Glendale Unified School District was again awarded this year a total of nearly $215,000 for three academy programs it offers to students interested in science and medicine, construction technology and cosmetology at two of its high schools.
A row of mannequin heads, some decorated for Halloween, line a shelf, as a customer’s hair is washed by student Brenda Hernandez, 21, of Glendale in the cosmetology academy classroom at Glendale High School on Wednesday, November 5, 2014. Three GUSD programs, including science and medicine, construction technology and cosmetology received California Partnership Academy grants that add up to nearly $215 thousand. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
With Halloween just passing, a table of stylized mannequin heads, painted by cosmetoloty students, in the facial room in the cosmetology academy classroom at Glendale High School on Wednesday, November 5, 2014. Three GUSD programs, including science and medicine, construction technology and cosmetology received California Partnership Academy grants that add up to nearly $215 thousand. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Meri Mkrtumyan, 20, of Glendale, works on a hair style on a mannequin head in the cosmetology academy classroom at Glendale High School on Wednesday, November 5, 2014. Three GUSD programs, including science and medicine, construction technology and cosmetology received California Partnership Academy grants that add up to nearly $215 thousand. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
A row of stylized mannequin heads, some of them for Halloween, line a shelf over a row of hair washing sinks in the cosmetology academy classroom at Glendale High School on Wednesday, November 5, 2014. Three GUSD programs, including science and medicine, construction technology and cosmetology received California Partnership Academy grants that add up to nearly $215 thousand. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
With Halloween just passing, a table of stylized mannequin heads, painted by cosmetoloty students, in the facial room in the cosmetology academy classroom at Glendale High School on Wednesday, November 5, 2014. Three GUSD programs, including science and medicine, construction technology and cosmetology received California Partnership Academy grants that add up to nearly $215 thousand. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
With Halloween just passing, a table of stylized mannequin heads, painted by cosmetoloty students, in the facial room in the cosmetology academy classroom at Glendale High School on Wednesday, November 5, 2014. Three GUSD programs, including science and medicine, construction technology and cosmetology received California Partnership Academy grants that add up to nearly $215 thousand. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Lusmila Vasquez, of Glendale sits with a smile on her face as cosmetology student Brenda Hernandez, 21, of Glendale and teacher Monica Martinez put rollers in her hair in the cosmetology academy classroom at Glendale High School on Wednesday, November 5, 2014. Three GUSD programs, including science and medicine, construction technology and cosmetology received California Partnership Academy grants that add up to nearly $215 thousand. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Meri Mkrtumyan, 20, of Glendale, works on a hair style on a mannequin head in the cosmetology academy classroom at Glendale High School on Wednesday, November 5, 2014. Three GUSD programs, including science and medicine, construction technology and cosmetology received California Partnership Academy grants that add up to nearly $215 thousand. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)