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  • March 82025 Oratorical Results: Seniors win Discipline and Spirit, Juniors win VAPA, Sophomores win Speech!
  • February 20Junior Clark transfer Anthony Alfaro elected ASB President for the 2025-26 school year.
  • August 23Nitro football team wins first game of the season against Don Bosco Tech, 38-0!
  • May 31The Black Team defeats the Pink Team, 41-7, in the 2024 Powderpuff Football Game!
  • May 24Senior Lilit Arakelyan wins the 2024 Pat Navalonic Memorial Award! Lilit will be attending UCLA in the fall!
  • May 1Senior Alexis Cabral wins the 2024 Lancaster Prize, for her article "A Day Without a Phone"!
  • November 18Girls varsity volleyball team defeats Marin Academy, 3-1, to win CIF Division IV State Championship!
  • November 2Girls varsity volleyball beats Moorpark, 3-0, to claim CIF SS Division 6 Championship!
  • September 13Dr. Lynette Ohanian named GHS Principal! Her previous AP position will be filled by Ms. Jessica De La O!
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Emerson Whiting (second from right) and her volleyball teammates
Emerson Whiting’s Final Set
Emma Torosyan, Reviews Editor • March 3, 2025
Kristy Tarbinian is Swinging in Style!
Kristy Tarbinian is Swinging in Style!
Artur Torabyan, Staff Writer • February 28, 2025
Manuel Lemus: From Player to Coach
Manuel Lemus: From Player to Coach
Lily Bagdyan, Staff Writer • December 11, 2024
Natalie Minkler on the Mound!
Natalie Minkler on the Mound!
Destiny Velina, Staff Writer • October 14, 2024
Adri Fenyes (left) poses with fellow senior, Talia Arotionians, who attends Clark Magnet High School
Adri Fenyes is Inspiring School and Team Spirit
Karla Ruiz, Staff Writer • September 30, 2024
Alex Shirvanian Is on the Defensive
Alex Shirvanian Is on the Defensive
Lily Bagdyan, Staff Writer • September 27, 2024
Danielle Ramos Is Flying that Flag
Danielle Ramos Is Flying that Flag
Aniella Pieprzyca-Mazadiego, Editor-in-Chief • September 25, 2024
Your PNMA Finalists: Ariga Safaryans, Erynn Padillo, Hasmik Yumasyan, Emerson Whiting and Layla Whitley
Introducing Your 2025 PNMA Finalists!
April 16, 2025

The Pat Navolanic Memorial Award is the most prestigious honor that can be bestowed upon a Glendale High School senior. Applicants must have a 3.5 GPA, leadership experience, 50 hours of community service, a varsity letter in one sport or competitive team, and participation in student activities. The PNMA is sponsored by the Glendale High School chapter of the National Honor Society, whose advisor is Ms. Holly Ciotti. This year there were ten eligible applicants for the PNMA, and PNMA Selection...

GHS Winter Guard Places 4th at Championships!
GHS Winter Guard Places 4th at Championships!
Breanna Lee, Staff Writer • April 15, 2025

Your 2025 Glendale High School winter guard team closed out their season in championship competition on Saturday, April 12. They competed...

Jack Kellum (left) celebrates his Oratorical win with speech writers Stella Khachatorian and Breanna Lee.
Something for (Almost) Everyone at Oratorical
Valentina Sandoval, Staff Writer • March 30, 2025

Oratorical is a tradition unique to Glendale High School, and the first ever event was held on April 28th, 1910. The 116th Oratorical was held...

Tigran Sarkissian had to take his own senior portrait during the pandemic.
Always a Nitro: Tigran Sarkissian
Lily Bagdyan, Staff Writer • March 20, 2025

Tigran Sarkissian is the current boys JV soccer coach at Glendale High School. He is twenty-one years old, he was born in Glendale and he still...

The remains of Mr. O'Malley's home
Mr. O’Malley Is Rebuilding Hope
Erica Hovanesian, Spotlight Editor • March 13, 2025

One of the deadliest and most destructive wildfires in California occurred in Los Angeles on January 7, 2025. The Palisades and Eaton flames...

Lilya Nikogosyan (left) with Kristy Tarbinian at the Homecoming Game on November 1st.
Lilya Nikoghosyan Is Capturing Moments
Fatima Alanis, Staff Writer • April 17, 2025

Lilya Nikoghosyan is a junior at Glendale High School and president of our campus's new Photography Club. During her free time, Lilya mostly spends her time practicing her two sports, cross country and track, and doing her homework, because it is super time-consuming.  Lilya’s hobbies include reading and watching movies and shows. She wants to become a director and a producer when she graduates, and you guessed it; she also wants to work in the field of photography. She loves taking pictures,...

Mrs. Rangel Is Giving Us a Beat
Mrs. Rangel Is Giving Us a Beat
Kamilla Ponce, Staff Writer • April 14, 2025

Mrs. Amy Rangel is in her twenty-seventh year of teaching, and it is her twenty-fourth year at Glendale High School. She was born and raised...

Nelia Ranjbar Has Finished Her Final Season
Nelia Ranjbar Has Finished Her Final Season
Emma Torosyan, Reviews Editor • April 7, 2025

In her final season with the Glendale High School girls varsity soccer team, senior center back Nelia Ranjbar has shown true leadership by guiding...

Emilia Galustian Is a Poet Who Breathes Life into Words
Emilia Galustian Is a Poet Who Breathes Life into Words
Milena Asatryan, Staff Writer • March 21, 2025

Sophomore Emilia Galustian is the founder and president of the brand-new Poetry Club at Glendale High School. She is a musician but also a passionate...

Maria Gonzalez Shares Her Love for the Community
Maria Gonzalez Shares Her Love for the Community
Aniella Pieprzyca, Editor-in-Chief • March 19, 2025

Maria Gonzalez is a senior at Glendale High School. She was born and raised in El Salvador and moved to Glendale three years ago. Maria enjoys...

Grave of the Fireflies
Grave of the Fireflies
Milena Orudzhian, Staff Writer • April 23, 2025

The largely forgotten masterpiece Grave of the Fireflies is a Studio Ghibli animated film released in 1988. It illustrates life in Japan during the Second World War. Featuring the voices of Tsutomu Tatsumi and Ayano Shiraishi, it follows orphaned siblings Seita and Setsuko as they struggle to find peace in desperate times. This film is currently available to stream on Netflix. The movie opens with America’s air raids on Japan, where residents of Kobe City are preparing to retreat to bomb shelters....

DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS, Bad Bunny
DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS, Bad Bunny
Soul Matos-Cordoba, Staff Writer • April 21, 2025

Bad Bunny was born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, on March 10th, 1994 in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, where he grew up with his mother, father and two younger brothers. He started out singing at the age of...

Interstellar
Interstellar
Milena Orudzhian, Staff Writer • April 18, 2025

Written and directed by Christopher Nolan, Interstellar is one of the most heartfelt sci-fi movies released in 2014. It follows astronauts Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) and Brand (Anne Hathaway) as they...

The Chosen
The Chosen
Milena Asatryan, Staff Writer • April 15, 2025

In today’s world, where faith is often overlooked, The Chosen boldly brings the story of Jesus to life–not just as a historical figure but as a living call to love and forgiveness. This series isn’t...

A Man Called Otto
A Man Called Otto
Daniel Haro, Staff Writer • April 11, 2025

A Man Called Otto is a terrific 2022 American comedy-drama film, directed by Marc Forster from a screenplay by David Magee, and it stars Tom Hanks in the title role. This is actually a remake of a 2015...

Chappell Roan Is Complicated
Chappell Roan Is Complicated
Aniella Pieprzyca, Editor-in-Chief • April 22, 2025

If you don’t know who Chappell Roan is, you’ve probably been checked out this past year and a half.  Chappell Roan is a rising artist who gained a lot of popularity in early 2024 for her songs “Good Luck, Babe!” and “HOT TO GO”. She recently just won a Grammy Award for Best New Artist. Although she is a newer artist, Roan has a lot of big opinions that have made many headlines. Some of these opinions I agree with and some I definitely do not.  Having boundaries is key in the music...

Car Modifications Shouldn't Be Illegal
Car Modifications Shouldn’t Be Illegal
Michael Ayvazyan, Staff Writer • April 16, 2025

Cars are more than just a machine to get you from Point A to Point B. For car enthusiasts, custom autos are a passion. Modifying a car isn't...

A confused Elon Musk
“I Am Become” Embarrassed of Republicans
Noah Adigozyan, Staff Writer • April 10, 2025

During the election cycle, current President Trump and his supporters began referring to themselves as “trash” and “garbage”, and even...

A stunning view of the beautiful Royce Hall, located on the campus of UCLA, which is clearly the finest school in the city of Los Angeles.
A Newcomer’s Guide to Succeeding after High School
Artur Torabyan, Staff Writer • April 8, 2025

With the Class of 2025 preparing for their upcoming graduation, many high school students still don’t have all the facts and data when planning...

The Buttertones on stage
My Not-So-Great Experience
Elayna Ovasapyan, Social Media Director • April 4, 2025

Listen, I love the music of The Buttertones.  Their songs are unlike anything I’ve ever heard. They are musical geniuses, in my mind. I...

Lilya Nikogosyan (left) with Kristy Tarbinian at the Homecoming Game on November 1st.
Lilya Nikoghosyan Is Capturing Moments
Fatima Alanis, Staff Writer • April 17, 2025

Lilya Nikoghosyan is a junior at Glendale High School and president of our campus's new Photography Club. During her free time, Lilya mostly spends her time practicing her two sports, cross country and track, and doing her homework, because it is super time-consuming.  Lilya’s hobbies include reading and watching movies and shows. She wants to become a director and a producer when she graduates, and you guessed it; she also wants to work in the field of photography. She loves taking pictures,...

Emilia Galustian Is a Poet Who Breathes Life into Words
Emilia Galustian Is a Poet Who Breathes Life into Words
Milena Asatryan, Staff Writer • March 21, 2025

Sophomore Emilia Galustian is the founder and president of the brand-new Poetry Club at Glendale High School. She is a musician but also a passionate...

Maria Gonzalez Shares Her Love for the Community
Maria Gonzalez Shares Her Love for the Community
Aniella Pieprzyca, Editor-in-Chief • March 19, 2025

Maria Gonzalez is a senior at Glendale High School. She was born and raised in El Salvador and moved to Glendale three years ago. Maria enjoys...

Dvin Hayrapetyan (second from left) is fine with feeling puzzled.
Dvin Hayrapetyan Is Connecting the Pieces
Alexander Kazarian, Staff Writer • March 17, 2025

Dvin Hayrapetyan was born in the city of Tehran, Iran, and he arrived in the United States when he was three years old. He enjoys playing multiple...

Dorin Mirzaian (center) is a pretty amazing person...and a great friend.
Dorin Mirzaian Is Cultivating Growth and Giving Back
Karla Ruiz, Staff Writer • March 14, 2025

Dorin Mirzaian is a junior at Glendale High School, and she was born and raised in the heart of Glendale. Outside of her leadership role as president...