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Explosion

  • 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

2024-2025 Staff

Aniella Pieprzyca-Mazadiego
Editor-in-Chief

Aniella Pieprzyca-Mazadiego

Aniella is a senior at Glendale High School. She is a part of the Technical Theater program and a part of the Nitro Crew. She enjoys hanging out with friends, binge-watching movies and TV, and relaxing. She is very excited and sad for this last year of high school.

Erica Hovanesian
Spotlight Editor

Erica Hovanesian

Erica is a junior at Glendale High School, and she was a part of the JV girls soccer team. This is Erica's third year of being a part of the Journalism staff, and it was her first year involved in Nitro Crew. She has such a big passion when it comes to journalism and writing. She enjoys every moment and hopes to continue her passion later on in sports broadcasting. A few of her hobbies and interest...

Emma Torosyan
Reviews Editor

Emma Torosyan

Emma is a sophomore at Glendale High School. It’s her second year being a part of the Nitro Press staff. She's on the GHS volleyball team, and she also plays outside of school. She skis during the winter and loves watching 1990’s and 2000’s movies and shows with her loved ones.

Elayna Ovasapyan
Social Media Director

Elayna Ovasapyan

Elayna Ovasapyan is a junior at Glendale High School. She is the president of Art Club and is part of the girls soccer team at our school. Her interests include drawing, fashion, wellness journaling, and the study of nutritional health.

Noah Adigozyan
Staff Writer

Noah Adigozyan

Noah is a junior at Glendale High School. He is a member of Key Club and was a past member of the Red Cross Club. He enjoys the beach, roller coasters, and science.

Fatima Alanis
Staff Writer

Fatima Alanis

Fatima Alanis is a freshman at Glendale High School. She is part of the Journalism class and a member of Nitro Press, and she is currently serving as Freshman Class Publicist. She loves to draw, listen to music, and hang out with friends and family. She is interested in helping her school, practicing more with her drawing, and learning more about her first language, Spanish....

Milena Asatryan
Staff Writer

Milena Asatryan

Milena is a sophomore at Glendale High School. She respects everyone’s opinions, and she is kind and friendly. She also likes Armenian culture and art.

Michael Ayvazyan
Staff Writer

Michael Ayvazyan

Michael Ayvazyan is a junior at Glendale High School. He's a part of Nitro Press and the GHS culinary class. He's a big foodie, a car guy and a movie lover.

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Angelina Badalyan

Angelina is a senior at Glendale High School. She is a part of the Candles Club at GHS, and she enjoys traveling, going on walks, and watching movies.

Lily Bagdyan
Staff Writer

Lily Bagdyan

Lily is a sophomore at Glendale High School. She is a part of the softball team, and she enjoys watching Formula One, playing with her dog, Teddy, and watching classic movies. She also loves listening to any type of music, and her favorite band is Arctic Monkeys.

Enrica Celesthea Briones
Staff Writer

Enrica Celesthea Briones

Enrica is a junior at Glendale High School, and she is a staff writer for the Journalism program. Some of her hobbies are writing and singing. She also likes listening to music and K-pop, especially the groups Seventeen, BTS, Enhypen, TXT and Ateez.

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Daniel Haro

Daniel is a freshman at Glendale High School. He enjoys practicing basketball in his free time, doing both traditional art and digital art, watching movies with friends, and taking hikes from time to time.

Diana Harutiunian
Staff Writer

Diana Harutiunian

Diana is a senior at Glendale High School. She speaks Spanish, Armenian, and English fluently, and she is currently learning Portuguese. She enjoys reading, watching Disney movies and spending time with her family.

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Meghri Kassabian

Meghri is a sophomore at Glendale High School. She is on the varsity girls soccer team, and she enjoys reading, watching movies, and playing soccer.

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Alexander Kazarian

Alexander is a freshman that attends Glendale High School. He isn’t in any major groups and clubs, besides being a member of the Nitro Press. He enjoys playing video games, reading, and watching action movies. He has one pet and that is a dog.

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Dayanara Lopez

Dayanara is a senior at Glendale High School. She loves participating in school spirit, and she enjoys spending time with family and friends and binging shows and movies of all various genres. She is eager to start her writing journey in journalism.

Soul Matos-Cordoba
Staff Writer

Soul Matos-Cordoba

Soul is a freshman at Glendale High School. She is on the Nitros softball team, and she enjoys playing the piano, surfing, and watching Netflix.

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Milena Orudzhian

Milena is a sophomore at Glendale High School. She enjoys art, music, movies and TV shows.

Rebecca Perez
Staff Writer

Rebecca Perez

Rebecca is a junior at Glendale High School. She is a captain of the GHS Marching Band, plays the baritone saxophone in the GHS Jazz Band, and plays the alto saxophone in the Glendale Youth Symphony. This is her third year as a staff writer for Explosion. Some of her hobbies include reading, listening to music, hanging out with friends, and geeking out about her interests. She continues to maintain her p...

Kamilla Ponce
Staff Writer

Kamilla Ponce

Kamilla is a junior at Glendale High School. She currently holds the position of Social Media Manager for the GHS Marching Band and plays snare in Drumline. She enjoys taking pictures and hanging out with friends.

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Karla Ruiz

Karla is a freshman at Glendale High School. She is part of the Glendale Nitros softball team. She enjoys boxing and watching scary movies. She also enjoys playing with her pets when she has free time.

Valentina Sandoval
Staff Writer

Valentina Sandoval

Valentina is a sophomore at Glendale High School. She plays snare as part of our school's drumline and Ignite. In her free time, she enjoys listening to music, watching video essays on YouTube, and playing with her three-legged cat, Lizzie.

Artur Torabyan
Staff Writer

Artur Torabyan

Artur is a junior at Glendale High School. He is a member of Nitro Press and the Weightlifting Club. He likes listening to Nas in his freetime, breaking his controllers while playing FIFA, and working out, even if it may not look like it. Artur also enjoys binge-watching Netflix, while stuffing his face with food.

When Hasmik isn't writing poetry, she is intrigued by statues.
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Hasmik Tumasyan

Hasmik Tumasyan is a senior at Glendale High School. She is a captain of the GHS Color Guard. In her free time, she likes to write, play guitar, and procrastinate getting her driver's license.

Destiny Velina
Staff Writer

Destiny Velina

Destiny is a junior at Glendale High School. She is our current Junior Class Secretary, a player on our softball team, and a member of the Filipino Club and Speech and Debate Club. Her hobbies include playing softball, reading comics, listening to music, playing Roblox, and going out with friends.

Jon Livingston
Advisor

Jon Livingston

Mr. Livingston is the Explosion advisor at Glendale High School. He is also the ASB advisor and the advisor for Stylus, the GHS yearbook. He is currently in his 25th year of teaching, and he enjoys spending time with his family, reading, watching movies, rooting for his beloved UCLA football team and playing disc golf (poorly).