Burbank High School

AIRPORT DISTRICT — Celebrating art and aviation, officials at Bob Hope Airport announced the winners of the first-ever tower banner contest Monday in Burbank. Three winners, one each from a Burbank, Glendale and Pasadena high school, were revealed during the Airport Authority’s meeting, nearly seven months after the contest was created. Ayleen Gevonolyan, 16, from Burbank High School, Joanna Lee, 18, of Glendale High School and Briana Dascoscos, 17, of Pasadena High School were chosen from a crowded field that started with 140 entries.

The Burbank High School play production class lampooned high school life, pop culture and the general weirdness of their hometown Friday in their annual “Kids on Stage” fundraiser. Entertaining nearly 200 people with their own writing and off-the-cuff improvisational daring-do, the young actors raised funds for their set expenses and theater trips in a Burbank High tradition. They will give an encore performance at 7 tonight at Burbank First Methodist Church, 700 N. Glenoaks Blvd.

Two high school seniors were awarded the 2008 Burbank Youth Enrichment Program Scholarship and Internship this month, which means $10,000 for college and four summers of paid internship with Warner Bros. Studios. Providence High School?s Yvette Melara, 18, and Diana Shaginian, 17, of Burbank High School, won out in a pool of 35 candidates, the largest number of applications received in the three-year history of the program. ?It feels pretty much like a dream; I?m still in a dream right now,?

Kelly Blatz is living his dream of becoming an action hero, and landing the lead role on a new Disney station — Disney XD — makes it that much sweeter. The 21-year-old Burbank native plays Charlie Landers in the new show “Aaron Stone.” Landers is a video game world champion whose expertise lands him a job as a secret agent. Now he must fight crime while learning to use all the nifty top-secret gadgets in between keeping up his school work and home life.

BURBANK — Burbank police officers on Wednesday arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with the Nov. 29 death of his father, Timothy Loock, assistant football coach at Burbank High School. Noah Loock faces one felony count of involuntary manslaughter and was released from custody on $25,000 bond. He is due back in Pasadena Superior Court on July 16, authorities said. The incident occurred shortly before 2 p.m. Nov. 29, when police responded to a fight at the family home on the 1800 block of North Avon Street.

Glendale High Associate Principal Mike Bertram will leave the Nitros this summer to become Burbank High School's new principal. One of 20 people who applied for the position, Bertram replaces current principal Hani Youssef, who was recently appointed as director of student services for Burbank Unified. Bertram comes with 25 years of experience as an educator, having also worked for South Pasadena and La Canada school districts. He isn't new to Burbank Unified either. From 2001 through 2008, Bertram worked as a high school assistant principal.

Gary Moskowitz BURBANK -- The Burbank High School Parent Teacher Student Assn. meeting has been rescheduled for Tuesday. The PTSA will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the library at Burbank High School, 902 N. 3rd St. in Burbank. Helen Quayle, a teacher on special assignment covering athletics and activities, will speak on participation in athletic programs and school activities. Leslie De Roos, Burbank High School principal, will provide an update on the new school year at the high school.

A popular Burbank High School football player died at his home in Shadow Hills Tuesday night in what officials have ruled a suicide. The student was identified by Los Angeles County coroner's officials as 17-year-old Matthew Smyser. The official cause of death was released Thursday. Burbank Unified officials were notified of the death Wednesday morning by the Los Angeles Mayor's Crisis Response Team, Supt. Stan Carrizosa said. District grief counselors were immediately deployed to the school, where they remained all week.

Gary Moskowitz The Burbank High School Parent Teacher Student Assn. will meet next week to discuss current issues at the high school. The group will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the library at Burbank High School, 902 N. 3rd St. Helen Quayle, a teacher on special assignment covering athletics and activities at Burbank High, will speak on participation in athletic programs and school activities. Leslee De Roos, Burbank High School principal, will also be providing an update on the new school year, and there will be time for questions.