The student news site of Glenn High School

The Growl

The student news site of Glenn High School

The Growl

The student news site of Glenn High School

The Growl

Q&A: Marissa Guzman new head softball coach

Q&A: Marissa Guzman new head softball coach

Catherine Nolan, Staff Reporter February 8, 2017

Meet new Marissa Guzman, she teaches Algebra 1/Algebra 2 Pre-AP. Why did you come to Glenn? “I taught at Bastrop High School before I was offered a head coaching job here for softball, and I have...

Teacher Spotlight: Sign Language teacher Ruth Hedges living the best of both worlds

Teacher Spotlight: Sign Language teacher Ruth Hedges living the best of both worlds

Lily Villarreal, Staff Reporter January 27, 2017

American sign language and English teacher, Ruth Hedges, grew up living in a world of noise and silence. Children can lose their hearing when they’re young because of an illness or in other cases...

Student Spotlight: Sophomore Noah Jones found a passion for MMA

Student Spotlight: Sophomore Noah Jones found a passion for MMA

Lily Villarreal, Staff Reporter January 4, 2017

Sophomore Noah Jones began practicing Mixed Martial Arts for almost three years at Vortex Martial Arts. In the beginning of Jones’s MMA path it was never about the fighting nor was it the desire to...

Q&A: Librarian Cathy Diehl gives insight on being a librarian

Q&A: Librarian Cathy Diehl gives insight on being a librarian

Brodie Hill, Staff Reporters January 2, 2017

Why did you become a librarian? “I became a librarian because I was tired of only helping the students that were assigned to me. I wanted to help many others and I love to read so this was perfect...

Student Spotlight: Sophomore Lizzy Nguyen shares her religion

Student Spotlight: Sophomore Lizzy Nguyen shares her religion

Lily Villarreal, Staff Reporter January 2, 2017

For sophomore Lizzy Nguyen, explaining her religion to people can be quite difficult because not everyone understands what her religion is. The Jehovah's Witnesses believe in one God, Jehovah, translated...

Freshman Kelsey Childers started public school for the first time this year after being homeschooled by her mother.

Student Spotlight: Freshman Kelsey Childers enters public school for first time

Lily Villarreal, Staff Reporter December 1, 2016

Freshman Kelsey Childers, was homeschooled her whole life. Until this year Childers was taught by their mother, who also taught her two older sisters. Eventually both older sisters went back to public...

Freshman Layla Smith joined gymnastics to improve flexibility.

Student Spotlight: Freshman Layla Smith finds hobby in gymnastics

Lily Villarreal, Staff Reporter December 1, 2016

Twice every week, freshman Layla Smith, goes to Zero Gravity for her gymnastics class. Smith joined gymnastics at the beginning of the school year to improve her flexibility. “I joined because I used...

Book Reviews: Students take on library suggestions

Hannah Stedman, Heavenlee Walker and Drake Kidd November 16, 2016

The Leaving by Tara Altebrando Six kids are taken on their first day of kindergarten and only five come back. No one remembers anything about being taken or where they were for the 11 years they were...

Principal Arturo Lomeli, speaks at the schools opening dedication to Tom Glenn Sept. 17 2016.

Q&A: Principal Arturo Lomeli reflects on opening GHS, moving to Texas

Heavenlee Walker, Staff Reporter November 16, 2016

Why did you move to Leander? It was all about family. We were living in Oregon and we loved Oregon except our lives were a little bit crazy. I wanted to make our kids the priority. I got a call one...

Glenn High School November Pep Rally

Glenn High School November Pep Rally

November 15, 2016

Photos by Payton Whittlesey & Faith Sehon

iDance photos, Oct. 25

iDance photos, Oct. 25

October 27, 2016

Photos by Melanie Gonzalez

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