Glendale School District Promotes Three Armenians

Narine Papazian

 

Superintendent of the Glendale Unified School District, Dr. Darneika Watson, announced the following prmotions for the 2025-2026 school year:

Avik Hrant Yahiayan has been promoted to Assistant Principal, Toll Middle School, effective July 1, 2025.  He began his career in education in 2013 as a science teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District. In 2017, he joined Glendale Unified School District as a science teacher at Clark Magnet High School, where he also completed his Administrative Fieldwork. He was then promoted in 2021 to District Science Teacher Specialist in the Teaching and Learning Department. In 2022, he was promoted to Assistant Principal at Hoover High School. Yahiayan received his bachelor’s degree in biology from California State University, Northridge.  He received his master’s degrees in Education from Pepperdine University and in Educational Leadership from California State University, Northridge.

Dr. Houri Keuroghlian has been promoted to Assistant Principal at Hoover High School, effective July 1, 2025. She began her career in the Glendale Unified School District as a special education teacher at Glendale High School in 2005. In 2013, she transitioned to a teacher specialist role in the Special Education Department. Since 2015, she has served as a teacher specialist at Columbus Elementary School. Dr. Keuroghlian received her Bachelor’s Degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, her Master’s Degree from Point Loma Nazarene University, and her Doctorate in Education from the University of Southern California.

 

Narine Papazyan has been promoted to Assistant Principal of Crescenta Valley High School, effective July 1, 2025. She began her teaching career as a Humanities and Reading Intervention Teacher at Alliance Richard Merkin Middle School in Los Angeles before transitioning to ELD, Reading Intervention, and Instructional Coach at Westbrook Academy in Los Angeles in 2021.  In 2022, she was promoted to High School Assistant Principal at Westbrook Academy. Papazyan earned her Bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, and her Master’s in Education from Pepperdine University.  She also completed the National Principal Academy Fellowship and received an Instructional Leadership certification from RELAY Graduate School.

The Glendale Unified School District is one of the largest employers in the City of Glendale, with more than 2,500 employees dedicated to the mission of serving students and families. As the third largest public school district in Los Angeles County, the dedicated teachers, support staff, and administrators of the school district serve more than 25,000 students through 9 preschools, 20 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, 5 high schools, and 4 specialized schools. The Board of Education has prioritized supporting a thriving workforce to benefit student learning.