Sunny Hills High School

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Sunny Hills High School
Established	1959
Type	Public
Principal	Ed Atkinson
Faculty	95
Students	2,577
Location	Fullerton, California, United States
Campus	Suburban
Colors	Black and gold
Athletics	15 sports

Sunny Hills High School (SHHS) is a public school located in Fullerton, California, USA. Established in 1959, it is part of the Fullerton Joint Union High School District.

The campus, consisting mostly of single-story open plan buildings, is situated on 42 acres in western Fullerton; the quality of public schools in the area has contributed to its relative affluence.^[1] SHHS has been an International Baccalaureate World School since 1987, and hosts the largest IB program in California. It has been recognized twice as a California Distinguished School, in 1988 and 1994, and recognized as one of the top high schools in the United States in March 30, 1998, March 13, 2000, and June 2003 issues of Newsweek magazine.^[2] At 284 in the magazine's latest (2007) rankings of public high schools, Sunny Hills remains in the top 1 percent of schools in the country.^[3]

1 Enrollment
2 Sports
3 2007-2008 Clubs
4 Notable alumni
5 Business Partnerships
6 Notoriety
7 External links

[edit] Enrollment

Enrollment: Using 2003 CBEDS data, Sunny Hills High School serves 2290 students--1139 (49.7%) males and 1151 (50.3%) females. Approximately 98 percent of the students come from within the FJUHS District. The ethnic population has remained fairly consistent over the last five years: 54.6% Asian, 23.5% White, 13.8% Hispanic, 2.3% African-American, about 6% Native American, Filipino and Pacific Islander, and about 7% Indonesians.

[edit] Sports

Sunny Hills mascot is the Lancer.

Sunny Hills Girls' Cross Country 2001 Freeway League Champions
Sunny Hills Girls' Cross Country 2002 Freeway League Champions
Sunny Hills Girls' Cross Country 2003 Freeway League Champions
Sunny Hills Girls' Cross Country 2004 Freeway League Champions
Sunny Hills Girls' Cross Country 2002 6th Place CIF State Championship
Sunny Hills Football 1984 CIF Champions
Sunny Hills Football 1990 CIF Champions and Freeway League Champions
Sunny Hills Football 1992 CIF Champions and Freeway League Champions
Sunny Hills Football 1994 League Champions
Sunny Hills Football 1996 Freeway League Champions
Sunny Hills Football 1997 Freeway League Champions
Sunny Hills Football 1998 Freeway League champions
Sunny Hills Boys' Basketball 2002 League Champions
Sunny Hills Boys' Basketball 2004 CIF Champions
Until 1992, Sunny Hills Boys' Water Polo Freeway League Champions for 22 consecutive years
Sunny Hills Boys' Soccer 1986 CIF Champions
Sunny Hills Girls' Soccer Freeway League Champions 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007
Sunny Hills Girls' Soccer 2005 & 2007 CIF Champions
Sunny Hills 2007 Golf CIF Team Champions
Sunny Hills 2007 Wrestling Freeway League Champions
Sunny Hills 2007 Boys' Water Polo Freeway League Champions (First time since 1993)
Sunny Hills 2007 Boys' Swimming Freeway League Dual Meet Champions
Sunny Hills 2008 Golf CIF Team Champions
Sunny Hills 2008 Golf CIF-SCGA State Team Champions

[edit] 2007-2008 Clubs

American Red Cross
Amnesty International
Alhzimers Association
Future Business Leaders of America
Indian Student Association
Interact Club (part of Rotary Club)
Aid for the Benefit of Children
American Cancer Society
Anime Klub
Bayanihan Filipino Club
California Scholarship Federation
Chinese Club
Computer Club
Cultural Club
Eco Club
Fashion Club
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
French Club
Friday Night Live
For Uniting Social Ethnicities
Future Farmers of America*
Habitat for Humanity
Harry Potter Club
Help Our Community Club
Interact Club
Junior Statesmen of America
Key Club
Knights Club
Korean Club
Latin Club
Leo Club
Math Team
National Honor Society
Orange County Academic Decathlon
Peer Assistance Leadership
Spanish Club
Sugar 'n Spice
Warm Wraps
Wushu Club
Youth Alive (Christian Club)

[edit] Notable alumni

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Shane Black, screenwriter and director. Shane Black reportedly named the Bruce Willis character in The Last Boy Scout after the husband of Carol Hallenbeck, a Sunny Hills Honors English teacher.
Jackson Browne, folk singer
Gary Carter, former MLB player and Baseball Hall of Famer
Eric Mun, Korean band (Shinhwa)
Steve Yoo, Korean singer (Yoo Seung Joon)
Austin St. John, The Red Ranger in 'Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'
Brad Williams (comedian), Stand-up comedian and actor on 'Mind of Mencia
Justin Lee, Actor on Arrested Development and Shredderman Rules
Brian Kelly, former NFL 11 year veteran inside linebacker for the New York Giants.
Larry MacDuff, NFL defensive coordinator and special teams coordinator for various NFL teams.
Frederica Spilman, Gulf War veteran and U.S. Naval Academy Lieutenant who posed for the June 1998 issue of Playboy [1]
Leanna Creel, actress, appeared on the cast of Saved by the Bell, The Cell, and Parent Trap III [2]
Paul Abbott, former MLB player
Omar Amr, 2004 US Olympic water polo player and graduate of Harvard Medical School
Chris Kim, Korean Band (Sharp). Now solo.

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Mike Fleiss, Executive Producer of The Bachelor, Movies: The Poisedon Adventure and Texas Chainsaw

[edit] Business Partnerships

Almer SAT
DriversED.com
Sunny Hills Foundation for Education
International Baccalaureate
Thales/ Raytheon Systems (Fullerton)
AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination)
National PTSA

[edit] Notoriety

On June 1, 1995, 1988 Teacher of the Year at Sunny Hills High School, Janet Greene, allegedly tried to kill her former lover Loretta Collier and another woman after breaking into the former lover's Glendora residence and firing at both women while they chatted in the kitchen. Collier died from complications from the gunshot wounds. [3]

Four Sunny Hills honor students participated in the December 1992 murder of Foothill High School Student Stuart Tay, a story which may have inspired the 2002 film Better Luck Tomorrow. [4]

On May 27, 2008, history teacher and a basketball coach Gregory Abbott was arrested, charged with possession of a weapon on a school campus and possession of narcotics for sale. According to Fullerton Police, Abbott was arrested following an anonymous call at 10 A.M. the same day, in which the caller claimed "he had purchased drugs from a person he believed to be a teacher at Sunny Hills." While conducting a search of Abbott's car, police found an unloaded shotgun, some prescription drugs and a small amount of marijuana packaged for sale. [5] Abbott was booked into Fullerton City Jail and was released after posting $25,000 bond. After further investigation, the Fullerton Police Department determined that Abbott had been the victim of a set-up by his estranged wife Devon Abbott and an unidentified male accomplice.^[5]

On June 6th, 2008, at approximately 6:30 AM, just weeks after the incident with Gregory Abbot, a note was found taped to a door, stating that there were bombs on campus. The Fullerton Police Department was dispatched to investigate. Meanwhile, students gathered in the Agriculture Department parking lot. After the all clear was given at 8 AM, school continued as usual. The cause of the incident and whether it was a prank or real is still under investigation.