Hoover High marching band to perform at namesake's birthplace

The Tornado band is preparing for a presidential march.

Italy counsul general stops by Glendale school

Italian students at Franklin Elementary School put their language skills on display Thursday for a high-profile visitor.

School districts face deficits next year

Glendale and Burbank school districts are facing structural deficits of $19.5 million and $6 million, respectively, in 2012-13 officials said this week, even if California voters pass a November tax initiative meant to bolster state coffers.

Language programs both boon, headache

Glendale Unified officials are assembling an advisory committee to address the growing pains of the district’s dual-language programs, including staffing needs and expansion, as students in the programs move from primary to secondary school sites.

Improved student attendance brings in the revenue for Glendale Unified

A new accountability system is helping Glendale Unified increase student attendance rates while also boosting state funding doled out based on the number of occupied classroom seats.

Glendale Unified Spanish learners tune in to music

At some schools, students recognize Mother’s Day with paper maché and handmade cards. At Franklin Elementary, Glendale Unified’s foreign languages magnet, they serenade their mothers with tunes from Spanish-language headliners Ozomatli and Maná.

Solar fair harnesses young minds

Wearing protective goggles, Alex Ionesco carefully moved his hands in the shape of an A as he clasped a large magnifying glass, focusing the sun’s beam to burn a small piece of wood.

A high school jazz program that shines

The recent decision to expunge jazz from Doug McIntyre's morning show on KABC radio — in a purported move to enlarge the show's audience — has stirred passions around the Southland.

Piano to become permanent fixture at Glendale Community College

An upright piano installed near the administration building at Glendale Community College last month as part of a three-week performing arts project is slated to become a permanent fixture on campus.

Glendale Community College sets timetable for finding interim president

Glendale Community College trustees plan to name an interim president by June 29, according to a timeline approved this week.

Glendale Community College trustee elected to state board

Glendale Community College Trustee Ann Ransford has been elected to a state board that sets policy, directs research and drives legislation related to California's 112 community colleges.

Students push pedals in first Bike to School event

The parade of two-wheelers snaking toward R.D. White Elementary School could have stocked a bicycle shop. There were mountain bikes, road bikes and beach cruisers with whitewall tires. Helmeted heads bobbed up and down to the rhythm of the pedals.

Testing kicks off with a bang and 'The Bull'

Sitting down to an exam never looked so fun Monday at Horace Mann Elementary School, where public officials and community leaders descended on the campus for a standardized testing kickoff celebration.

Kids taught bicycle basics

Community leaders, already working to improve local bicycle infrastructure, are targeting some of the city’s youngest riders.

Glendale Unified promotes from within to fill vacancy

Maria Gandera, executive director of human resources for Glendale Unified, as been promoted to assistant superintendent of human resources, officials announced Thursday. She will replace David Samuelson, who retires at the end of the school year.

Prom dresses get the once over before getting picked over

Carol Cianfrini doesn’t remember what she wore to her prom in 1953, but she certainly remembers her date. She and the handsome El Camino College student, John Cianfrini, would marry the following year.

Glendale Community College trustees opt for interim president

Glendale Community College trustees on Wednesday began the job of finding a permanent successor to outgoing President/Supt. Dawn Lindsay, deciding to hire an interim replacement while the search is carried out.

Glendale students, teacher head to NASA's Johnson Space Center

Two local students have engineered a modest science experiment into one very big opportunity.

After national recognition, Mieliwocki gets a raucous homecoming

A week that started with a national television appearance and a visit to the White House came full circle Monday as newly-named  National Teacher of the Year Rebecca Mieliwocki was given a raucous welcome home by students and colleagues at Luther Burbank Middle School.

Literacy garden opens in South Glendale

A new literacy garden opened at John Muir Elementary School in South Glendale on Friday, and campus kindergartners joined members of the Glendale Sunrise Rotary Club and school faculty to celebrate.

Dawn Lindsay asks voters to support governor's tax initiative

The importance of community collaboration in sustaining and bolstering student success at Glendale Community College was President/Supt. Dawn Lindsay's theme Thursday night in her final State of the College address.

Glendale Unified furlough day battle looms

Glendale Unified and its teachers union appear headed for battle over furlough days scheduled for 2012-13, just months after they eliminated similar dates from the current school year.

Burbank's Mieliwocki takes Teacher of the Year honors

Flanked by her family and colleagues, President Obama today called Burbank Unified teacher Rebecca Mieliwocki — the 2012 national Teacher of the Year — “the definition of ‘above and beyond.'”

Obama honors Burbank teacher for going 'above and beyond'

Flanked by her family and colleagues, President Obama today called Burbank Unified teacher Rebecca Mieliwocki -- the 2012 national Teacher of the Year -- “the definition of ‘above and beyond.’”

Obama: Mieliwocki is definition of 'above and beyond'

Flanked by her family and colleagues, President Obama today called Burbank Unified teacher Rebecca Mieliwocki -- the 2012 national Teacher of the Year -- “the definition of ‘above and beyond.’”