Glendale High School (Glendale, California)

Glendale High School is an American high school located at 1440 Broadway Avenue East in Glendale, California. The school is the Flagship School of the Glendale Unified School District.Infobox Secondary school
name = Glendale High School
principal = Dr. Deb Rinder
type = US Public Secondary
grades = 9–12
established = September 1901
city = Glendale
state = California
country = USA
enrollment = 3,123
campus = Suburban
mascot = Dynamiters/Nitros
colors = colorbox|red colorbox|black Red and black
website = [http://www.glendalehigh.com/ www.glendalehigh.com]
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History

Glendale High School was founded as Glendale Union High School in 1901 by the residents of the villages of: Glendale, La Crescenta, Burbank, Eagle Rock, Ivanhoe, Tropico, and West Glendale.

The first classes were held at the Glendale Hotel. The first principal was Mr. Llewellyn Evans and the school consisted of 2 teachers and 29 students. The next year, a new school building was built at the corner of what is today Brand Boulevard and Broadway Avenue.

Mr. George Moyse was appointed Principal and continued in his role for 35 years until 1937. The school continued to grow rapidly as the years progressed and the school moved several times, first in 1907 to Harvard Street and then later in 1914 to Maryland Street.

Again, the school continued to grow, as enrollment reached 800 in 1920 and 1,050 in 1921. It was decided then to move the Grade 10, 11, and 12 Classes to a new campus at the corner of present-day Broadway Avenue and Verdugo Road (Grade 9 students remained at the Maryland Street campus, and were later integrated into area Middle Schools). The school has remained in this location (1440 East Broadway, at the southeast corner of Verdugo) since 1924. [http://www.glendalehigh.com/ghshistory.html]

The school suffered extensive damage during spring break in April 1964, when a student who was concerned about his grades set fire to the room in which he thought the grade information was stored. The fire quickly spread throughout the administration building and to adjacent buildings on the campus. The decision was made to reconstruct the campus, leaving the swimming pool, baseball field, tennis courts and football stadium as the only remnants of the old campus.

In the early 1990's, the decision was made by the School Board to reintegrate ninth graders into the Glendale Unified School District high schools. As a result, the 'J' building was constructed in 1994-1995, opening in September 1995.

In 2001, Glendale High School celebrated its centennial, by this point, the student population was 3,500 and there were over 100 teachers. [http://groups.google.com/group/gov.us.fed.congress.record.extensions/browse_thread/thread/acc6ac4cd1249eda/219d2aa944d8b5dd?lnk=st&q=%22Glendale+High+School%22+Congress&rnum=1#219d2aa944d8b5dd]

In 2001, the Glendale High School Visual and Performing Arts Programme (VAPA) was awarded the BRAVO Award for excellence in arts education by the Los Angeles County Music Centre. In 2003, the Programme won another award, the Creative Ticket National School of Distinction Award from the Kennedy Centre in Washington, D.C.. Glendale High School was the only Public High School to be awarded this honour.

On July 1, 2005, Ms. Katherine Fundukian replaced Mr. LeRoy Sherman and Mrs. Lou Stewart as Co-Principals, as part of a School District decision to move Glendale High School back to a "traditional" one-principal system from the two-principal system that had been in place.

In 2006, 8 students from Glendale High school represented the United States at the Junior G8 summit in St. Petersburg Russia, where they discussed world issues and met with the leaders of the G8 nations.

ports

Glendale High School was among the first schools in Southern California to offer Athletic Sports, and the school's sport program continues to be a major source of pride.

Glendale High School has two mascots, the "Dynamiters" in reference to the school Football Programme, and the "Nitros" in reference to all other sports.

Glendale High School offers the following sports:

Fall Season (September-November)

*Football
*Girls Volleyball
*Cross Country
*Girls Tennis
*Boys Water Polo

Winter Season (December-February)

*Girls Water Polo
*Boys Basketball
*Girls Basketball
*Boys Soccer
*Girls Soccer

pring Season (March-May)

*Golf
*Baseball
*Softball
*Boys Track and Field
*Girls Track and Field
*Boys Swimming
*Girls Swimming
*Boys Tennis
*Boys Volleyball
*Boys Lacrosse

Traditions

Oratorical

Every March, the school holds its annual "Oratorical" event,students from each class (Grades 9, 10, 11, and 12) are judged on:

*Discipline
*Spirit
*Tableau
*Speech

The tradition was started in 1910, during a time of heightened interest in Public Speaking in Southern California, it has continued through the years, demonstrating to the Community the pride students have in the school.

The event is judged by a combination of alumni, community members, and members of the military. The use of military personnel, in particular, has raised some controversy due, with accusations being levied that the primary motive for the event is to indoctrinate students towards a pro-military point of view.

Newspaper and Yearbook

The School Newspaper, the "Explosion", was first published in 1917, and has continued to be published semi-quarterly for the past since.

The School Yearbook, the "Stylus", was started in 1909 as a monthly publication. In 1910, it became a quarterly publication, being published each quarter by a different grade level. Since then, it has become an annual publication.

Pat Navolanic Memorial Award

The "Pat Navolanic Memorial Award" was established in 1966, in honor of Patrick Navolanic, student body president and Valedictorian of the Class of 1963, who is remembered for being extremely active in school activities, and who died of asphyxiation in 1965 while on holiday in France. [http://www.glendalehigh.com/navolanic.html]

The award is given to the Grade 12 student who best exemplifies Navolanic's leadership traits, scholarship skills and athletic prowess, as decided by a council of electors representing all Student Organisations and Sports Teams on campus. The winner receives a scholarship in the amount of $1,000. The selection process is completely administrated by Students, and sponsored by the school National Honour Society (NHS). The scholarship money is made possible by a financial endowment, as well as generous donations from students, teachers, alumni, and the community.

The winners of the award are as follows [http://www.glendalehigh.com/PNMAwinners.html] :
*1966 - Bruce Dalton
*1967 - Dave Taylor
*1968 - William Knudsen
*1969 - Sharon Kemp and Charlie Little
*1970 - Ralph Winter
*1971 - Art Sanders
*1972 - Laura Lee Boerner
*1973 - John Spear
*1974 - Marcia Zimmer
*1975 - Sam Lowe
*1976 - Mark Hallam
*1977 - Mark Ewing
*1978 - Mary Hollywood
*1979 - Chris Welker
*1980 - Kerry Steinshouer
*1981 - Stuart Schoenmann
*1982 - Greg Schneekluth
*1983 - Melinda Walters
*1984 - Clark Peterson
*1985 - Tina Sproul
*1986 - Andrea Hallgren
*1987 - Rashmi Sadana
*1988 - Tamaki Murakami
*1989 - Brad Soderlund
*1990 - Vula Baliotis
*1991 - Ronnie Apcar and Tom Phan
*1992 - Amber Novak
*1993 - Raffi Avedian and Shant Petrossian
*1994 - Loren Geller
*1995 - Ruth Ochoa
*1996 - David Schmittdiel
*1997 - Nina Kwon
*1998 - Christine Sung
*1999 - Tad Nakatani
*2000 - Christine Anouchian
*2001 - Jennifer Au
*2002 - Gerald Sung
*2003 - William Wagner
*2004 - Christina Sher
*2005 - Ray de Mesa
*2006 - Erika Hernandez
*2007 - Tigran Nalbandyan
*2008 - Henrietta Movsessian

Demographics

"Statistics for 2007-2008 School Year" [http://data1.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/SchEnrAll.asp?RptYear=2007-08&TheRpt=SchEnrAll&MySchool=GLENDALE%5ESENIOR%5EHIGH%2D%2DGLENDALE%5EUNIFIE%2D%2D1964568%2D1933530&cYear=2007-08&cChoice=SchEnrAll&cSelect=&Level=District&myTimeFrame=S&cTopic=Enrollment&cLevel=School&TheName=Glendale]

tudents By Grade

*Grade 9 - 744
*Grade 10 - 821
*Grade 11 - 804
*Grade 12 - 754

Gender and Ethnicity

Gender

*Female - 1,592 (51%)
*Male - 1,531 (49%)

Ethnicity

*American Indian/Alaskan Native - 7 (0.2%)
*Asian - 185 (5.9%)
*Pacific Islander - 4 (0.1%)
*Filipino - 301 (9.6%)
*Hispanic/Latino - 902 (28.9%)
*African-American - 56 (1.8%)
*White (Non-Hispanic) - 1,638 (52.4%)
*Multiple or No Response - 30 (1%)

Notable alumni

*John Wayne - Actor
*Bob Wian - Founder of the Bob's Big Boy chain of restaurants
*Frank Wykoff - Olympic runner
*Daron Malakian - Guitarist, vocalist System of a Down and Scars on Broadway
*Madeleine Stowe - Actress
*Babe Herman - Baseball player
*Bruce B. Herman - Appraiser, PBS Antiques Roadshow
*Ralph Winter - Film producer (The X-Men Trilogy, Fantastic Four 1 & 2)
*Duane Bickett - Professional Football Player
*Frankie Albert - Professional football player
*Dwight Stones - Olympic athlete, one-time world record holder (high jump)
*Bob Siebenberg - Drummer, Supertramp

References

* [http://www.glendalehigh.com/ghshistory.html A Pictorial History of Glendale High School] "Glendale High School", retrieved 22 July 2006
* [http://groups.google.com/group/gov.us.fed.congress.record.extensions/browse_thread/thread/acc6ac4cd1249eda/219d2aa944d8b5dd?lnk=st&q=%22Glendale+High+School%22+Congress&rnum=1#219d2aa944d8b5dd "GLENDALE HIGH SCHOOL 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY"] "Congressional Record Online", 15 May 2001, retrieved 15 February 2006
* [http://data1.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/SchEnrAll.asp?RptYear=2006-07&TheRpt=SchEnrAll&MySchool=GLENDALE^SENIOR^HIGH--GLENDALE^UNIFIE--1964568-1933530&cYear=2006-07&cChoice=SchEnrAll&cSelect=&Level=District&myTimeFrame=S&cTopic=Enrollment&cLevel=School&TheName=Glendale Enrollment Data - 2006-07] "California Department of Education", retrieved 29 April 2006
* [http://www.glendalehigh.com/PNMAwinners.html Pat Navolonic Memorial Award Winners] "Glendale High School", retrieved 10 December 2006

External links

* [http://www.glendalehigh.com/ Glendale High School]