18-19, Issue 5, June 2019 Staff -O-Gram Glendale Unifi ed School District • Glendale, California “PREPARING OUR STUDENTS FOR THEIR FUTURE”

Message from the Interim Superintendent Welcome to GUSD,

Dear GUSD, Dr. Vivian Ekchian June is always an exci ng me in our district. This month, we celebrat- ed another incredible cohort of graduates, cheered on our promo ng students as they moved to the next phase of their educa on with us, recognized many of our outstanding employees, and bid a fond fare- well to those re ring a er years of dedicated service to GUSD. It has been an honor to serve as your Interim Superintendent. Thank you to every one of you for your support and encouragement, and an enormous thanks to my Educa onal Services team for your pa- ence and fl exibility over the past fi ve months. I am fortunate to be surrounded by such an amazing group of talented administrators, principals, teachers, and support staff . I am incredibly proud of the way our GUSD team came together to support one another and fi n- Dr. Kelly King ish the year strong to the benefi t of all of our students.

Thanks to your eff orts, GUSD con nued to be recognized this year for our outstanding schools and programs. • Rosemont Middle, Clark Magnet, and Crescenta Valley High Schools were recognized as California Dis nguished Schools • Clark Magnet and Crescenta Valley High Schools received Exemplary Program Awards for Career and Technical Educa on, Arts, and Physical Ac vity and Nutri on from the CA Department of Educa on – GUSD was the only district in the State to receive all three honors • GUSD’s a endance program was recognized as a Model School A endance Review Board (SARB) by the CA Department of Educa on for outstanding strategies to reduce chronic absenteeism We are excited to welcome our new and increase student a endance Superintendent Dr. Vivian Ekchian to Glendale Unifi ed on Monday, July 1! • Clark Magnet, Crescenta Valley, Glendale, and Hoover High Schools were ranked among the top 25% of high schools na onwide by U.S. News & World Report Throughout the summer and fall, Dr. Ek- • Glendale Unifi ed and 18 GUSD schools were once again named to the Educa onal Results Part- chian will make frequent visits to cam- nership/Campaign for Business and Educa on Excellence (CBEE) Honor Roll puses, observe special programs, and meet with principals, staff , students and • Glendale High School Teacher Elizabeth Astor was named one of 16 Teachers of the Year by the families. Los Angeles County Offi ce of Educa on • Glendale High School Teacher Amy Rangel was one of 10 na onal fi nalists for the 2019 Grammy Music Teacher of the Year Award and received a CMA Founda on Educators of Excellence Award Meet Our New • I could go on and on and on about each and every school ….. needless to say WOW! Superintendent! We have so much to be proud of in GUSD. This is truly a “des na- All GUSD staff , families, and community 223 N. Jackson Street on district” and I am excited to welcome our new Superinten- members are invited to join us for a Glendale, CA 91206 dent Dr. Vivian Ekchian to our district next week. I look forward meet-and-greet with Dr. Ekchian (818) 241-3111 to the future we have ahead of us! www.gusd.net I wish for everyone to take me this summer to relax, recharge, Wednesday, July 17 BOARD OF EDUCATION reconnect and ul mately remember what an amazing job we have to be able to make the lives of children be er and brighter! 5-7 p.m. Jennifer Freemon President Sincerely, District Offi ce Boardroom. Dr. Armina Gharpe an Dr. Kelly King Vice President Interim Superintendent of Schools Shant Sahakian Clerk Nayiri Nahabedian Member Gregory S. Krikorian Member SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS (Interim) Kelly King, Ed.D. Page 2 Staff -O-Gram 18-19, Issue 5, June 2019 Glendale Unifi ed School District | Glendale, California “Preparing our students for their future.” Congratula ons, Graduates! Clark Magnet High School Glendale High School

Daily High School & Verdugo Academy College View School

FACTS Program Crescenta Valley High School

Source: LA Times

Verdugo Academy Hoover High School Page 3 Staff -O-Gram 18-19, Issue 5, June 2019 Glendale Unifi ed School District | Glendale, California “Preparing our students for their future.” Promo on Ceremonies 2019 Rosemont Middle School

Fremont Elementary Mountain Avenue Elementary Jeff erson Elementary

Keppel Elementary Muir Elementary Monte Vista Elementary

Lincoln Elementary Marshall Elementary

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(1) Dr. Thomas Crowther (le ) and Chris ne Benitez (right) from the Glendale Schools Management Associa on (GSMA) presented scholarship 12 checks to students who are planning careers in educa on: Isabela Lacsina (second from le ) and Elizabeth Horakimyan (third from le ) from Clark Magnet and Bella Busalacchi and Mikaela Stone from Crescenta Valley High School (not in photo). (2) Stacy Toy (le ) and Karin Bashian (right) presented the California Schools Employee Associa on (CSEA) scholarship to Hoover High student Brianna Guzman (center). Brianna is planning to pursue a career in law enforcement. (3) The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority once again off ered students from these school districts the opportunity to submit original artwork for the Tower Banner compe - on, with the winning entry from each school district being displayed on the building facade. The winners from Glendale Unifi ed are, from le , Serrineh Khachatourians from Crescenta Valley High School, 1st place; Marga- ret Ho ine from Crescenta Valley High School, 2nd place; and Taleen Amirkhanian from Clark Magnet High School, 3rd place. GUSD was presented with $3000 for its par cipa on and for suppor ng arts programs. (4) The Board of Educa on acknowledged the services of the following high school students who served on the Student Advisory Council for the 2018-19 school year: Clark Magnet - Jackie A andilian, Kai Ferragallo-Hawkins, Abdul- lah Hasan, and Tiana Oganyan (shown in photo, from le to right); Crescenta Valley - James Bleveans, Dana Goodside, Sophia James, Colby Larin, Peyton Marshall, Reily Smith, and Zoe Turchin; Daily - Sara Fazeli, Catherine Montes, and Karen Valdez; Glendale - Madalyn Fabian, Jamie Fritz, Ja- net Louie, Kayla Rodriguez, and Mary Tio; and Hoover - Maria Akhverdyan, Nicole Davoodian, Nyah Gaitan, Diana Mirzoyan, and Arsen Ramazyan. (5) The Board of Educa on presented the Bur s E. Taylor Award to Mr. Steve Pierce (le ) and Mr. Michael Myers (right). Ini ated in 1982, the award symbolizes the highest degree of dedica on to public educa on as exemplifi ed by Dr. Bur s E. Taylor, re red superintendent of GUSD. (6) The Board of Educa on presented the James R. Brown Award to Dr. Linda Junge, principal at Crescenta Valley High School. This award is presented annually to a Cer fi cated or Classifi ed administrator for exemplary leadership skills and signifi cant contribu on to advancing the quality of public educa on. (7) The Board of Educa on presented the Robert A. Sanchis Award to Chris na Burt (le ) and Sonia Boller (right). This award is presented annually to one Cer fi cated and one Classifi ed employee whose interac on with the public and with fellow employees refl ects posi vely on the District.(8) The Board of Educa on presented the Michael F. Escalante Award to, from le : Abdullah Hasan, Clark Magnet; Sophia James, Crescenta Valley (not in photo); Aaron Houghton, Daily; Trishley Nubla, Glendale; and Omer Abdelrahim, Hoover High School. Ini ated in 2010, this award is presented to an outstanding senior from each of the Glendale Unifi ed high schools. (9) Crescenta Valley Graphic Communica ons student Jean Rhee received a full scholarship to O s College of Art and Design. (10) From le , Glendale High students Faviola Ramirez, Kianna Gueco, Valeria Delgado, and Juliet Bazikyan, and Hoover student Kailyn Huynh were awarded scholarships from Careers Through Culinary Arts Program (C-CAP). (11) The Board of Edu- ca on recognized the Glendale High School Dance Team on their wins at the USA and WCE Na onals this school year. The team won seven na onal tles led by teacher Kelly Palmer. (12) Clark Magnet High School’s team won the Lexus Eco Challenge. The team, from le , Paul Kim, Serli Khan- babaei, Shreeja Gun reddy, Shelia Mgr chian, and teacher Dominique Evans-Bye. Team members Emily Woods, Shaye Holladay McCarthy, and Anna Feddersen could not make it to the board mee ng. Con nued on page 4, Recogni ons Page 5 Staff -O-Gram 18-19, Issue 5, June 2019 Glendale Unifi ed School District | Glendale, California “Preparing our students for their future.” Recogni ons, from page 3 (13) Clark Magnet High School students, from le , Paul Kim, Adam Kaplan and Serli Khanbabaei, with board member Shant Sahakian and teacher Dominique Evans-Bye. These students were selected as fi nalists in the Cali- 13 fornia Geographic Alliance 3rd Annual “My California GIS Mapping Show- case and Compe on.” (14) The Board of Educa on recognized, from le , Crescenta Valley High School student Carly Ngo and Clark Magnet High School students Alaina Chiriyankandath Joby, Larisa Assadourian, Tsoler Demerdjian, and Tony Choi for receiving gold medal wins at the Skills USA Compe on. These gold medalists will be advancing to the Skills USA Na- onal compe on in Kentucky. (15) Students from Glendale High School and Roosevelt and Wilson Middle Schools won at the Math, Engineering, Science Academy (MESA) event. Listed in alphabe cal order, they are: Adrine Akushyan, Nikitha Amba pudi, Cassidy Azores, Alex Boghossian, Lillian Boghossian, Catalina Clark-Reed, Des ny Estrada, Maria Galstyan, Evelyn Gamero, Clara Georges, Carmelo Xavier Geron, Minehli Hatamian, Eric Jangozian, David Manukyan, Anry Metsoian, Natalie Michaelian, 14 Richard Mirzoian, David Oganyan, Michael Oganyan, Elena Ohanian, Aida Pagosyan, Isabel Ramientos, Jasmine Ramos, Vahan Sahakyan, Isabelle Sanchez, Kyra Suratos, and Maykal Tsonov. (16) Crescenta Val- ley High School student Dylan Wilbur was recognized by the board on his individual CIF win. Dylan ran a personal record, 4:12:31 in the 1600-meter race. (17) Crescenta Valley High School Girls Swim & Diving team took the CIF tle. From le are: Alexandra Garas, Nicole Hale, Miya Higuchi, Kate- lynn Shaheen and head coach Peter Kim. Members Zara Ayazi, Gabriela Icheva, Kimmy Park, Amanda Petersen, Erika Shirvanian, Alexandra War- shaw, Holly Weston, Maddie Yi, and Jungmin Yoon were not at the board mee ng. (18) Crescenta Valley High School Boys Swim & Diving team won the CIF tle. From le are: Harrison Blake, Benne Hesse, Joshua Jeong, Nick Mitchell, Bodoe Wyss, and Jus n Yi. Team members Karl Pu ler, Sean 15 Rho, Daron Wee and Andre Yarcan could not make it to the board meet- ing. (19) The US News and World Report ranked four of Glendale’s high schools for being in the top 25% of the best high schools in America. From le are principals from these high schools: Dr. Jennifer Earl, Hoover; Dr. Benjamin Wolf, Glendale; Lena Kortoshian, Clark Magnet; and Dr. Linda Junge, Crescenta Valley High School. (20) The Board recognized Rosemont Middle School, Clark Magnet High School and Crescenta Valley High School for being selected as 2019 California Dis nguished Schools. (21) Crescenta Valley Girls So ball team take the CIF tle. Listed in alphabe cal order, the members are: Natalie Bite , Maddie DeLeon, Ryan Eldred, Morgan Eng, Peyton Hause, Alyssa Hernandez, DeeDee Hernandez, Izzy Jamgotchian, Devin Medina, Kristy Taix, and Stephanie Wichman. Coaches are: Doug 16 17 Ebert, Christy Menefee, Mel Moulden, and Amanda Peek. Team trainer is Junko Nakayama. 19

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20 Page 6 Staff -O-Gram 18-19, Issue 5, June 2019 Glendale Unifi ed School District | Glendale, California “Preparing our students for their future.” Recogni on of Cer fi cated and Classifi ed Re rements 2018-19 The Board of Educa on recognized Educa on 17 years, 5 months tary School, 21 years • John Stephens, Assistant Op- all Cer fi cated and Classifi ed per- • • era ons Coordinator, FASO, 9 sonnel re ring from the District in Joanne Gallagher, Teacher, Chris ne L. Nuanez, RSP years, 2 months Balboa Elementary School, Teacher, Monte Vista El- the 2018-2019 school year at the • June 4, 2019 Board mee ng. 35 years ementary School, 21 years Diane M. Stokes, Teacher, Cerri- tos Elementary School, 16 years • Lorna Giles, Typist Clerk II, • Barbara Ophoven, Teacher - • Mariam Abgaryan, Ed. Asst. II, Keppel Elementary School, German, Franklin Elementary • Clara Strauch, Cafeteria Worker Special Educa on 11 years, 4 31 years, 4 months School, 9 years I, Glendale High School, 23 months years, 8 months • Janet Goliger, PE Teacher, • Jose Or z, Groundsworker, • Nerses Abramyan, Teacher, Mountain Avenue Elemen- FASO, 31 years, 5 months • Fanny Tam, Typist Clerk II, Val- Hoover High School, 26 years tary School, 28 years • ley View Elementary School, 32 Joie Ozawa, Teacher, years, 2 months • Verzhine Arutyunyan, Ed. • Thomas Gossard, Teacher, Glendale High School, 38 Asst. II, Columbus Elementary R.D. White Elementary years • Diana Tarverdian, Typist Clerk School, 23 years, 9 months School, 20 years, 5 months • Dana Rahn, Ed. Asst. II, Cres- II, 17 years, 9 months • Chris an T. Axelgard, PE • Les Hammer, Assistant - centa Valley High School, 16 • Lynda K. Teems, Asst. Principal, Teacher, Clark Magnet High Physically Handicapped, Cres- years, 9 months Balboa Elementary School, 30 School, 33 years centa Valley High School, 17 • Diane Rhodes, Teacher, years • Ada Babakhanyan, Translator/ years, 8 months Glendale High School, 30 • Yayone A. Tindol, Teacher, Interpreter, Intercultural Offi ce • Cathleen Hardyment, Admin- years Hoover High School, 23 years 29 years, 4 months istra ve Secretary, Mountain • Nancy L. Ri hamel, Special • Gabriel Trevis, Lead Custodian, • JoAnn Bell, Administra ve Sec- Avenue Elementary School, Educa on Teacher, Rosemont Crescenta Valley High School, retary, Mann Elementary School 25 years, 3 months Middle School, 31 years 30 years, 2 months 29 years, 7 months • Ashkhen Hoonanian, Ed. • Elysa Rosenfeld-Or z, Spe- • Carla R. Walker, Principal, • Krystal Beyers, Teacher, Toll Asst. II-Armenian, Glendale cial Educa on Teacher, Cloud Marshall Elementary School, Middle School, 16 years High School, 23 years, 3 Pre-School, 24 years 30 years months • • • Nora Bezdikian, Teacher, • Stephanie B. Sajjadieh, Nancy V. Wammack, Teacher, Balboa Elementary School, 20 Susan E. Howe, Counselor, Teacher, Clark Magnet High Monte Vista Elementary School, years, 6 months Clark Magnet High School, School, 29 years 19 years 42 years • • • Marcelyn Bible, Teacher, Toll • Rose Samore, Counselor, Sookmin Yi, Teacher, Glendale Middle School, 29 years Dennis M. Hughes, Health Hoover High School, 20 years High School, 22 years Hoover High School, 34 years • • • Kaylynne Brown, Teacher, Clark • Jeff rey Severa, Teacher, Wil- Patricia A. Yoho, Teacher Magnet High School, 17 years, Nancy Jacobson, Teacher, son Middle School, 30 years Specialist, Special Educa on, 11 month College View School, 15 25 years years, 4 months • Donald J. Sivelle, Custodian • • Tami R. Carlson, Teacher, Wil- • II, R.D. White Elementary Pamela Zamanis, Teacher, Roo- son Middle School, 28 years Souzan Kaziloghli, Cafeteria School, 27 years, 4 months sevelt Middle School, 34 years Worker II, Dunsmore Elemen- • Emil A. Celani, Teacher, tary School, 23 years • Krista Smiley, Custodial • Grachui Zamanyan, Cook/ Verdugo Academy/Daily High • Supervisor, Glendale High Baker, College View School, 18 School, 25 years Gerald Lancaster, Teacher, School, 25 years years, 8 months Wilson Middle School, 27 • Annagreta Claesson, Language, years Speech & Hearing Specialist, • Special Educa on, 19 years Rosa Madatyan, Cafeteria Worker II, La Crescenta • Dana B. Coffi n, Teacher, Valley Elementary School, 26 years, View Elementary School, 21 years 5 months Congratula ons • Rich A. Crowther, Teacher, • Robert Marlowe, Teacher, Margie Fester! Glendale High School, 25 years Daily High School, 26 years • Danute Cusa , Assistant - Phys- • Angelina Marquez, Coordi- The Rita Adams Me- ically Handicapped, Glendale nator III, Special Projects, 5 morial Secretary of High School, 25 years years the Year Award is • presented to an Ad- Nina Danouk, Cafeteria Man- • Estuardo Mejia, Custodian I, ministrative Secre- ager, Wilson Middle School, 26 Cerritos Elementary School, tary who shows ex- years, 6 months 15 years, 4 months emplary secretarial • Petra Defaz, Library Asst., Jef- • David Meyer, Carpenter, and customer service ferson Elementary School, 23 FASO 21 years, 2 months skills as a tribute to years, 2 months and in memory of • Tania Mooser, Teacher • Rita Adams, a 37- Mary K. Donabedian, Teacher, Specialist Rosemont Middle year administrative Balboa Elementary School, 22 School/Crescenta Valley High secretary in GUSD. years School, 31 years • Glen Esquivel, Lead Custodian, • Ronald Mortensen, Custo- The recipient for Hoover High School, 39 years, dian II, Lincoln Elementary the 2018-19 school 3 months School, 32 years, 2 months year is Mrs. Margie • Fester of Rosemont Andrea Fay, Language, Speech • Diana J. Nelson, RSP Teacher, Middle School. & Hearing Specialist, Special Verdugo Woodlands Elemen- Page 7 Staff -O-Gram 18-19, Issue 5, June 2019 Glendale Unifi ed School District | Glendale, California “Preparing our students for their future.” Classifi ed Awards for Years of Service Each school year, the District recognizes our classifi ed employees who are observing service anniversaries of fi ve (5) year increments beginning in the tenth year of service. At the June 4 Board of Educa on mee ng, the board recognized classifi ed employees who have achieved an anniversary of 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, and 35 years of service as of April 1, 2019. 10 YEARS • Suzanna Theoharides, Ed. Asst. • Armine Shamirian, Ed. Asst. II, Educa on Department • Roobina Aghakianest, Ed. Asst. II, - Intensive Support, Special Glenoaks Elementary School • Mitra Solhtalab, Cook/Baker, Roosevelt Middle School Educa on Department • Josephine Tagayun, Account Roosevelt Middle School • Juan Aguilar, Lead Custodian, • Jimmy Torres, Custodian I, Clerk I, Financial Services • Gilda Vardanyan, Ed. Asst. Roosevelt Middle School Pacifi c/Edison Preschool Department II-Armenian, Glendale High • Sunitha Alagala, Ed. Asst. I, Jef- School ferson Elementary School 15 YEARS 20 YEARS • Washington Vilar, Ground- • Nelli Asatryan, Ed. Asst. - Inten- • Aurora Alfaro-Rosas, Translator/ • Sonia Ahmed, Cafeteria Worker I, sworker, Facility & Support sive Support, Special Educa on Interpreter, Categorical Programs Rosemont Middle School Opera ons Department Department • Karine Arutyunyan, Assistant - • Harriet An sta, Typist Clerk II, • Anahid Avanessian, Account Physically Handicapped, College Crescenta Valley High School 25 YEARS Clerk III, Planning & Development View School • Marine Asoyan, Assistant - • Candace Bratmon, Library Tech- • Jenik Boghdeserian, Ed. Asst. I, • Hasmik Avakian, Ed. Asst. II, Physically Handicapped, College nician, Toll Middle School Jeff erson Elementary School Keppel Elementary School View School • Valerie Burkhauser, Assistant - • Sonia Boller, Clerk II, Human • Susanna Ave kian, Ed. Asst. II • Medik Avanessian, Typist Clerk Physically Handicapped, College Resources Department Glendale High School II, Crescenta Valley High School View School • Lorena Bonilla, Custodian I, • Maria Avila, Ed. Asst. - Inten- • Jaklin Barouni, Cafeteria Work- • Suzan Dunbar, SELPA Manager, Verdugo Woodlands Elemen- sive Support, Special Educa on er I, Rosemont Middle School Foothill SELPA tary School Department • Janet Boghosian, Cafeteria • Efren Formento, Assistant - • Lidosh Cardarodi, Cafeteria • Margret Baghoomian, Cafeteria Worker I, Glendale High School Physically Handicapped, College Worker I, Hoover High School Worker I, Toll Middle School • Mary Burkholder, PE Assistant, View School • Manik Chilgevorgian, Cafeteria • Alvard Bounia an, Ed. Asst. II, Monte Vista Elementary School • Elmer Giacole , Custodian II, Worker I, Glendale High School R.D. White Elementary School • Rosa Carrisoza, Ed. Asst. I, Cerritos Elementary School • Adrineh Danielians, Cafeteria • Yean Joon Chung, Assistant Pacifi c/Edison Preschool • Cindy Mai, Bonds Controls Spe- Worker I, Rosemont Middle - Physically Handicapped, Roos- • Joel Dela Resma, Custodian I, cialist, Planning & Development School evelt Middle School Wilson Middle School • Heldik Nazarian, Cafeteria • Rita Dermenjian, Ed. Asst. II, • Juan Covarrubias, Custodian II, • Loocik Delanchian, Typist Clerk Worker I, Rosemont Middle Fremont Elementary School Jeff erson Elementary School III, EEELP Department School • Evelyn Farhadian, Cafeteria Work- • Herachik Galus ans, Assistant - • Jaklin Ebrahimian, Cafeteria • Hrachik Sardarbegian, Clerk II, er I, Clark Magnet High School Physically Handicapped Hoover Worker I, Wilson Middle School Hoover High School • Aristeo Hernandez, Custodian I, High School • Romer Ganiron, Assistant • John Sichler, Maintenance Glendale High School • Rebeka Khalulyan, Ed. Asst. II, Director, ETIS Worker II, Facility & Support • Michael Hernandez, Custodian Crescenta Valley High School • Deborah Green, Typist Clerk III, Opera ons Department I, Crescenta Valley High School • Carmen Ledesma, Lead Custo- Special Educa on Department • Nina Stephanian, Cafeteria • Carla Kiljian, Ed. Asst. I, Monte dian, Rosemont Middle School • Lusik Grigoryan, Cafeteria Worker II, Fremont Elementary Vista Elementary School • Ae Lee, Ed. Asst. II-Korean, Worker I, Clark Magnet High School • Stephanie Kovach, Job Devel- Categorical Programs School oper/Coach, SELPA • Armond Mailan, Construc on • Aykanush Isadzhanyan, Typist 30 YEARS • Eufrocina Liwanag-Cruz, Ac- Manager, Planning & Clerk III, Teaching & Learning • Siroush Assatourians, Typist coun ng Technician, EEELP Development Department Clerk III, Facility & Support Op- Department • Asmik Mavushyan, Ed. Asst. I, • Keith Jones, Assistant Director, era ons Department • Monica Macias, Cafeteria Pacifi c/Edison Preschool Facility & Support Opera ons • Catherine Bogle, Clerk III, Worker I, Glendale High School • Anita McCarthy, Library Techni- Department Facility & Support Opera ons • Vartouhi Matousian, Cafeteria cian, Wilson Middle School • Gustavo Juarez, Custodian I, Department Worker I, Balboa Elementary • Narbeh Milagardi, Assistant - Edison Elementary School • Cynthia Butchko, Typist Clerk III, School Physically Handicapped, Hoover • Adrineh Khachikian, Ac- Educa onal Services Department • Violet Ma eossian, Ed. Asst. I, High School coun ng Technician, Financial • Debbie Dow, Mul media Horace Mann Elementary School • Gloria Mole, Account Clerk Services Department Technology Assistant, Keppel • Raymond Mikaily, Mainte- III, Student Support Services • Athena Kraskian, Accoun ng Elementary School nance Project Supervisor, Plan- Department Technician, Special Educa on • Remegius Galvan, Custodian I, ning & Development • Juana Montellano, Custodian I, Department Keppel Elementary School • Michele Montellano, Assistant - Keppel Elementary School • Craig Larimer, Financial Analyst, • Chris na Jenks, Ed. Asst. II- Physically Handicapped, Lincoln • David Morales, Custodian II, Business Services Department Spanish, Horace Mann Elemen- Elementary School Mountain Avenue Elementary • Rohila Malik, Ed. Asst. II, Cres- tary School • Maha Dali Nahat, Ed. Asst. School centa Valley High School • Yolanda Krivsky, Ed. Asst. - Intensive Support, Special • Roberto Munoz, Maintenance • Jose Medina, Custodian II, La II, Horace Mann Elementary Educa on Department Worker II, Facility & Support Crescenta Elementary School School • Chris an Nunez, PE Asst., R.D. Opera ons Department • Jason Miller, Opera ons • Silvik Nalbandian, Ed. Asst. II- White Elementary School • Jorge Oyuela, Custodian I, Coordinator, Facility & Support Armenian, Dunsmore Elemen- • Venancio Saban, Custodian I, Balboa Elementary School Opera ons Department tary School Toll Middle School • Krista Perez, Assistant Opera- • Sosseh Ohanian, Ed. Asst. II, • Rita Ruelas, Custodian I, Wilson • Jesus Sibal, Custodian I, Hoover ons Coordinator, Facility & Sup- Columbus Elementary School Middle School High School port Opera ons Department • Eliseo Perez, Maintenance • Mark Stone, Painter, Facility & • Rebecca Stoker, Ed. Asst. I, • Edgar Rivas, Groundsworker, Worker II, Facility & Support Support Opera ons Department Fremont Elementary School Facility & Support Opera ons Opera ons Department • Walter Yoneda, Network Tech- • Sonia Tchakian, Ed. Asst. II, Department • Jose Robles, Pool Maintenance/ nician, ETIS Crescenta Valley High Schoo • Anush Sarkisyan, Cafeteria Custodian, Facility & Support • Alis Teknedjian, Behavior Worker I, Hoover High School Opera ons Department 35 YEARS Interven on Assistant, Special • Melina Shahverdian, Cafeteria • Carmen Rodriguez, Ed. Asst. • Trakhuc Phan, Account Clerk III, Educa on Department Worker I, Hoover High School - Intensive Support, Special Financial Services Department Page 8 Staff -O-Gram 18-19, Issue 5, June 2019 Glendale Unifi ed School District | Glendale, California “Preparing our students for their future.” Photos from Open Houses 2019 Dunsmore Elementary Jeff erson Elementary Fremont Elementary

Glenoaks Elementary Keppel Elementary

La Crescenta Elementary Muir Elementary

Mann Elementary Lincoln Elementary

Con nued on page 9, Open House Page 9 Staff -O-Gram 18-19, Issue 5, June 2019 Glendale Unifi ed School District | Glendale, California “Preparing our students for their future.” Open House, con nued from page 8 Verdugo Woodlands Elementary Mountain Avenue Elementary

R.D. White Elementary

Hoover mujeres a end conference Tdap Award goes On May 4, about 40 Hoover girls, to Dunsmore their mothers, and mentors a ended the Adelante Mujer La na College and Career Conference in Pasadena. Every year, the district sponsors this mo va ng event to encourage girls to pursue a post-high school educa- on. Workshops were presented by La na professionals on personal growth, leadership, college plan- ning, career opportuni es in educa- on, STEM, law, business, healthcare, arts/media, and more. “Our group was the best group. They were re- sponsible, respec ul, and engaged. On Tornados!” said counselors Olga Iraheta and Karla Gonzales. Young storytellers at Franklin Several 5th graders at Franklin Elementary School have been par cipa ng in the Young Storytellers Workshop in a partnership with Disney volunteers. For 9 weeks, for one hour a week, students were mentored into wri ng a movie script. On the 10th week actors from Disney Studios performed each script in front of an audience made up of parents, teach- Dunsmore Elementary School ers, and classmates. As a culmina ng ac vity, won the Tdap Award! Special in May, the student writers will be visi ng the snacks were provided by Interim Disney Imagineering Studios for a “wrap party”. Superintendent Dr. Kelly King for Thank you Disney and Young Storytellers for Franklin student writers and Disney volunteer mentors and actors a er being the fi rst to get all vaccina- this amazing, once in a life me opportunity!” the performance. ons completed. Page 10 Staff -O-Gram 18-19, Issue 5, June 2019 Glendale Unifi ed School District | Glendale, California “Preparing our students for their future.” 2019 Elementary Robo cs Tournament The 11th Annual Elementary Robo cs Tournament was held on Saturday, April 6, in the gymnasium of the Ron Grace Memorial Sports Complex on the campus of Roosevelt Middle School. Over 200 students from 15 GUSD schools met to showcase their robo c skills in the spirit of friendly compe on. The goal of the compe on is to provide student-centered ac vi es where children can learn through engagement, explora on, explana on, elabora- on, and evalua on. It is an experience where adults take a back seat to the needs of the students and let the children do the work. The event is also student-centered with respect to the staff . Local high school and college students staff the event and receive community-service hours as well as gain experience in leadership and teamwork. The competition consists of three components, a STEM Presentation, Robot Design, and Robot Performance. The overall champion is the team that demonstrates excellence in all three areas and adheres to the student-centered as- pect of the event.

Special thanks to our guest speaker, Ms. Jen- nifer Rocca, project engineer at JPL’s SPHEREx Mission, designed to explore the origins of the galaxy, and the Glendale Education Founda- tion for supporting our District’s robotics pro- grams and the tournament. Kudos also to these GUSD elementary schools who participated in the competition: Balboa, Cerritos, Columbus, Edison, Franklin, Fremont, Glenoaks, Keppel, La Crescenta, Lincoln, Mann, Monte Vista, Muir, Verdugo Woodlands Team, 1st Place Lincoln Team, 2nd Place Roosevelt, and Verdugo Woodlands.

Congratula ons to the following winners: • Champions Award: Verdugo Woodlands, 1st Place; Lincoln, 2nd Place; Muir and Monte Vista, 3rd Place e • Robot Performance: Monte Vista, 1st Place; Edison, 2nd Place; Muir, 3rd Place • STEM Presenta on: Verdugo Woodlands, 1st Place; Monte Vista, 2nd Place; Lincoln, 3rd Place • Robot Design: Muir, 1st Place; Cerritos, 2nd Place; Verdugo Woodlands, 3rd Place Monte Vista Team, 3rd Place Tie Muir Team, 3rd Place Tie GUSD teams dominate at County Math Field Day The 38th Annual Los Ange- The team members are: Julianna Sarad, Wilson; and • Bronze - 7th Grade team les County Offi ce of Educa on • 4th Grade: Erik Antoshechkin, Ibrahim Ahmed, Roosevelt (LACOE) Math Field Day held was Fremont; Hana De Vi on De • 8th Grade: Eileen Lee, Rose- Trophies were given to the 5th held on April 27 at Glendora High Peyruis, Keppel; Miller Fires- mont; Nathan Scherrer, Toll; grade team for overall points. School in Glendora, California. tone, Verdugo Woodlands; and Lauren Chang, Wilson; and Alexander Yoon, Monte Vista Natalie Sargisyan, Roosevelt Special thank you to the coaches: This year, 39 public, charter and pri- • 5th Grade: Sam Cooper, Fre- • Jennifer Junge of Glenoaks vate schools and/or districts in LA mont; Daniel Kahdian, Monte The GUSD teams received the fol- Elementary School coached the County in grades 4 through 11 com- Vista; Maddy Ludes, Dunsmore; lowing awards: 4th grade team. • peted in Team Math compe ons and Johua Yang, Mountain Problem Solving Ma Hamo of Glenoaks for Conceptual Understanding and Avenue • Gold - 5th Grade team Elementary School coached the Problem Solving and also competed • 6th Grade: David Lee, Monte • 5th grade team. individually in Math Skills using a Vista; Ian Lee, Verdugo Wood- Bronze - 7th Grade team • Ryan Trinidad of Toll Middle Mul ple Choice Math Test. lands; Aidan Wei, Mountain Conceptual Understanding School coached the 6th grade Avenue; and Fanshu (Alex) • Gold - 8th Grade team team. • GUSD’s team included fi ve teams Meng, Monte Vista Individual Skill Kathy Nishimoto of Toll Middle of four from Grades 4 through 8. • 7th Grade: Nicholas Donoghue, • School coached the 7th and 8th Rosemont; Gore Sargsyan, Toll; Gold - 5th and 6th Grade team grade teams.

Fourth grade team with coach Jennifer Sixth grade team with coach Ryan Seventh and eighth grade team with Junge. Fi h grade team with coach Ma Hamo. Trinidad. coach Kathy Nishimoto. Page 11 Staff -O-Gram 18-19, Issue 5, June 2019 Glendale Unifi ed School District | Glendale, California “Preparing our students for their future.” Secondary students compete in District’s Special Olympics More than 200 students with special needs from GUSD middle and high schools and the F.A.C.T.S. Program competed at the 2019 GUSD Spring School Games on April 19 at Hoover High School. Students competed in track and fi eld events with Hoover students providing one-on-one support and Disney VoluntEARS supervising the compe on. Hoover is one of nine Special Olympics Unifi ed Champion Schools in GUSD and each school is commi ed to acceptance and inclu- sion for all students on their campuses. In 2018, GUSD became only the second district in Southern California designated as a Unifi ed Champion School District with more than 10 per- cent of the schools iden fi ed as Unifi ed Champion Schools. Congratula- ons to all the athletes.

Holocaust survivor visit Jeff erson celebrates author on 150th birthday In February, Thomas Jeff erson Elementary school’s stu- Jeff erson sixth graders dents celebrated Hovhannes Tumanyan’s 150th birthday. Over 400 students and parents from the FLAG Arme- nian and tradi onal English-only classrooms visited the annual Armenian Book Fair, which was dedicated to Tumanyan’s legacy as the best known Armenian chil- dren’s poet and writer. Students from grades kindergarten through sixth had completed lessons on this theme and par cipated in an art exhibi on by crea ng artwork refl ec ng Tumanyan’s life and his work. Their artwork was posted on the audi- torium’s walls. A jury composed of teachers determined Mr. David Meyerhof visited Jeff erson Elemen- the winners of each grade level who received precious books wri en by the great Tumanyan. tary 6th grade classes in February. His talk, called “From Nobel Prize to Kindertransport” is Students had the rare opportunity to have fi ve vendors and bookstores represented in the Book his story and the story of his grandparents and Fair, and they browsed and purchased books and educa onal materials of their choice. Primary parents, and how they survived the Holocaust. grade students watched cartoons adopted from Tumanyan’s books, and upper grade students He also read some of his poetry as he talked par cipated in a virtual tour of Tumanyan’s museum in Yerevan, Armenia. All par cipants took about prejudice, ci zenship and responsibility. pictures wearing tradi onal Armenian costumes. It was a fun day to remember. Page 12 Staff -O-Gram 18-19, Issue 5, June 2019 Glendale Unifi ed School District | Glendale, California “Preparing our students for their future.” Heroes are all around us Marshall’s gerrifi c PBIS team July Emerson is a preschooler who a ends the EEELP class on 4 Fourth of July Holiday | the College View campus, and District Offi ces Closed goes home by bus every day 16 Board of Educa on Mee ng at 12:30pm. Emerson is very | Admin Bldg Board Room | personable with staff - every 4:30 PM morning he stops at the front offi ce window to greet them 17 Meet & Greet with Dr. Viv- before heading to his class. ian Ekchian | Admin Bldg Board Room | 5 PM One day, a few minutes af- 19 Daily High School Summer ter ge ng on the bus to go Gradua on | First United home, Emerson came back Methodist Church, 134 N. Edward and Emerson. into the lobby, accompanied Kenwood Street | 1 PM by the bus driver (Edward). Edward explained that once he got on the bus, Em- erson realized he did not have the fl owers he had picked for his mom that day, and he could not go August home without them. Edward was kind enough to 13 Board of Educa on Mee ng bring Emerson back in and waited pa ently while | Admin Bldg Board Room | Emerson was escorted back to class to look for his Marshall Elementary School’s PBIS team close out the school 4:30 PM fl owers! Edward went out of his way to make sure a year with a mighty roar. From le : Kori Seaton, Alli Traber, Whitney Lescher, Carla Walker, Hasmig Simonian, Narine Har- 21 TK-12: First Day of School li le boy had fl owers to bring to his mom! tonian, Monica DeFazio, and Nora Doctorian.

Annual offi cers apprecia on luncheon

For over fi ve years now, Student Support Services hosts an annual SRO luncheon at the end of the school year. Each year, they invite the Glendale Police Department, the California Highway Patrol, and the Los Angeles Sheriff ’s Department La Crescenta Sta on, as well as the Glendale College Police to show their gra tude for their round the clock support in ensuring the safety of GUSD’s students, parents, staff and schools. “We value our long term rela onship and confi rm our commitment to con nued coopera on and partnership for safety and security of all our stakeholders,” said Student Services director Hagop Eulmessekian. School family celebrates Stegman’s 10th year at Dunsmore

Yay! for Karen Stegman

On May 31, the Dunsmore Elementary School staff , students and com- munity honored principal Karen Stegman for her ten years of service as principal. The Student Council presented her with fl owers and the staff gave her a shout out with a poem, as administra ve secretary, Chris ne Giannamore, presented her with a gi on behalf of the school. Her husband, Sco Stegman, also made an appearance and surprised her. The PTA honored Karen with the Outstanding Administra ve Award. In a endance from the District and the PTA included Interim Superinten- dent Dr. Kelly King, Execu ve Director of Elementary Services Dr. Mary Mason, and PTA Council President Monna Johnson. The Hilltoppers said, PTA members join Principal Karen Stegman, her husband Sco , along with Dr. “Thank you, Principal Karen Stegman, for your dedica on and passion Mary Mason, Interim Superintendent Dr. Kelly King and Glendale PTA Council to Dunsmore!” President Mona Johnson