By Jason KUROSU
Clark Magnet High School was the beneficiary of yet another Lexus Eco Challenge win last week as a team of eight students, the self-proclaimed Carbonators, won a $10,000 prize for their research on the negative effects of ozone smog in Los Angeles County. Clark Magnet students previously won the Lexus Eco Challenge, a [...]
February 2, 2012 | Posted in
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CVHS junior travels to London for popular New Year’s Day parade
By Maddy PUMILIA
London’s New Year’s Day parade is considered equivalent to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade, touting an approximate 10,000 performers from 20 different countries. Lining the two mile parade route are about a half million people with another 20 million watching on televisions throughout Britain.
One [...]
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By Misty DUPLESSIS
On Friday, a royal ball was held for the princesses of Valley View Elementary in celebration of the annual Daddy Daughter Dinner Dance.
The room was filled with photographs of famous royals, family crest posters and tables adorned with tiered glasses overflowing with jewels.
Girls arrived dressed in gowns and tiaras, escorted by their fathers, [...]
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La Cañada Elementary fifth grader Nicole Johnson has been elected the 2012 president of the Kiwanis K-Kids of the Community Center of La Cañada. K-Kids is a service organization for elementary students sponsored by Kiwanis International, and a local Kiwanis club, composed of leading business and professional people of the community. K-Kids is a student-led [...]
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Crescenta-Cañada Cooperative Nursery School – CCNS – director and teacher Nita Imm decided to reach out to the working parents of her students by inviting them to a special CCNS session … on a Saturday!
Often just one parent participates at the cooperative on a regular basis while the other parent works, only hearing about the [...]
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LCFEF Announces Summer School Registration
The La Cañada Flintridge Educational Foundation announced that registration will open for 2012 summer school on Thursday, Feb. 9. This program is open to all students entering ninth through 12th grades in the fall of 2012. Course offerings include English 1-4, Spanish 1-3, algebra IB, geometry, algebra II, U.S. history, world [...]
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By Agnes CONSTANTE
Getting up at the crack of dawn during the wintry weather can be a challenge, but there were days when five Crescenta Valley High School students had to be up and about hours before sunrise.
The group – one junior and four seniors from the CVHS marching band – gladly greeted the dawn in [...]
January 26, 2012 | Posted in
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Locals Achieve Eagle Rank
Three Crescenta Valley youths have earned the rank of Eagle Scout.
John Daniel Hales, a 15-year-old sophomore at Crescenta Valley High School, is a member of Troop 390, associated with the La Crescenta Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Hales is a member of Charismatics Chamber Choir and the [...]
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By Misty DUPLESSIS
On March 12, 1912, with just 18 girls, Juliette Low started an organization that has since grown to over 50 million participants worldwide over the course of 10 decades.
When Low formed the Girl Scouts, it was with the idea that girls all over the world would be able to develop into well-rounded individuals [...]
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St. James Holy Redeemer announced that the school has been the recipient of an anonymous donation that will allow the purchase of two Apple iPad trays with each tray containing 10 iPads.
The school was also awarded by the Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce, through the Mary Pinola Fund, a grant of $500 for tetherballs for [...]
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