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  • 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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Explosion

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Explosion

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
Brandon Chase(s) for Victory
Brandon Chase(s) for Victory
Elina Arutunian, Staff Writer • May 2, 2024
Quan Tran Spikes His Way to Victory!
Quan Tran Spikes His Way to Victory!
Mariam Albanaa, Staff Writer • April 29, 2024
The Inspirational Jim Brown #32
The Inspirational Jim Brown #32
Erica Hovanesian, Spotlight Editor • November 19, 2024

James Nathaniel Brown, also known as Jim Brown, was born on February 17, 1936, and died on May 18, 2023. He was a legendary American football fullback, civil rights activist, and actor.  Jim Brown was born on St. Simons Island in Georgia. His father, Swinton, was a professional boxer, and his mother, Theresa, was a homemaker. Brown attended Manhasset Secondary School, in Manhasset, New York, where he earned thirteen varsity letters for playing football, lacrosse, baseball, basketball, and track....

Meet Your 2024 Homecoming Court!
Meet Your 2024 Homecoming Court!
October 23, 2024

Here are the sixteen members of our 2024 Glendale High School Homecoming Court! Don’t miss the Homecoming Game on Friday, November 1st, at...

GHS Marching Band Places Fifth at Competition
GHS Marching Band Places Fifth at Competition
Hasmik Tumasyan, Staff Writer • October 22, 2024

The Glendale High School Marching Band had its first competition on Saturday, October 19. The competition was held at Bellflower High School,...

The Fall 2024 Members of NHS
The Fall 2024 Members of NHS
October 11, 2024

Here are the newest additions to the Glendale High School National Honor Society, all of whom were inducted on the afternoon of October 10, 2024: Front...

When Hasmik isn't writing poetry, she is intrigued by statues.
Hasmik Tumasyan Wins Armenian Poetry Award
October 3, 2024

Glendale High School senior, and Explosion staff writer, Hasmik Tumasyan was selected as one of three winners of the 2024 Young Armenian Poets...

Wed Al-Dulaimi Is Inspiring Future Doctors
Wed Al-Dulaimi Is Inspiring Future Doctors
Soul Matos-Cordoba, Staff Writer • December 20, 2024

The sophomore president is shaping the future of medicine with her new Pre-Med Club. Wed Al-Dulaimi is a sophomore here at Glendale High School. She was born in Jordan and moved to Glendale when she was six years old. Her dream is to attend Columbia University, and she wants to be either a neurosurgeon or a pediatrician in the future.  Wed is a member of our GHS track and field team, and she is a part of the GHS School Site Council. She also loves the beach and is a volunteer at Glendale Memorial...

Rakib Morshed Is Making an Impact
Rakib Morshed Is Making an Impact
Kamilla Ponce, Staff Writer • December 18, 2024

Rakib Morshed transferred from Clark Magnet High School and is now a junior at Glendale High School. He was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and moved...

Sona Gasparyan Is Taking The Lead!
Sona Gasparyan Is Taking The Lead!
Diana Harutiunian, Staff Writer • December 16, 2024

Sona Gasparyan is a senior at Glendale High School, and she’s been involved in many activities around our school. She has been a part of ASB...

Erynn Padillo (right) poses with her sister, Jeanne, during last year's golf season.
Erynn Padillo Is Leading with Precision and Passion
Karla Ruiz, Staff Writer • December 13, 2024

Erynn Padillo is a senior at Glendale High School and has lived in Glendale her whole life. She is the captain of the girls golf team at GHS...

Manuel Lemus: From Player to Coach
Manuel Lemus: From Player to Coach
Lily Bagdyan, Staff Writer • December 11, 2024

Manuel Lemus just finished his second season as our Glendale High School football coach, and he has been here since June of 2023. He was born...

The Fall Guy
The Fall Guy
Emma Torosyan, Reviews Editor • December 17, 2024

The Fall Guy is a 2024 movie directed by David Leitch, and it stars Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt and Aaron Taylor-Johnson. You can watch it at home now on Amazon Prime and YouTube.   I enjoyed this movie so much that I´d pick it as Movie of the Year, if it was up to me. A lot of the new movies coming out this year just haven’t been very good, but The Fall Guy has completely changed that. The story follows a stuntman named Colt, who has just gone through a career-ending accident, and he...

Whiplash
Whiplash
Milena Orudzhian, Staff Writer • December 12, 2024

We all want to be perfect...especially Andrew Neiman. Released in 2014, Whiplash is a cinematic masterpiece, written and directed by Damien Chazelle. It stars Miles Teller, as Andrew Neiman, a college...

Dexter, Seasons 1 and 4
Dexter, Seasons 1 and 4
Alexander Kazarian, Staff Writer • December 12, 2024

The hit TV show Dexter first aired on October 1, 2006, on Showtime, and it was followed by a sequel series called Dexter: New Blood, which was released on November 7, 2021. They are also working on a new...

Grown Ups
Grown Ups
Daniel Haro, Staff Writer • December 5, 2024

Grown Ups is a 2010 American comedy film, directed by Dennis Durgan, written by Adam Sandler and Fred Wolf, and starring Sandler as one of the main characters. The movie follows five close friends,...

Corpse Bride
Corpse Bride
Milena Orudzhian, Staff Writer • December 3, 2024

WARNING! SLIGHT SPOILERS AHEAD! Always the bridesmaid. Never the bride. Corpse Bride, written and directed by the brilliant Tim Burton in 2005, is one of the most beloved stop-motion films ever...

Clearly, the brainworm has had absolutely no effect on this man.
Make America Healthy Again
Elayna Ovasapyan, Social Media Director • December 19, 2024

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the son of Robert F. Kennedy, has recently been nominated as the head of the Department of Health and Human Services in the United States. He has recently become a popular topic in the news media, due to the changes he plans to make to the Food and Drug Administration.  Kennedy was originally competing in the presidential race, but towards the end, he decided to drop out and endorse Donald Trump. Trump then nominated him to work with him and reevaluate several aspects of...

Tupac: From Struggles to Stardom
Tupac: From Struggles to Stardom
Artur Torabyan, Staff Writer • December 10, 2024

Born in Harlem, New York in 1971, Tupac Amaru Shakur was raised in Baltimore, Maryland, before eventually moving across the country to Oakland,...

Chicken’ Out the Sandwiches
Chicken’ Out the Sandwiches
Aniella Pieprzyca-Mazadiego and Dayanara Lopez November 21, 2024

Have you ever craved a chicken sandwich but didn’t know where to go? The options are endless, but are they all equally as good?  Well,...

Community College Is Your Best Option
Community College Is Your Best Option
Angelina Badalyan, Staff Writer • November 15, 2024

Many students experience anxiety when it comes to deciding their plans after high school. They don't really know what's the best choice for them...

Romance: Untold, Enhypen
Romance: Untold, Enhypen
Enrica Celesthea Briones, Staff Writer • November 13, 2024

Romance: Untold, was released on July 12, 2024, by the K-pop group Enhypen. This was also the group’s second studio album, and if you aren’t...

Wed Al-Dulaimi Is Inspiring Future Doctors
Wed Al-Dulaimi Is Inspiring Future Doctors
Soul Matos-Cordoba, Staff Writer • December 20, 2024

The sophomore president is shaping the future of medicine with her new Pre-Med Club. Wed Al-Dulaimi is a sophomore here at Glendale High School. She was born in Jordan and moved to Glendale when she was six years old. Her dream is to attend Columbia University, and she wants to be either a neurosurgeon or a pediatrician in the future.  Wed is a member of our GHS track and field team, and she is a part of the GHS School Site Council. She also loves the beach and is a volunteer at Glendale Memorial...

Rakib Morshed Is Making an Impact
Rakib Morshed Is Making an Impact
Kamilla Ponce, Staff Writer • December 18, 2024

Rakib Morshed transferred from Clark Magnet High School and is now a junior at Glendale High School. He was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and moved...

Sona Gasparyan Is Taking The Lead!
Sona Gasparyan Is Taking The Lead!
Diana Harutiunian, Staff Writer • December 16, 2024

Sona Gasparyan is a senior at Glendale High School, and she’s been involved in many activities around our school. She has been a part of ASB...

Erynn Padillo (right) poses with her sister, Jeanne, during last year's golf season.
Erynn Padillo Is Leading with Precision and Passion
Karla Ruiz, Staff Writer • December 13, 2024

Erynn Padillo is a senior at Glendale High School and has lived in Glendale her whole life. She is the captain of the girls golf team at GHS...

Armine Zelveyan Will Use Her Voice
Armine Zelveyan Will Use Her Voice
Milena Asatryan, Staff Writer • December 9, 2024

As the president of the Armenian Club, Glendale High School senior Armine Zelveyan has a lot of other interests on campus. She is on the girl's...