National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC®) announced this year’s National Merit $2500 scholarship winners. The 2,500 Merit Scholar designees were chosen from a talent pool of more than 15,000 outstanding finalists in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program. National Merit $2500 scholarship winners are the finalists in each state judged to have the strongest combination of […]
HIGH SCHOOL HAVING POP CONCERT On Friday, May 15 at 7 p.m., the Falcon choirs present its Pops Concert. Tickets are $10 presale ($15 at the door) and are available from any choir student or by emailing smack@gusd.net. The performance will be in the CVHS MacDonald Auditorium located in the 4300 block of Ramsdell Avenue […]
By Mikaela STONE It was “brat spring” at Crescenta Valley High School when the CVHS dance team wrapped up its award winning season. Songs from singer-songwriter Charli xcx’s popular album brat were among the many melodies the dance team performed at the CVHS Spring Showcase on May 2. In popular culture, “brat” refers to someone […]
By Julie BUTCHER On Thursday, May 8 the Glendale City Council held the first of four budget study sessions, offering an overview of next year’s budget challenges and soliciting input from council members. Study session #2 is set for Tuesday, May 20 and will highlight departmental budgets, vacancies among city staff and the overall budget […]
By Eliza PARTIKA Over 220 parents and community members packed Monte Vista Elementary’s auditorium to capacity on Monday, May 5 to protest Glendale Unified School District’s plan to restructure its Korean Dual Language Immersion (DLI) program – a model that parents and teachers say has long been one of the district’s most successful. Despite widespread […]
By Mary O’KEEFE “Hi-ho, Kermit the Frog here. You know, it’s such a beautiful day here. The sun is shining, the birds are singing and the mosquitoes are delicious. As a frog who calls the Earth home, I want there to always be days like this. But you hear all these stories about climate change […]
In A State I have heard it said that the State of California under Gov. Gavin Newsom has been in a state of emergency since he declared it during COVID. Though I am not a Newsom fan, I questioned the statement. This is what I found on CalOES, the official website of the State of […]
By Mary O’KEEFE April 22 will be an Earth Day Michael Thelen will not soon forget. Thelen is the flight system manager for the SPHEREx Project at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and on Earth Day he and the team from SPHEREx rang the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). “It’s a […]
Prom Plus Seeks Volunteers Prom Plus, the after-prom event for Crescenta Valley High School seniors and their guests, are in need of volunteers to work the post-prom event, which is on May 17. To sign up to make a food donation, visit https://tinyurl.com/y4cxrxre; for details on times, please visit https://tinyurl.com/2brs6t5v. CVIM New & Incoming Student […]