Preparing for the 2013 CVHS Athletic Hall of Fame
Crescenta Valley High School will hold its sixth annual Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Saturday, Feb. 2. An appetizer reception for inductees and guests will take place in the school basketball gym at 5 p.m. followed by the induction ceremony in the school auditorium at 6:30 p.m. The 1971 Falcon boys basketball team, […]
Sports NOTES
L.A. Falcons Holding Introductory Day The Los Angeles Falcons track and field team for boys and girls ages 5 to 15 will kick off its 2013 season with an introductory day on Feb. 16 at the Crescenta Valley High School track. The team, whose philosophy is that every child is a winner, will offer sprinting, […]
Lady Falcons Team Up to Crush Hoover, 7-0
By Alan Der OHANNESSIAN With five different players scoring, twice by Whitley Boller and Sierra Rhodes, the Crescenta Valley girls’ soccer team easily beat Hoover 7-0 at CV on Wednesday. “We had a lot of opportunities, together as a team,” said assistant coach Tyrasha Peterson. With the win, the Falcons improved their record to 13-3-1 […]
Photo courtesy of Kamila Melko/Tic Tac Photography High school students Mark Matheu, Jully Chung and Tina Stephens lead Rosemont students in cheers and games to begin the weekend at Camp Firework.
By Aimee YEGHIAYAN On a recent Friday morning, waiting for the bus to arrive, the high school camp staff was impatient, smiling but with a glimmer of fear, ready for Camp Firework to begin. Camp Firework is a three-day leadership camp held at Camp Highland, a site nestled in the San Gorgonio Pass between San […]
Mountain Avenue and All Things Science
By Misty DUPLESSIS On the evening of Jan. 25, Mountain Avenue Elementary students displayed an array of science projects in the auditorium for the parent/family night as they wrapped up their annual Science Fun Fair. Students stood by their experiments and answered questions, performed demonstrations and talked about the inspiration for their projects. First grade […]
Mountain Avenue and All Things Science
By Misty DUPLESSIS On the evening of Jan. 25, Mountain Avenue Elementary students displayed an array of science projects in the auditorium for the parent/family night as they wrapped up their annual Science Fun Fair. Students stood by their experiments and answered questions, performed demonstrations and talked about the inspiration for their projects. First grade […]
Building Leaders at Camp Firework
By Aimee YEGHIAYAN On a recent Friday morning, waiting for the bus to arrive, the high school camp staff was impatient, smiling but with a glimmer of fear, ready for Camp Firework to begin. Camp Firework is a three-day leadership camp held at Camp Highland, a site nestled in the San Gorgonio Pass between […]
Treasures of the Valley: The Opera Star from La Crescenta
By Mike Lawler Lawrence Tibbett was, in the ’30s through the ’50s, the biggest name in opera, as big a name as Placido Domingo is today, and surprisingly he had roots right here in CV. My mom was a fan of Tibbett when she was a young girl growing up in Wisconsin. Each Saturday […]
My Thoughts Exactly: Ad Makers Get Their Game On
In case you’ve been living under a rock since the holidays, this Sunday is the Big Game. As the nation’s mega-TV-watching event of the year approaches, the teams involved are most certainly gearing up to see whose reputations will be crushed in agonizing defeat – and whose will be hoisted high on the pillars of […]