Amy Choi of La Cañada won top honors at the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Junior Woodwind Competition. Choi, 13, is an eighth-grader at Rosemont Middle School in La Crescenta. A student of Christina Yoo, she has been playing flute for four years. She has been involved in the Southern California School Band and Orchestra […]
Recently, 10 members of the Crescenta-Cañada Family YMCA National Swim Team headed to North Carolina for the YMCA Nationals meet. There were nearly 200 teams represented by 1,500 swimmers from around the country competing at the highest level of competition for those under the age of 18. The local Y team finished 47th out of […]
Boys & Girls Club Hosting Summer Camp The Boys & Girls Club is having its summer camp at Crescenta Valley Park. The day camp will be filled with fun activities, arts and crafts, sports and weekly fieldtrips. Camp starts June 3 and runs through Aug. 9; closed Independence Day. Hours of operation are Monday through […]
On Thursday, April 18 three Cub Scouts from Monte Vista Elementary School visited the Crescenta Valley Weekly office. The boys are in the first grade at Monte Vista, but are not in the same class. They came to learn about newspapers, said Emilio Yniguez, 7. “I like the meetings,” Brody Gibbs, 6, said of being […]
Darius Bhadha Darius started his Scouting adventures in the first grade. He began as a Tiger Cub with Pack 302 associated with Monte Vista Elementary School. He earned his Bobcat, Wolf, Bear and Webelos badges including the Arrow of Light. Paul Backes was his Den leader all five years. Darius began his Boy Scout journey […]
By Misty DUPLESSIS On Friday, mobile dairy instructor Laura LaFayette came to visit students at Lincoln Elementary School on behalf of The Dairy Council of California. She came equipped with a ton of dairy information as well as a half-ton Jersey cow named Nestle. Six-year-old Nestle currently calls Covina High School home, but hailed from […]
By Misty DUPLESSIS CV High School has been known to house many talented and creative students and can now add two more to its growing list of achievers. CV cheer mascots Sean Patrick Ireland and Andrew Maynard were invited to participate in the annual USA National Cheer Competition after receiving high scores in the regional […]
By Natalie MAIER On Friday night, the Lincoln Elementary School auditorium was transformed into a retro dance hall for the annual father/daughter dance. This year’s theme harkened back to the 1950s: “Let’s go to the Hop.” According to Kathy Ranek, the main organizer of the dance, around 195 people took the opportunity to dress in […]
By Misty DUPLESISS The Valley View PTA again transformed the school into an interactive arena for moms and their sons during its annual mother/son event. Mothers and their sons donned Creepers and Villagers shirts and outfits from the popular video/computer game “Minecraft.” This was the first year that moms and their sons had the chance […]
Celyn Peralta, Alana Sy, Kelly Huang and Victoria Hernandey from Franklin High School are shown helping the La Cañada Kiwanis AM plant small trees at Chilao Campground in Angeles National Forest on March 16. Two-hundred small trees were planted with the hope that the forest will be replenished within three years. Submitted by Marilyn CABLE