Mourning the Loss of a Sweet Boy

Mourning the Loss of a Sweet Boy

By Mary O’KEEFE “He was wise beyond his years. We had a nickname for him – our ‘little man.’ He was a wonderful and loving child. We could not ask for a better son. It was an honor and privilege to have him as a son, brother and grandson – even for just a short […]

Out of this World Fun at AstroCamp

Out of this World Fun at AstroCamp

Students from Holy Redeemer Middle School in Montrose recently attended AstroCamp in Idyllwild to experience three days of science labs and outdoor fun. This is the first time the school has participated in the AstroCamp program and students and teachers enjoyed the outdoor classroom experience despite chilly temperatures. A snow flurry brought a bit of […]

YOUTH NOTES

‘Aquarius Rising’ at CVHS Award-winning playwright Garry Michael Kluger’s latest play “Aquarius Rising” is being produced in conjunction with I.K.T. Productions, the Glendale Unified School District, and the Crescenta Valley Theatre Arts Foundation, and will have its world premiere at the Underground Theatre at Crescenta Valley High School April 10-April 19. Performances are at 7 […]

Summer School Opportunities

GEF Summer School Inc. is offering classes this summer for middle and high school students wishing to advance their program, or needing to improve a low grade, at Glendale and Crescenta Valley high schools. Additionally, there are enrichment opportunities for middle school students: orchestra at Crescenta Valley High School and art survey and ceramics at […]

St. Bede Student Gathering for Love & Fishes

For the third consecutive year, Hayden Dinger, an eighth grade student at St. Bede School in La Cañada, will be running his canned tuna drive that he calls Love and Fishes. He started the campaign when he learned that roughly 1,200 people in his hometown of Glendale went to bed hungry each night and of […]

Getting Relay Ready

Getting Relay Ready

By Joyce LEE, intern Participants in the annual Foothills Relay for Life will take to the Clark Magnet High School field on April 12, repeating a history that all didn’t want to have to do: walk for a cure of cancer. Since 1985, the year in which Dr. Gordy Klatt initiated the beginning of the […]

Treasures of the Valley » Mike lawler

Treasures of the Valley » Mike lawler

An Old Vineyard Trail Reopened in Deukmejian Park Just a couple months ago, the all volunteer Crescenta Valley Trail Crew re-cut an old trail out of the sagebrush on the east side of Dunsmore Canyon. It had previously been called the Boy Scout Trail in honor of an Eagle Scout who created the trail over […]

» Sharon Raghavachary

» Sharon Raghavachary

The Status of Our Students Before I get into the subject of my first column, I’d like to thank publisher Robin Goldsworthy for inviting me to write for the CV Weekly. I am honored to be in the esteemed company of CV Town Council President Robbyn Battles, Assemblyman Mike Gatto, and Congressman Adam Schiff. The […]

News from CV Alliance » SUZY JACOBS

Greetings from CV Alliance! “Children have never been very good at listening to their elders but they have never failed to imitate them.” James Baldwin April is Underage Drinking Prevention Month and we’re having the last of our four planned Teen Trials & Tribulations talks on Thursday, April 10 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. […]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

What the UUT and GFT Do for You There has been a lot of discussion around town regarding the alphabet soup of City [of Glendale] finances – GFT, UUT, etc. To date, there are two lawsuits filed against the city regarding the General Fund Transfer, or GFT, from Glendale Water & Power. There is also […]