Dads are best of the dressed

Dads donned tights, high heels and wigs Thursday in the name of male bonding.

Senator’s new job is chancellor

GLENDALE — State Sen. Jack Scott, who is in his final year in the state Legislature, has been named chancellor of the California Community Colleges, the state’s community college system office announced Thursday.

READING, WRITING AND WASHING

Youngsters check out the job market

Glendale teens and young adults milled around the Youth Job Fair at the Verdugo Jobs Center on Wednesday, many looking for leads as they prepared to enter the job market for the first time.

GLENDALE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD MEETING WRAP-UP

BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE

Campus gets cell phone alert system

GLENDALE — Cell phones have become the linchpin of a new emergency notification system at Glendale Community College.

IN THE CLASSROOM:
Watching the child detectives

After reading the book, “Mayflower Treasure Hunt,” R.D. White third-grader Camila Castaneda donned a fedora — like detectives used to do — and set out to solve the mystery of the stolen necklace.

PTA NEWS:
Taste of Glendale helps Healthy Kids

Tickets for A Taste of Downtown Glendale are on sale now. For only $25 for adults and $10 for children under age 12, guests can enjoy a family evening of food and entertainment from 5:30 to 8 p.m. May 14. This event is sponsored by Glendale Healthy Kids.

GETTING IN CHARACTER

School creates a scene

The sophomore class sold caramel apples, the National Honor Society offered chocolate-covered strawberries, and the senior class tempted passersby with trips through an inflatable-house-sized obstacle course.

Scholars win college money

The burden of paying for college has been lightened considerably for three Glendale Unified School District students who will receive significant financial assistance through the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation.

Marshall Minstrels present spring theater

Classic fairy tales were given healthy plot twists Friday in the Marshall Elementary School drama club’s spring theater performances.

Students learn the art of conversational Korean

Students who finished a new, 10-week Korean conversation class at Mark Keppel Elementary on Thursday left the enrichment session with some practical knowledge of a new language and a hearty appetite for Korean food.

Students bring a legend to life

The legend of the Chinese folk heroine Mulan is hundreds of years old. But the students at Glendale Adventist Academy have found ideals that are relevant to the modern world in the ancient story.

Dinner is served at GCC

Students were coached on the finer points of fine dining at Glendale Community College Wednesday night, during a professional development seminar on etiquette and manners organized by the school’s Rotaract club — the college-level version of Rotary International.

Middle schools get trashy

A flock of Wilson Middle School students snapped their hands into plastic gloves during lunch on Wednesday and set out across campus to gather up what some might dismiss as mere trash.

Orchestra puts on solo performance

On Tuesday evening, for the first time in recent memory, Glendale High School’s symphonic orchestra had the stage to itself and a show to call its own.

A fight for students’ rights

After going through the motions of a graduation ceremony at Glendale Community College on Tuesday, about 20 students held up pieces of paper displaying printed messages that expressed their fears about the future.

Students may be offered ‘middle’ option

GLENDALE — Students who are in high school but could use a change of scenery may have a new option for education come fall 2009.

Students, parents go green

The color green has always had a place at Verdugo Woodlands Elementary School — the school’s colors are green and gold — but green has taken on a new meaning on campus this spring, with the launch of several environmentally friendly projects.

Popular principal prepares for his next chapter

When the PTA at Glenoaks Elementary School set a membership goal of 100% this fall, Principal Bob Modrzejewski stepped in with an incentive to encourage families to join the organization.

IN THE CLASSROOM:
Students warm to solar power

The sun cooked a quesadilla and spun the blades of a fan as kindergartners at Mountain Avenue Elementary School got a taste of the workings of solar energy.

MURAL UNITES A CROWD

PTA NEWS:
Theater group coming to Hoover

Open auditions for “Once Upon a Mattress” will continue from 6 to 9 p.m. today at Hoover High School, 651 Glenwood Road, according to Stepping Stone Players spokeswoman Susan Kussman.

Students get to try hands at rope tricks

It was 6-year-old Justin Pauly’s first time operating an old-fashioned spinning wheel.

Speaking out with silence

During lunchtime Friday at Glendale High School, amid the usual hubbub of snacking and socializing, about 50 students and teachers sat in a circle in a silent protest of harassment and discrimination in any form.

United Nations Day observed

Colorful costumes from a variety of cultures replaced the parochial uniforms of students at Holy Redeemer School on Thursday during the 12th annual United Nations Day.

Parents blast Day of Silence

GLENDALE — A group of more than 20 parents showed up Wednesday at the Glendale Unified School District board meeting to oppose the district permitting students to participate in any activities related to the Day of Silence, a national campaign designed to call attention to the harassment and bullying of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth in schools.

GLENDALE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD MEETING WRAP-UP

The school board approved an agreement with Tomit Consulting for construction management services for the first phase of construction at Columbus Elementary School.

Students mastering English

GLENDALE — The percentage of Glendale Unified School District students who are mastering the English language — as measured by achievement on the state’s test of English language proficiency — went up 2 percentage points between last year and this year, a bump that pleases school district officials.

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