After many years of earning badges together with Boy Scout Troop 390, chartered to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in La Crescenta, Jake Gillins and Nick Mitchell reached their lifetime goals of becoming Eagle Scouts. Gillins, an upcoming junior at CVHS, organized 37 volunteers for his Eagle project. He led the group […]
Assistance League of Glendale has been giving scholarships to Glendale Community College and GUSD schools since 1962. Each recipient received a $1,000 scholarship upon proof of college registration. President Mary Lo Follett and scholarship chair Danette Erickson congratulated this year’s recipients at the June League luncheon. From left are President Mary Lo Follett, Becky Im […]
8th Grade Class Back row from left: Benedict Feser, Jacqueline Garrity, Rene Urrea, Ana Romero, Elliot Crisp, Isabella Arguello and Jack Tierney. Middle row from left: Isabella Escovar, Andrew Gonzalez, Rebecca Lizarde, Riley O’Brien, Diego Centeno, Clare Carey, Catherine Ford and Katharine Golbranson. Bottom row from left: Jackson Jones, Lia Rosenberger, Joseph Deloso, Sarah […]
By McKenna MIDDLETON Three friends, Ryon Tanara, Raffy Mardirossian, and Paul Matevosyan, who together attended Rosemont Middle School, Crescenta Valley High School (class of ’07), and later Harvard’s graduate school, are working to design an innovative “super school” in the Los Angeles area. The XQ project challenges a “rethinking” of high school – one that […]
The St. Francis High School family bid farewell to a beloved member of their community when Sister Barbarine Houdek retired at the age of 90 to return to live with the Sisters of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate in Joliet, Illinois. For the past 27 years, Sr. Barbarine has served as a pillar of Franciscan […]
A Lincoln Elementary scholarship assembly was held on May 13 that honored former Lincoln students who were graduating from Crescenta Valley and Clark Magnet high schools. After the assembly, Nicolas James’ former fifth grade student Julia Ha asked James when he would dig up the time capsule that their class had buried in the garden […]
In May, Valley View Elementary School held its annual Author/Illustrator’s Day. Author Tao Nyeu met with students in grades TK to second; author Tim Egan met with students in grades three and four; author Jeri Chase-Ferris met with students in grades five and six. The program is made possible through the Assistance League of Glendale […]
The Monte Vista auditorium was packed to overflowing when 132 second-graders took the stage in April to sing two back-to-back concerts for students, parents and grandparents. The children were led by renowned music teacher Ann Kleinsasser, who also accompanied on piano. They performed songs such as a cappella “Kookaburra,” a rousing “This Land is Your […]
Pasadena-Foothills Association of REALTORS® Charitable Foundation (PFARCF) The Pasadena-Foothills Association of REALTORS® Charitable Foundation (PFARCF) presented scholarships totaling $10,000 to 10 local public high school students. Each year, PFARCF chooses winners based on several criteria including GPA, community involvement, extracurricular activities, need, personal attributes, leadership skills, and goals. The students who each received a $1,000 […]
Dunsmore Elementary Christian Abella Bryan Abrahamian Anna Agakhanyan Renee Andonian Ari Bakshi Gabriella Barsegian Monteh Biglari Alyssa Bojenkova Ryan Boyajian Evan Boyle Neil Breckow David Brown Mariella Cady Olivia Capgras Castellanos Carson Center Eric Chang Ryan Cho Tatyana Chorbajian Matthew Cueto Sofia Demirdjian-Lara Silas Earnhardt Michael Eck Anaia Elbaz Melvin Fitzgerald Zachary Garcia Alexandros Georgiou […]