Clark Jellison BHS 1973 Float Designer

Returning designer imagines new float

Clark Jellison won first prize on his first Rose Parade design when he was 16 years old.

By Gretchen Meier, gretchen.meier@latimes.com
March 15, 2011, Burbank Leader

Clark Jellison has entered the annual Rose Parade float design contest since he was a Burbank High School student. Now 56, Jellison is the official float design contest winner for a seventh time for the "Just Imagine" theme entry into the 2012 Pasadena Tournament of Roses.

When he was just 16 years old, his design, "Neptune’s Daughter," took first place in the 1973 parade.This year’s sketch, with a working title of "The Great America Dream Machine," was a design Jellison originally submitted 10 years ago that came in second for the local contest. READ FULL STORY

Anson Williams Charity Golf Tournament

ANSON WILLIAMS
Charity Golf Tournament

Time: Friday, August 26 · 1:30pm - 4:30pm

Location: De Bell Golf Course, Burbank, CA
1500 East Walnut
Burbank, CA

Created By
Guy Gingell, Mike Feix

More Info
ANSON WILLIAMSCharity Golf TournamentPresented by: The Alumni Angel TrustProceeds benefit: Burbank & John Burroughs High School Alumni 1960-1980, Burbank, California.

The purpose of the ALUMNI ANGEL TRUST is to fund Alumni Associations and Individuals in making a positive difference in the lives of graduates. The fund enables it's trustees to offer resources (financial and other) to families in need.

Questions? Volunteering? Donations? guy@craigcottage321.com GOLF: feixmike@hotmail.com

or guy@craigcottage321.com

SILENT AUCTION: worlandb@aol.com Entry Fee $149/player

Guy Gingell
Cell: 206 459-8864

BHS Girl's Softball - 1949

Wordless Wednesday

Burbank High Academic Decathlon team advances

Academic Decathlon team advances to state competition


By Megan O'Neil, Burbank Leader
February 16, 2011


The Burbank High School Academic Decathlon team has advanced to the state championship after finishing fifth at the Los Angeles County Academic Decathlon earlier this month.


Led by long-time Burbank High English teacher Val Beidelman, students Benjamin Reyes, Hector Santa Cruz, Mariam Kyarunts, Rafael Santa Cruz, Audrey Min, Amanda Porreca, Marc Hoffman and Bruno Maynez faced off against competitors from 47 other Southern California high schools during two days of competition on Jan. 29 and Feb. 5.


Burbank High finished with a team score of 40,600 out of 60,000, good enough for fifth place. West High School in Torrance won the competition for the third consecutive year with a score of 44,476 points. The top eight teams advance to the state competition, which kicks off on March 12 in Sacramento.


Reyes, a senior and Burbank High Academic Decathlon president, earned an award for individually scoring more than 8,000 points. The team also won several sectional awards, including first place in the oral super quiz and third place in the super quiz

Bruce Osgood, BHS Principal,Takes New Job at Village Christian

Burbank High principal takes job at Village Christian

Bruce Osgood will step down at the end of the school year; search is on for his replacement.

By Megan O'Neil, megan.oneil@latimes.com
February 18, 2011, Burbank Leader

Burbank High School Principal Bruce Osgood will step down at the end of the academic year to assume a similar role at Village Christian Schools in Sun Valley, officials said Thursday. Osgood, 56, will serve as principal for the middle and high schools at Village Christian, a K-12 private school with an enrollment of about 1,000 students, said Head of Schools Tom Konjoyan. He replaces Lisa Levoe, who served as interim principal for one year. Levoe will now assume the title of assistant principal and continue to be in charge of college counseling.

Village Christian has been a standard bearer in private education for 60 years, Osgood said, and offers a unique experience for an affordable price. "I have been in public education for 25 years and have always loved it," Osgood said. "That hasn’t diminished at all, but I just feel at this time the call was to move to a Christian school where I could pursue my two great passions, ministry and education."

Since Osgood took the helm at Burbank High in 2003, the school raised its Academic Performance Index score by more than 100 points, and he supervised a major refurbishment project. He has been a champion for the school’s athletic teams, and two years ago oversaw the Burbank High centennial celebration.

In 2010, he was honored by the Assn. of California School Administrators as the 2009-10 High School Principal of the Year. READ FULL STORY

Burbank On Parade 2011

The City of Burbank is celbrating it's 100th Birthday this year and this is the theme for this year's Burbank On Parade which will be on Saturday April 9, 2011 at 11 a.m. at Olive Ave between Keystone Street and Lomita.
For more information click here Burbank On Parade.