Tornado Times

The Glendale Teachers’ Association (GTA) voted down the tentative agreement last month with GUSD by a vote of 587 to 414, thus initiating the process of fact findings, in which a third party will review the positions of both sides and offer recommendations.
The three-year agreement, which would have saved the district an annual $3.8 million, [...]

After visiting Carlsbad High School’s broadcasting studio, Associate Principal Jennifer Earl began the process of establishing a broadcast journalism class.
“Not only will the class allow students to create on-air personalities, but it will also provide service to the Hoover community,” Earl said.
The class will be offered starting next year, taught by English teacher Brian Crosby. [...]

Associate Principal Jennifer Earl will be marrying her fiancé, Kyle Foss, this summer on July 3. The wedding will take place at Earl’s family property in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
            Foss, who comes from Rockford, Illinois, currently works in marketing for the Conerstone OnDemand software company. The two first met at a University of Wisconsin Alumni Association [...]

            Summer school will be offering 35 classes this year compared to 61 classes last year, with lower enrollment compared to previous years. According to Assistant Principal Caroline Sweeney, the drop in enrollment was mostly due to fees.
            As a way to decrease GUSD’s budget deficit, all schools in the district cut math analysis and [...]

            There will be no banking days for the 2010-2011 school year.
69 votes (75 percent) were required to keep banking days, but only 66 teachers voted in favor of it last week.
            According to Associate Principal Jennifer Earl, since Wednesdays include a large amount of tardies, there would be less tardies now that school would [...]

            Cartoon Network’s live action show Destroy Build Destroy will feature Hoover staff and students as contestants. After auditions were held in April, Arby Oganesyan (’11), Yasmeen Todd (’10), and Kigen Sahakian (’11), along with associate principal Jennifer Earl and teachers Dave Huber and Nareg Keshishian were chosen as the six contestants.
            The focus of [...]

NAKED, exposure of the inner self, “captures the innocence, the vulnerability, and the true demeanor.”
            LeeAnn Crisostomo (’10) is holding her very own digital nude photography art show, “NAKED”, on May 27 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the art gallery (storage room B), which is located to the left of the staff parking [...]

Art teacher Helen Jorjorian passed away on May 4. During her 21 years at Hoover, she taught Art, Draw and Paint, Commercial Multimedia, and AP Studio Art.
“She was a dedicated teacher, and she will be very missed,” art teacher Mary Anna Pomonis said.
It has not been determined who will replace her classes yet, which are [...]

A student-faculty basketball game called “The Last Revenge” will be held on June 3 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m at the main gym. It is free for those who have an ASB discount but $3 without. All proceeds will go towards the student resource center’s future fundraising events.
The basketball game is sponsored by student [...]

            Glendale Community College will hold the third annual “GCC Bound for HHS” day on June 1 for seniors opting to attend this fall semester. The day is arranged by Alen Andriassian, GCC Director of Outreach and Assessment, and Rose Samore, 12th Grade Counselor.
The invitation-only event will have just 50 seniors who will get a [...]