By Mary O’KEEFE Members of the Prom Plus Club enjoyed a day at Redondo Beach on Sunday. PPC is a community service club and the youth arm of Prom Plus, the organization that provides Crescenta Valley High School seniors and their guests an alternative to an unsupervised after prom party. The club members can be […]
Wendy Diaz-Antonio recently joined Our Lady of Lourdes preschool as the new director. Diaz-Antonio has studied early childhood development at Pierce College and UCLA. The staff has big plans for the children this fall. The curriculum for these 3-5 year olds consists of three parts. Handwriting without Tears teaches children how to draw lines and […]
Explorer Academy Accepting Apps Altadena Sheriff’s Station is now accepting applications for Deputy Explorer. Any interested people ages 14 to 20 in Los Angeles County wanting to join the Altadena Deputy Explorer Post can call Dep. Dan Paige at (626) 296-2105 (office) or (626) 241-2499 (cell). The 18-week Explorer Academy is starting early September. Until […]
The Community Center of La Cañada Flintridge recently finished its five-week Camp Runamuk program where over 160 campers transformed into dinosaurs, space aliens, wizards and fairies and more. Though Camp Runamuk has run its course, the Community Center still has two soccer camps for which it is accepting applications. Soccer camps are for children ages […]
Every year Boy Scouts pack up their belongings and travel hours to visit a summer Boy Scout camp. Local Troop 319 sent two contingents to Camp Whitsett in Kern this summer. The boys, who recently departed for camp, were under the supervision of Todd Hessick and Vahe Garabedian. Scouts will spend the week learning about […]
By Samantha SLAYBACK alling all spies! You have an important mission awaiting you this summer at Spy Camp. Spy Camp is taking place from July 20-24 and is looking to recruit elementary school sleuths in the La Crescenta area. Created by teens for younger children, Spy Camp has been going strong for several years increasing […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY On Friday, July 10, five Boy Scouts from Troop 319 visited the offices of Crescenta Valley Weekly. They came to complete a requirement for their journalism merit badge. Twins Brody Heim and Connor Heim, 11, from Fremont Elementary, Cross Garabedian, 11, from Monte Vista Elementary, Kevin Hwang, 11, from Dunsmore Elementary and […]
La Crescenta Elementary is conducting a five-week summer school program for fifth grade students who will be entering the sixth grade this fall. Teachers Nicolas James from Lincoln Elementary and Kimberly Cruce from Verdugo Woodlands are the two teachers who are piloting the math class. They have students from Lincoln, Dunsmore, La Crescenta, Valley View, […]
On June 17, Los Angeles’ oldest youth development program, Woodcraft Rangers, held its annual gala in the heart of Little Tokyo at the Japanese American National Museum. Though dignitaries were in attendance, the youth performers from Sunland Elementary and various schools were the stars of the night. Attendees to the gala enjoyed performances that ranged […]
Michael Johnson from Boy Scout Troop 390 has filled three sashes to hold all of his Boy Scout merit badges and honors. Johnson finished his Boy Scout career in mid May when he turned 18 years old, having earned 140 merit badges, which includes four special badges available only for the Boy Scouts 2010 Centennial. […]