22% Fear

“22% Fear” Mary O’Keefe Offers Insight on CVHS Play On Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights at 7 p.m. Crescenta Valley High School students will be performing the original play “22% Fear” at the MacDonald Auditorium. This play was inspired by a survey given to CVHS students that found 22% of kids felt harassed or bullied […]

Carbonators Take Another Win

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, […]

Marching to the Beat of a (London) Drum Major

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 […]

Valley View’s Dads and Daughters Attend Royal Ball

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 […]

K-Kids Elect President

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 […]

Working Parents Take the Day Off to Play

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 […]

YOUTH notes

  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. […]

Ball Hawkers and Sharp Shooters

Falcons win their 20th game with dominating defense and efficient offense, setting up a week of key rematches with the Pasadena schools. By Brandon HENSLEY With every shot put up by a Hoover player Tuesday night in the first quarter came groans from some of the students in the stands. And with every miss those […]

CV Weekly Fantasy Football Closes Season Two

The second season of CV Weekly Fantasy Football came to a close last week with local dentist Terry Webber edging Dan Hooper of Andy’s Storage 56-53 for the championship. On Labor Day weekend, more than two-dozen players kicked off the season. During the 17-week season, there were nine different weekly winners. Hooper led the pack […]

Falcon Boys Top Hoover

By Timithie NORMAN The Crescenta Valley boys’ soccer team hosted the Hoover Tornadoes Tuesday, winning 3-1 to continue their undefeated (9-0-2) run in Pacific League play this season. The victory ensured that the Falcons will be awarded at least a share of the league title, which the Falcons have claimed for the last two seasons. […]