sign off with the quote that I have been using at the end of my emails when I had an SH email account:
"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." -- Helen Keller
