Photo Gallery: Glendale Unified School District’s annual state of the schools

Interim Superintendent of Schools Dr. Donald Empey gives the state of the schools address to a full auditorium during the 11th annual state of the schools breakfast at Edison Elementary School in Glendale on Thursday, October 8, 2015. The event was sponsored by the Glendale Educational Foundation.

Interim Superintendent of Schools Dr. Donald Empey gives the state of the schools address to a full auditorium during the 11th annual state of the schools breakfast at Edison Elementary School in Glendale on Thursday, October 8, 2015. The event was sponsored by the Glendale Educational Foundation.

  (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

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Marching bands and speeches rounded out the festivities at the 11th annual “State of the Schools” event Thursday morning on the Edison Elementary campus, culminating with a plea to financially support Glendale Unified’s robotics and middle-school intramural programs.

Photo Gallery: Glendale Unified School District's annual state of the schools

The Glendale High School band played at the end of the 11th annual state of the schools breakfast at Edison Elementary School in Glendale on Thursday, October 8, 2015. The event was sponsored by the Glendale Educational Foundation.

  (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: Glendale Unified School District's annual state of the schools

A large crowd came out early for the 11th annual state of the schools breakfast at Edison Elementary School in Glendale on Thursday, October 8, 2015. The event was sponsored by the Glendale Educational Foundation.

  (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: Glendale Unified School District's annual state of the schools

Glendale Educational Foundation VP Georgette Green, left, presented Glendale School District Board of Education president Christine Walters with a $10,000 check at the 11th annual state of the schools breakfast at Edison Elementary School in Glendale on Thursday, October 8, 2015. The event was sponsored by the Glendale Educational Foundation.

  (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: Glendale Unified School District's annual state of the schools

Pacific BMW’s Nick Lam was presented with the Educational Excellence award during the 11th annual state of the schools breakfast at Edison Elementary School in Glendale on Thursday, October 8, 2015. The event was sponsored by the Glendale Educational Foundation.

  (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: Glendale Unified School District's annual state of the schools

Crescenta Valley High School junior Sam Linkchorst showed off the school’s JINK robot during the 11th annual state of the schools breakfast at Edison Elementary School in Glendale on Thursday, October 8, 2015. The event was sponsored by the Glendale Educational Foundation.

  (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: Glendale Unified School District's annual state of the schools

Crescenta Valley High School principal Dr. Linda Junge was named a recipient of the 2015 Gold Ribbon High School Principal award during the 11th annual state of the schools breakfast at Edison Elementary School in Glendale on Thursday, October 8, 2015. The event was sponsored by the Glendale Educational Foundation.

  (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: Glendale Unified School District's annual state of the schools

Edison Elementary School teacher Andrea Reuter, center, was selected as the Glendale Unified Teacher of the Year for 2015-16, here with Board of Education President Christine Walters, left, and the GEF’s president Toni Beck Espinoza, right, at the 11th annual state of the schools breakfast at Edison Elementary School in Glendale on Thursday, October 8, 2015. The event was sponsored by the Glendale Educational Foundation.

  (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)