By Leonard COUTIN Sparked by a contagious enthusiasm, the first Crescenta Valley High School Spring Showcase dance production, produced by Yana Karibyan, was a creative success presented by 100 young students who performed their free-style hip hop rhythmic moves at the school’s MacDonald Auditorium. Karibyan, a 2003 graduate of Glendale High School, designed the show […]
Monte Vista fifth graders performed pig dissections to gain real world understanding of how the heart functions. This opportunity was sponsored through the generosity of the Monte Vista PTA. Submitted by Suzanne RISSE
Dunsmore Elementary School fourth grade classes of Osan Garabedian and Mike McGrath celebrated March with a performance during the school’s awards ceremony. The fourth graders honored Dr. Suess’ birthday with a song while holding up their favorite Dr. Seuss book. Some students even donned his famous “Cat in the Hat” striped hat. St. Patrick’s Day […]
Character Building Organizations for Kids Trail Life and American Heritage Girls are hosting an ice cream social on Monday, April 23 at 6:30 p.m. This Christ-centered group serves kids ages 5-18 years old. Meetings take place on Mondays from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., September thru May. Trail Life USA is an outdoor adventure, leadership […]
By Hanna WRIGHT As of Tuesday, the Crescenta Valley High School softball team is 7-0 in the Pacific League. Last week, the Falcons beat one of their toughest competitors, Arcadia, 2-0, and easily defeated Hoover on Tuesday to stay in first place in the Pacific League. The Falcons began the league season with a bang, […]
Gladiator Youth Football Signups Continue The La Cañada Gladiators Youth Football program is open for registration for the 2018 football season. Registration and payment are online. Football applications are available on the Gladiator webpage at www.lcgladiators.org. The Gladiator program is open to girls and boys ages 6 to 14. The Gladiators field one flag team […]
By Susan JAMES On April 3, Professor Ted Stern’s class in the history, understanding and appreciation of music celebrated its 500th meeting. The organization doesn’t have a fancy name and participants just call it “the music class,” but it has been full to overflowing since it began in the spring of 2001. Meant as a […]
By Charly SHELTON There is no doubt that the ship Queen Mary is haunted. There are resident spirits, including Jackie, the little girl who haunts the first class pool, John Pedder, who was crushed by a watertight door, Senior Second Officer William Eric Stark, who accidentally drank dry cleaning fluid instead of gin, and The […]
By Néstor CASTIGLIONE America has had a long love/hate relationship with classical music – mostly love – in the years leading into the mid-20th century, reversed by the 1960s “counterculture” to a collective feeling of indifference that sometimes can be roused to “hate.” One thinks of the writings of various pop music critics over the […]
By Charly SHELTON May Day is fast approaching and, for many, it still remains a mystery. Many Americans know there’s something about a pole, but that’s about it. May Day stems from Beltane, an ancient Gaelic festival celebrating fertility. While its celebration had dropped off in popularity by the mid-20th century, it has since been […]