STEAM Center Construction Breaks Ground

This week the school has broken ground on its new STEAM center. We are eagerly anticipating its completion as it will enable us to offer a variety of new educational experiences and opportunities to our students. Although we already offer classes and extracurricular activities in robotics, solar car construction, coding, and CAD, we are still …

Black History Month 5th Grade Presentations

Back in February our 5th grade students celebrated Black History Month. One of the ways they did this was by creating presentations that highlighted various influential and important black figures in history and culture. By using the links below, you can view many examples of the presentations they created. Benjamin Banneker Rosa Parks Augustus Jackson …

2021 Commencement Address by High School Principal Dr. Torossian

On June 8th of 2021, Dr. Hosep Torossian delivered his annual commencement address during the senior’s graduation. In addition to recognizing the accomplishments of the whole senior class and highlighting some special achievements of select Seniors, he had to opportunity to proudly announce the record breaking $4.6 million in scholarship offers received by the class. …

2021 Valedictorian to Attend Ivy League School

Recently Yuliya Velhan, a valedictorian for the Class of 2021, was interviewed by the CMU Center for Charter Schools where she shared her personally journey from arriving at our school unable to speak English, and over the course of several years transforming into a top student who is now destined to attend Brown University on …

First Robotics Game Design Challenge

Our school recently submitted its video entry into the 2021 First Robotics Game Design Challenge. The challenge facing our team, The Beach Bums, was to create a game that could be played as a regular in-person robotics competition once the pandemic is over, and we return to traditional school and regular competitions. The video below …

Senior Graduation 2020 – The Show Must Go On!

Given all that the Senior class of 2020 had to go through and give up this year, it seemed only right that they still had a graduation ceremony. With that in mind, the school found a way to have a drive through ceremony where the graduating seniors would still receive their diplomas. Thankfully is was …

Art From the 2020 School Year

Despite the difficulties of transitioning to and conducting an art classroom from a distance, our art teacher Mrs. Valenti helped the students channel their inner artistic talents, as well as some of the thoughts and feelings associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. To see art created during the COVID-19 time frame, as well as art before …

National College Decision Day 2020 with Our Seniors

May 1 is National College Decision Day, a day to honor seniors and the decisions they have made regarding their post-secondary plans. To honor our Manoogian seniors, we will be highlighting the students during the month of May who have made their decision: Student University Taleen Avakian Oakland Community College Gavin Fermanian Oakland Community College …