The Lancaster Prize was founded in 2021 to recognize excellence in the field of school journalism for seniors at Glendale High School. It was named in honor of Mr. Patrick Lancaster, the legendary teacher, coach and athletic director, who retired from GHS in 2020 and had been the Explosion advisor at our school since 1993. Seniors who have written for our Explosion website submitted up to three articles for consideration for this year’s award. Their submissions fell under four categories: Features,...
Last year, as I was driving out to take a tour of Cal Poly Pomona, I noticed the hills were wreathed in striking yellow. Unfortunately, these...
The Pat Navolanic Memorial Award is the most prestigious honor that can be bestowed upon a Glendale High School senior. Applicants must have...
The Glendale High School Drama Department presented a live-stage production of the murder mystery comedy, Clue, based on the Parker Brothers...
Hong Kong is calling! The day before one of her tournaments near Palm Springs, Glendale High School junior, Victoria Meneses, tried out for...
Brandon Chase, a senior at Glendale High School, has had a passion for track and field since middle school, but his interests extend beyond track. He actively plays many different sports in his free time, and he occasionally enjoys cooking as well. Brandon started competing in track in middle school, and he has continued to pursue it through his senior year. He enjoys playing sports, because he gets along with everyone and is pretty good at running. He eventually became one of the captains of...
Quan Tran is a 16-year junior at Glendale High School, he was born in Glendale, and he is the captain of the boys varsity volleyball team at...
Glendale High School junior Emerson Whiting was born in Hollywood. She likes reading and playing volleyball, and she is a member of our CIF State...
At Glendale High School, one remarkable teacher stands out among the corridors of the 2000 building, in Room 2231. Armenian language teacher,...
If you've ever been to a freshman softball game, you can hear Jordan Alvarez doing all the chants and hyping up the dugout to get that victory. Jordan...
The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes was published in 2013, and it is the first novel in a four-book series. This is a young adult thriller series that follows Cassie Hobbes, a 17-year-old girl who is contacted by the FBI to join a special program. The story starts off with Cassie working in a diner, when a young man comes in and asks her to guess how he likes his eggs. In Cassie's internal dialogue, we learn that she uses small details about people to guess things about them. She decides that...
One of the best movies in the Fast and Furious franchise has to be The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. This movie was released in 2006, and it was directed by Justin Lin and written by Chris Morgan. Tokyo...
Dubai Bling is a reality TV show about a group of wealthy individuals living in Dubai, a city located in the United Arab Emirates. This show is all about their fancy lifestyles, which are filled with drama,...
Ever wonder how a small-time boxer can become a champion? Rocky is a film directed by John G. Avildsen, which stars Sylvester Stallone (as Rocky), Talia Shire (as Adrian), Burt Young (as Paulie). It...
Vs Self is a three-piece screamo band that was formed in 2018 in Apple Valley, California. They had a couple shows in Los Angeles before releasing a demo in 2019. This demo would later appear on their...
Maladaptive daydreaming? Multiple universes? Deja vu? Two strings? The Mandela Effect? Chaos theory? The Big Bang? The law of attraction? TIME TRAVEL?! All of these theories are terrifying and keep becoming more real every day. Crazy right? But what do each of these theories mean and what do they all have in common? They question the universe! If you really think about it, we're just sitting on a tiny floating rock that’s moving through space. But our tiny rock is only like a grain...
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Have you ever found yourself eating out of boredom and then feeling terrible about it, and maybe you don’t know what to do about it? That was...
This article was sparked by one of Glendale High School’s very own teachers, Ms. Holly Ciotti. We have had a debate in class about problematic...
As winter leaves and spring approaches, that means it’s finally time for SPRING BREAK! After working so hard for weeks, students look forward...
Glendale High School junior Emerson Whiting was born in Hollywood. She likes reading and playing volleyball, and she is a member of our CIF State Champion girls varsity volleyball team. She also really loves origami and has provided our school with a very welcome method for connecting with Japanese culture. A decent number of GHS students have come from Verdugo Woodlands Elementary School, which has the Japanese Dual Immersion Program, and it’s a good connecting point for these students and their...
Mariam Brito Salazar is a senior at Glendale High School. She was born in Glendale, but she grew up in México and the United States. Along with...
Botanists speak of a phenomenon known as “plant blindness”, whereas most people go through life essentially “blind” to the plant life...
Dashiell Takeuchi was born in LA, and he is a current senior, and president of the Dungeons & Dragons Club, here at Glendale High School....
Leo Degrassi is the senior president of the Culinary Club at Glendale High School. He was born and raised here in California, with an interest...
