Glendale students head back to class

Photo Gallery: Free donuts at Hoover High School on first day of school

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Ashley Gamez, 16, and Jeanette Tlapa, 16, delicately accept a full tray, piled high with donuts to give to incoming students at Hoover High School where students, many of them cheerleaders and the dance team, hand out 1,700 small donuts to welcome back students on the first day of school on Monday, August 10, 2015. Many students who arrived for the first day of school were either too shy to take a donut, or just didn’t want one. There were many leftover. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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Raymon Ramos, 17, grabs a donut from Jeanette Tlapa, 16, and Ashley Gamez, 16, at Hoover High School where students, many of them cheerleaders and the dance team, hand out 1,700 small donuts to welcome back students on the first day of school on Monday, August 10, 2015. Many students who arrived for the first day of school were either too shy to take a donut, or just didn’t want one. There were many leftover. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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A line of girls, many of them with trays full of donuts, wait for students to arrive at Hoover High School where students, many of them cheerleaders and the dance team, hand out 1,700 small donuts to welcome back students on the first day of school on Monday, August 10, 2015. Many students who arrived for the first day of school were either too shy to take a donut, or just didn’t want one. There were many leftover. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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A student, on the first day of school, picks up a free donut at Hoover High School where students, many of them cheerleaders and the dance team, hand out 1,700 small donuts to welcome back students on the first day of school on Monday, August 10, 2015. Many students who arrived for the first day of school were either too shy to take a donut, or just didn’t want one. There were many leftover. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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A Homer Simpson cartoon eating a dount to advertise the free donut giveway at Hoover High School where students, many of them cheerleaders and the dance team, hand out 1,700 small donuts to welcome back students on the first day of school on Monday, August 10, 2015. Many students who arrived for the first day of school were either too shy to take a donut, or just didn’t want one. There were many leftover. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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The will of Daniel Nuno, 17, was strong, resisting a free donut from many until he got to Briana Rosas, 17, who at the end of the line, blocked him and held out the tray to make it too hard to resist at Hoover High School where students, many of them cheerleaders and the dance team, hand out 1,700 small donuts to welcome back students on the first day of school on Monday, August 10, 2015. Many students who arrived for the first day of school were either too shy to take a donut, or just didn’t want one. There were many leftover. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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Jemminique Lintag, 15, pleads with anybody to take a free donut, of which she has nearly an entire tray near the end of her team’s time to hand them out at Hoover High School where students, many of them cheerleaders and the dance team, hand out 1,700 small donuts to welcome back students on the first day of school on Monday, August 10, 2015. Many students who arrived for the first day of school were either too shy to take a donut, or just didn’t want one. There were many leftover. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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A line of arriving students walk passed many dozens of free donuts Hoover High girls are pleading to give away at Hoover High School where students, many of them cheerleaders and the dance team, hand out 1,700 small donuts to welcome back students on the first day of school on Monday, August 10, 2015. Many students who arrived for the first day of school were either too shy to take a donut, or just didn’t want one. There were many leftover. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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Shant Eulnessekian, 16, is handed a really tippy pile of donuts, some of them falling to the ground, to help hand out to incoming students at Hoover High School where students, many of them cheerleaders and the dance team, hand out 1,700 small donuts to welcome back students on the first day of school on Monday, August 10, 2015. Many students who arrived for the first day of school were either too shy to take a donut, or just didn’t want one. There were many leftover. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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A few donut casualties, which eventually get stepped on, at Hoover High School where students, many of them cheerleaders and the dance team, hand out 1,700 small donuts to welcome back students on the first day of school on Monday, August 10, 2015. Many students who arrived for the first day of school were either too shy to take a donut, or just didn’t want one. There were many leftover. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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A line of empty-handed girls arriving for the first day of school go through a tunnel of girls giving away donuts at Hoover High School where students, many of them cheerleaders and the dance team, hand out 1,700 small donuts to welcome back students on the first day of school on Monday, August 10, 2015. Many students who arrived for the first day of school were either too shy to take a donut, or just didn’t want one. There were many leftover. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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Alejandro Conseanscia, 14, smiles with two donuts in hand at Hoover High School where students, many of them cheerleaders and the dance team, hand out 1,700 small donuts to welcome back students on the first day of school on Monday, August 10, 2015. Many students who arrived for the first day of school were either too shy to take a donut, or just didn’t want one. There were many leftover. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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Levon Boshyan, 17, picks out a donut being given away at Hoover High School where students, many of them cheerleaders and the dance team, hand out 1,700 small donuts to welcome back students on the first day of school on Monday, August 10, 2015. Many students who arrived for the first day of school were either too shy to take a donut, or just didn’t want one. There were many leftover. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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Krystal Ordonez, 15, looks ahead for incoming students to hopefully hand out a donut at Hoover High School where students, many of them cheerleaders and the dance team, hand out 1,700 small donuts to welcome back students on the first day of school on Monday, August 10, 2015. Many students who arrived for the first day of school were either too shy to take a donut, or just didn’t want one. There were many leftover. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

By Kelly Corrigan, <i><a href=”mailto:kelly.corrigan@latimes.com”>kelly.corrigan@latimes.com</a></i>

Aug. 11, 2015 5:13 PM PT

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Summer vacation officially came to an end this week as thousands of students returned to Glendale’s 30 schools on Monday and at least one school welcomed students with a sweet treat.

Sleepy eyed, anxious looking, and energized teens showed up at Hoover High School not long after 7 a.m. where the pep team and members of Hoover’s Associated Student Body greeted classmates with an offering of 1,800 frosted and sprinkled donuts.

PHOTOS: Hoover High students get a sweet back-to-school welcome

Some students who were overwhelmed by the generosity quickly made their way past students holding out trays of donuts.

“No one wants to take a donut,” said Alyanna Rodriquez, 17, who was offering them at the school’s side entrance. “I think they’re just tired.”

Still, other teens helped themselves to one, two or three at a time.

Sixteen-year-old Mariam Mirzoyan, who began her junior year Monday as junior class president, was among those welcoming students in front of campus.

She said she wasn’t as nervous about her classes as she was the past two years.

“It’s going to be a good year this year. I have a good feeling. It’s also that stressful time — looking into colleges and everything, but we’re just trying to do the best that we can.”

What she’s looking forward to most is the upcoming occasion known as “BGB,” short for Beat Glendale Day.

That’s when Hoover High takes on Glendale High in football during Hoover High’s homecoming game.

The Tornadoes lost to the Nitros last year, but Mariam has plenty of optimism about this year’s result.

“This year, I have a good feeling we’re going to win,” she said.

Senior Mikaela Asinas was looking forward to a new class schedule, meeting new friends and welcoming the freshmen.

Fellow senior Levon Boshyan was excited about his photography class and a technology course that will allow him to assist teachers who run into technical difficulties.

Next year, he plans to attend Glendale Community College, which he jokingly referred to as “UC GCC.”

“[It’s] a great place to start,” he said.