Glendale High School Explosion Vol. 103, No. 2 1440 E. Broadway, Glendale, CA 91205 Thursday, October 25, 2018 Homecoming breakdown By Natalie Rosales football team will be introduced to the Co-Editor-in-Chief crowd at both rallies. Later in the day, starting around 6 p.m. On Thursday, Oct. 18, the Homecom- the Homecoming Courts from both schools ing Court was announced. ASB advisor will be introduced in a pre-game ceremony. Jon Livingston made the announcement Then the varsity football teams of over the PA system that senior princesses Glendale and Hoover highs will meet in are Genevieve Garcia, Ani Muradyan, Li- football for the 89th straight year begin- ana Palmiery, Xcaret Salvador, and Saku ning at 7 p.m. at Moyse Stadium. Yoshioka. Both schools have not had a lot of The princes are Rouben Aghajanyan, success this season, winning just one game Benjamin Do, Sebastian Duran, Trent each, but tonight the teams will play for the Lousararian, andArchawin Nim Anong. city championship and the winning school Underclassmen get involved on the gets to keep the prized possession; the Vic- court too. They are duchesses and dukes. tory Bell. It costs $5 for students and $8 for The duchesses are freshman Caitlin adults to attend the game and a large crowd Calica, sophomore Susanna Poghosyan, is expected. and junior Hannah Garcia. The dukes are Homecoming would not be complete freshman Hovanes Muradyan, sophomore without mentioning the highly anticipat- Lanfranco Marenzi, and junior Andrew ed dance. This year’s dance will be next Do. week. It is on Nov. 3 and it will be held The court will also be introduced to at the Avalon Hollywood. The dance starts the school at this morning’s pep rallies held at 6 p.m. and finishes at 9:30 p.m. But the in the big gym. Also scheduled to happen first 400 people who purchased a ticket at the rallies are performances from the will get a special ticket that takes them to cheer, dance-drill, and color guard teams. the Bardot Room and their fun won’t end This year’s Homecoming Dance will be held at the Avalon Hollywood on And there will be games and contests be- until 11 p.m. The tickets cost $60 with an Saturday, Nov. 3, starting at 6 p.m. Tickets are available at the student tween the grade levels. The entire varsity ASB card, and $65 without ASB card. store. Ticket prices are $60 with ASB card, $65 without ASB card. Round Up worth the wait By Ayda Ateshian drumline. Co-Editor-in-Chief All performances were outstanding and they all did an amazing job. People seemed to be having lots of fun. Many After a while of delay due to weather of the attendees were former students. issues, Round Up was a successful event Many teachers came out as well to after all, being held on Tuesday of last show support and they were surprised week. as to what a great job all the clubs had The annual school carnival was origi- done and the effort that was put into the nally scheduled for Oct. 3 but the treat of event. Amaras Gogoshian, the ASB di- rain in the forecast forced the ASB to re- rector of clubs, organized the event and schedule it. did an amazing job The event started at 6 p.m. and ended Jon Livingston, ASB advisor, said, at 9 p.m. There was a $3 entry fee. Around “I am so proud of all the hard work put 700 people attended which was less than forth by all of our clubs, teams, and the usual, but it was still definitely a big groups in planning and carrying out this crowd. There were 52 groups/clubs, 43 out year’s event. Their enthusiasm and ded- of 52 of them sold food. ication are the reason I keep doing this Not all clubs necessarily sold food, job.” some did other fun activities such as ka- He continued, “And I want to espe- raoke, a photo booth, a jail, and a wedding cially recognize Amaras Gogoshian for booth. These clubs did extremely well all of her hard work and organization. Photo Courtesy of Stylus and people loved it. There were live per- This event could not have happened Madalyn Fabian serves up some delicious pizza at Round Up. formances by dance drill team, cheer, and without her.” Rangel wins Grammy honor NEWS In Brief By Natalie Rosales ing the instruments, music purchasing, and Co-Editor-in-Chief other expenses. Glendale High is an amaz- ing school with amazing students and I am Glendale High School’s longtime in- proud to be a part of it.” *Glendale High School will be having an important informational night regarding vaping. Vaping is rapidly becoming one of the largest concerns facing schools today. Parents/Guard- strumental music instructor Amy Rangel Rangel oversees the instrumental mu- ians are encouraged to attend. You will learn the physical and medical dangers cause from was selected as one of 25 nation- sic program which includes Vaping, what the Vaping instruments look like, how kids are using them, and what the con- al semifinalists for a 2019 Music marching band, color guard sequences are from Vaping. Parents/Guardians and any family members from our feeder Educator Award sponsored by and drumline, concert band, elementaries and middle schools are encouraged to attend. The date/time of the event is Oct. the Recording Academy, pre- string orchestra, symphonic or- 30, 6 p.m. in the John Wayne Performing Arts Center. senters of the Grammy Awards, chestra, and jazz band. and the Grammy Museum on Rangel was one of 25 teach- *Student’s School E-mail Passwords have been wiped out. All students can access their Wednesday, Oct. 10. ers from 24 cities and 16 states account at: drive.google.com. Students will need to log in using the instructions below. And last week Rangel was out of a pool of 2,800 hopefuls Once in, it will prompt students to create a custom password that only they will know. at the Grammy Museum in Los as the competition was open to Please make sure to save your password. Angeles receiving another high instructors from kindergarten User Protocol for Secondary Students: Username: award. to college. Amy Rangel First initial of first name + first 3 letters of last name + last 4 digits of ID# + stu.gusd.net She and her music pro- She was the only nominee Example: [email protected] or [email protected] gram were selected to receive a from Los Angeles County. Password: 2018 Grammy Signature Enterprise Award, GHS Principal Ben Wolf said, “What gusd + Stu ID# + ! (exclamation point at the end) which is a three-year grant that totals an amazing year for Ms. Rangel and the Example: gusd123456! (Their GUSD student ID #) $22,500. She has already gotten a check! GHS music program. Last week we won the Secondary Students will be forced to change password upon first log in Rangel said, “I am surprised and hon- Grammy Signature School Award and Ms. ored for Glendale High School to be cho- Rangel is a finalist for the Grammy Music *The yearbook staff will begin accepting senior Baby Pictures and Senior Quotes for the sen as a Grammy Signature School and that Educator of the Year. 2019 yearbook on Monday, Nov. 12. Come down to room 6110 and submit your cutest baby I have made the semi-finals of Grammy “Both of these are a reflection of the picture and also pick up a senior quote form. And it’s not too late to have your senior portrait teacher of the year. The grant money from terrific music program Ms. Rangel has built taken. Make a senior portrait appointment at whites-studios.com. the awards will really help us with repair- here at Glendale High.” Thursday, October 25, 2018 Opinion Glendale High School Explosion 2 Staff Editorial by Ayda Ateshian Staff Columns 2 Governor Brown vetoed a Senate Bill that would have required many CA schools to start after 8:30 a.m. Do you agree with the governor? No, I support SB 328 By Edwin Abramian On Sept. 30, Governor Brown vetoed an act that would prevent all middle and high schools in California have to start school before 8:30. The typical start time for middle and high schools in America is 8:00. I believe that this proposition (SB 328) should have not been ve- toed but instead taken into effect. First of all, SB 328 gets the approval of from sleep scientists, as they argue that starting school at the normal time which is 8 o’clock, leads to sleep deprivation and is an overall det- riment to the student’s overall mental and phys- ical health. I think I can speak on behalf of most students when I say that they would not mind an extra half hour or so of sleep each night. Start- ing a half an hour later means that school would end 30 minutes later. A better night’s sleep can give a boost to the child’s overall performance and attitude at school. I just believe that passing this propo- sition is beneficial to all those involved. Over time it can be a huge positive for the students and teachers, as they get thirty more minutes to plan or rest. Those going against SB 328 claim that changing start times to 8:30 would result in a complete overhaul of the school buses sched- ule so that they can be more effective.