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Sunny Hills High School
Address
1801 Lancer Way Fullerton, California 92833 United States
Coordinates	33°53′02″N 117°57′14″W / 33.884°N 117.954°W / 33.884; -117.954
Information
School type	Public, high school
Established	1959; 65 years ago (1959)
School district	Fullerton Joint Union High School District
Principal	Craig Weinreich
Teaching staff	89.48 (FTE)
Grades	9–12
Gender	Co-educational
Enrollment	2,434 (2023-2024)
Student to teacher ratio	27.20
Campus	Suburban
Campus size	42 acres (170,000 m)
Color(s)	Black and gold
Athletics	16 sports
Athletics conference	CIF Southern Section
Nickname	Lancers
Rival	Troy Warriors
Newspaper	The Accolade
Yearbook	Helios
Website	www.sunnyhills.net

Sunny Hills High School (SHHS) is a public high school located in Fullerton, California, United States. 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 (170,000 m) in western Fullerton.

SHHS has been an International Baccalaureate World School since 1987, and hosts the largest IB program in California. SHHS also offers Advanced Placement classes to its students. It has been recognized four times as a California Distinguished School, in 1988, 1994, 2009, and 2019, and recognized as one of the top high schools in the United States in the March 30, 1998, March 13, 2000, and June 2003 issues of Newsweek magazine. At 284 in the magazine's latest (2007) rankings of public high schools, Sunny Hills remains in the top 0.1 percent of schools in the country. Sunny Hills was presented with the National Blue Ribbon School Award in 2012.

The school contains the Sunny Hills Performing Arts Center, a notable venue in Orange County for classical performances.

Notable alumni

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• Paul Abbott, former MLB player
• Kathryn Bigelow, Academy Award-winning film director (Zero Dark Thirty, The Hurt Locker, Point Break, Near Dark)
• Shane Black, screenwriter and director
• Jackson Browne, folk singer and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer
• Gary Carter, former MLB player and Baseball Hall of Famer and World Champion with the New York Mets
• Kelly Fremon Craig, film director and screenwriter, The Edge of Seventeen
• Leanna, Monica, and Joy Creel, identical triplet actresses, Parent Trap III
• Tarek El Moussa, TV personality
• David Farkas, actor and musician
• Mike Fleiss, executive producer of The Bachelor, Poseidon and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
• Jim Karsatos, Ohio State quarterback, Cotton Bowl Champion
• Brian Kelley, former NFL 11-year veteran inside linebacker for the New York Giants
• Justin Lee, actor on Arrested Development and Shredderman Rules
• Larry MacDuff, NFL defensive coordinator and special teams coordinator for various NFL teams
• Camille Mana, film actress
• Eric Mun, actor, singer and rapper of Korean band Shinhwa
• Austin St. John, the Red Ranger in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Gold Ranger in Power Rangers: Zeo
• Massy Tadjedin, screenwriter of The Jacket
• Martha Nix Wade, actress, Days of Our Lives and The Waltons
• David S. Ward, screenwriter and director (The Sting, King Ralph, Major League, Sleepless in Seattle)
• Robert Weide, Emmy, Golden Globe-winning and Oscar-nominated filmmaker
• Brad Williams, comedian and actor, regularly appears on Mind of Mencia
• Steve Yoo, Korean singer (Yoo Seung Joon)
• Allison Fonte, Actress/Mouseketeer (The New Mickey Mouse Club)
• Junoflo, Korean-American rapper and producer

References

1. ^ "Search for Public Schools - Sunny Hills High (061476001815)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
2. Whitehead, Brian. "The Sunny Hills-Troy rivalry grows on a nearby campus". OC Register. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
3. ^ "Directory - CIF Southern Section". Retrieved November 15, 2020.
4. Dodero, Tony, "In Fullerton hills, life slows to a trot," Los Angeles Times August 29, 2004.
5. "State Superintendent Tony Thurmond Announces 2019 California Distinguished Schools and Exemplary Districts". California Department of Education.
6. Newsweek, Americas Top Public High Schools 2007
7. Fullerton Joint Union High School District, Sunny Hills High School Profile
8. Ponsi, Lou (October 6, 2012). "Fullerton to name field after Gary Carter". The Orange County Register. p. Local 5. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
9. "Orange County All-League Water Polo Teams : CENTURY LEAGUE". Los Angeles Times. December 25, 1993.
10. "Cracking the Show – The Making of Major League". Gray & Company. Retrieved 13 September 2020.

External links

• Official website

• Education in Fullerton, California
• Educational institutions established in 1959
• High schools in Orange County, California
• International Baccalaureate schools in California
• Public high schools in California
• 1959 establishments in California