In Korea there is national holiday just for children. Just as there is Mother’s Day and Father’s Day in the United States, Korea has a day just to celebrate children. Held on May 5, Children’s Day is a national holiday when students don’t go to school and parents don’t go to work. It is similar […]
Contributed by Tricia FLYNN Students at St. James Elementary and Holy Redeemer Middle schools, touched by the tragedy in Japan, chose to “jump” in and help. The children created a “jump-a-thon” that would raise funds that would then be sent to relief agencies in the devastated nation. Each student received a sponsor chart to get […]
Students at the Crescenta-Cañada Cooperative Nursery School celebrated Easter with egg dying and a tradition Easter egg hunt. Director Nita Imm readied the children for the arrival of the Easter bunny by preparing arts and crafts, reading Easter stories and teaching songs to the Darling Ducks (3-year-olds) and the Busy Bears (4-year-olds). Students’ parents also […]
Three students at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy were named winners in the annual essay contest sponsored by the Los Angeles Times in conjunction this year with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Kaiser Permanente. The essay topic revolved around achieving a healthy lifestyle. Rachel Koo, a boarder from South Korea, took first place in the freshman […]
By Brandon HENSLEY The Falcons’ varsity baseball team played the waiting game Tuesday night at Stengel Field. It waited for its pitching to show up, which didn’t happen. Then it waited for its offense to show up, which came around just in the nick of time. Elliot Surrey provided the key hit in the Falcons’ […]
At the Pacific League track and field finals held Friday night many CV Falcons posted their personal best times on Arcadia’s track. Those who qualified with top running and field events are seated in CIF Southern Sectional Prelims on Saturday at Trabuco Hills High School located in Irvine. Field events will start at 11 a.m. […]
By Brandon HENSLEY In the early 1970s, the history of the football program at Crescenta Valley High was bleak. Since the school’s inception, no player had been selected All-CIF and no team had ever made the playoffs. But that all changed in 1973 when the Falcons went 12-1 and won their first and only CIF […]
CVLL Majors Division – 2nd Half Team Wins Losses Rountree 4 1 Warren 4 1 Gangi 3 1 Trotta 3 1 Landry’s 1 4 High Temp 1 4 Police 1 5 CVLL Majors Division – Overall Team Wins Losses Ties Warren 14 2 0 Trotta 8 7 1 Landry’s 8 7 1 Gangi 7 7 […]
By Eli LOCKE It was a show of thanks on Friday evening as CV varsity baseball supporters were treated to the annual fan appreciation night at Stengel field. In addition to the action on the field – the boy’s varsity baseball team took on the Pasadena Bulldogs in an exciting Pacific League matchup – the […]
The St. Francis Golden Knights are deep into their third season in the SoCal League Mountain Bike series. Led by SRAM Coach of the Year Lee Bird, they have competed in three races to date. At the league’s first race in Vail Lake, the Golden Knights had 50% of their riders finish in the top […]