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  • June 4The Black Team of seniors and freshmen wins the 2025 Powderpuff Football Game, with a final score of 21-0!
  • May 16Your 2025 PNMA Winners are Ariga Safaryans and Hasmik Tumasyan! This is the fourth tie in the 60-year history of the award, and the first one since 1993!
  • April 30Senior Hasmik Tumasyan wins 2025 Lancaster Prize. Fellow senior Kate Enriquez is the other finalist for the award.
  • 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!
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Breanna Lee poses post-trial at the San Francisco Superior Court this past summer.
Breanna Lee Is Crushing It!
Destiny Velina, Staff Writer • October 31, 2025
Rudy Cuellar runs it in for the score!
Rudy Cuellar Is Going Long!
Lily Bagdyan, Staff Writer • October 30, 2025
Ramon Ramirez is finally walking away from the Nitro court.
Roman Ramirez Leads the Charge
Karla Ruiz, Staff Writer • April 30, 2025
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
Kevin Danni and Spiro Psaltis at the YMCA Quarterback Club
My Lunch at the Quarterback Club
Erica Hovanesian, Editor-in-Chief • October 28, 2025

I was invited to attend a meeting of the YMCA Quarterback Club on October 7th, and I was immediately on board with it. This event has reportedly been going on for more than 80 years, and I appreciated the invitation from Manuel Lemus, our head football coach at Glendale High School.  Coach Lemus felt that our readers should be able to understand more about this weekly meeting, and since no GHS student had ever been invited to one of these meetings or had it featured in the newspaper, I was honored...

Meet Your 2025 Homecoming Court!
Meet Your 2025 Homecoming Court!
October 27, 2025

Here are the sixteen members of our 2025 Glendale High School Homecoming Court! Don’t miss the Homecoming Game this Thursday, October 30th,...

Visiting the Homeland
Visiting the Homeland
Lily Bagdyan, Staff Writer • October 7, 2025

The last time I went to Armenia, I was four years old. My mother and I went for the summer and had the time of our lives. But I don’t really...

The Rise and Legacy of Nipsey Hussle
The Rise and Legacy of Nipsey Hussle
Michael Ayvazyan, Staff Writer • June 19, 2025

Ermias Joseph Asghedom, better known as Nipsey Hussle, wasn't just a rapper; he was a role model, an entrepreneur and an influence on all ages....

Inside the City
Inside the City
Noah Adigozyan, Staff Writer • June 6, 2025

Mayor Ara Najarian, now serving his fifth term as the mayor of Glendale, brings decades of experience, a commitment to civic engagement and...

Mr. Fox Is Hitting the Right Notes
Mr. Fox Is Hitting the Right Notes
Noah Adigozyan, Staff Writer • November 6, 2025

  Mr. Frank Fox is a man of many talents, and he has a strong history with music. His love for the musical world began when he started taking music lessons, and he knew he wanted to teach this subject when he grew up. Like all prodigies, he has had his own influences and inspirations in music, and his greatest influence was his mother, who played the piano.  Mr. Fox is our interim music director, as our beloved Ms. Amy Rangel is on a personal leave of absence and will return next semester....

Sophia Calica Is Leading with Every Swing
Sophia Calica Is Leading with Every Swing
Charlize A. Huezo-Melendez, Staff Writer • November 4, 2025

Sophia Calica was born in Glendale, California. She is currently a junior at Glendale High School, and she is the captain of the girls' varsity...

Breanna Lee poses post-trial at the San Francisco Superior Court this past summer.
Breanna Lee Is Crushing It!
Destiny Velina, Staff Writer • October 31, 2025

Breanna Lee is a junior at Glendale High School, and she is currently serving as our junior class president and color guard captain. She was...

Rudy Cuellar runs it in for the score!
Rudy Cuellar Is Going Long!
Lily Bagdyan, Staff Writer • October 30, 2025

If you've been to one of our recent football games, you've probably heard our announcer, Spiro Psaltis, call out the name of Rudy Cuellar, as...

Yeraz Kassabian (center, in GAP sweatshirt), and her fellow Do Gooders, help to make the world a cleaner place.
Yeraz Kassabian Leads With Goodness!
Naelie Zermeno, Staff Writer • October 29, 2025

Yeraz Kassabian is ready to achieve her goals by doing good things! Yeraz is a senior member of our GHS girls varsity soccer team, and she...

A Fever You Can't Sweat Out, Panic! At The Disco
A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out, Panic! At The Disco
Valentina Sandoval, Spotlight Editor • November 5, 2025

 A Fever You Can't Sweat Out is Panic! At The Disco’s first album. Released in 2005, shortly after the band members graduated from high school, the album solidified Panic’s name in pop-punk history. The album, which peaked at number thirteen on the Billboard 200, was very popular among emo and alternative communities at the time, and it is still popular to this very day. Panic got their start after sending demos to Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz. Shortly afterwards, they were signed...

The Knights of Guinevere
The Knights of Guinevere
Alexandra Salcedo, Staff Writer • October 21, 2025

Disney magic, the fun and wonder associated with this phrase, is the basis of many people's core childhood memories. But times have started to change. Amidst the endless controversy surrounding modern-day...

The Studio
The Studio
Valentina Sandoval, Spotlight Editor • October 16, 2025

The Studio is a show exclusively streaming on Apple TV+. It’s filmed in Los Angeles, mainly at Warner Brother Studios here in Burbank. After watching the first couple of episodes , I found myself in...

Brad Pitt and Edward Norton have a one-sided conversation in Fight Club.
Fight Club
Alexander Kazarian, Staff Writer • October 9, 2025

The movie Fight Club first premiered in theatres on October 15, 1999. This movie was directed by David Fincher and written by Chuck Palahniuk. You can watch Fight Club on Hulu, Prime Video and on many...

Short n’ Sweet (Deluxe), Sabrina Carpenter
Short n’ Sweet (Deluxe), Sabrina Carpenter
August 25, 2025

Short n’ Sweet is an album that was released by Sabrina Carpenter on August 23rd, 2024, and the deluxe version of the album was released on February 14th, 2025. It's a pop-esque album with a hint of...

The Greatest Comeback
The Greatest Comeback
Anna Movsesyan, Staff Writer • November 7, 2025

“Sweater Weather” is a song that almost everyone has heard at least once.  It’s one of those tracks that is instantly recognizable the moment it starts playing. The Neighbourhood released this song in early 2013, and it has now amassed over four billion streams on Spotify. The members of The Neighbourhood started their career in August 2011, and their music involved both the alternative rock and dark pop genres. The band consists of five friends, led by vocalist Jesse Rutherford, along...

Eat Healthier, Nitros!
Eat Healthier, Nitros!
Elayna Ovasapyan, Social Media Director • October 23, 2025

Contrary to popular belief, teenagers aren’t able to eat anything they want without consequences. It’s true that, as a teen, your metabolism...

Ticketmaster Must Be Stopped!
Ticketmaster Must Be Stopped!
Valentina Sandoval, Spotlight Editor • October 14, 2025

Ticketmaster has been taking advantage of artists, venues, and fans for decades now. In an earlier article, I mentioned how I could write...

My BINIverse Concert Experience
My BINIverse Concert Experience
Enrica Briones, Reviews Editor • October 2, 2025

Before I tell you about my concert experience, let me introduce you to BINI, an eight-member Filipino girl group formed by ABS-CBN Entertainment....

A Not-So-Peaceful “Peace” Treaty
A Not-So-Peaceful “Peace” Treaty
Noah Adigozyan, Staff Writer • September 30, 2025

The Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict is one of the most notorious and continuous in geopolitical history—being considered one of the longest-running...

Breanna Lee poses post-trial at the San Francisco Superior Court this past summer.
Breanna Lee Is Crushing It!
Destiny Velina, Staff Writer • October 31, 2025

Breanna Lee is a junior at Glendale High School, and she is currently serving as our junior class president and color guard captain. She was born in Pasadena, California, and some of her hobbies include reading, writing, throwing flags around and hanging out with friends. In Breanna’s eighth-grade year at Wilson Middle School, Mr. Livingston came to her campus for their annual GHS Roadshow. At the time, she saw the current freshman class president speak during the assembly, and Breanna’s friend...

Yeraz Kassabian (center, in GAP sweatshirt), and her fellow Do Gooders, help to make the world a cleaner place.
Yeraz Kassabian Leads With Goodness!
Naelie Zermeno, Staff Writer • October 29, 2025

Yeraz Kassabian is ready to achieve her goals by doing good things! Yeraz is a senior member of our GHS girls varsity soccer team, and she...

Cohen Lim (left) and marching bandmate Erik Guerrero have new hats!
Cohen Lim Is Marching to His Own Beat
Valentina Sandoval, Spotlight Editor • October 22, 2025

Cohen Lim is a senior at Glendale High School. He is a captain of our school’s cross country and Scholastic Bowl teams, as well as an assistant...

Polina Svigach (left) and Sophia Tshabourian have cowboy hats that are made of solid gold.
Polina Svigach Steps into the Spotlight
Destiny Velina, Staff Writer • October 20, 2025

Polina Svigach is a senior at Glendale High School and is currently serving as our senior class president. She was born in Minsk, Belarus, and...

Anthony Alfaro's Impact as President
Anthony Alfaro’s Impact as President
Destiny Velina, Staff Writer • September 22, 2025

Anthony Alfaro is a senior at Glendale High School and our new ASB president. He was born in the Philippines, in San Leonardo, Nueva Ecija, and...