By Maddy PUMILIA The Crescenta Valley High School Key Club, in conjunction with Montrose-La Crescenta Kiwanis Club, is hosting a fundraiser on Sunday, Feb. 24 to raise money for two charities. The goal is to fill a 28-foot trailer with items the Goodwill store can sell. In exchange, Goodwill will donate $1,500 to two charities: […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Saturday, the Crescenta Valley High School JROTC program celebrated 25 years of service at a banquet at the Angeles National Golf Club. The Air Force JROTC was started in 1988 at CVHS by aerospace science instructor and Air Force veteran Sgt. Earl Hintz. The program was the second established in California. […]
Kohl’s Offers Scholarships The Kohl’s Department Stores Kohl’s Cares® Scholarship Program will award more than $425,000 in scholarships and prizes this year. Ranging from $50 Kohl’s gift cards to $10,000 scholarships, more than 2,300 young volunteers who have made a positive impact on their communities will be selected. Nominations for kids ages 6 to 18 […]
The La Cañada Flintridge Community Center preschool held its annual Father’s Saturday Morning at the preschool in January. The preschool children and their fathers were invited to spend the morning together, exploring their classroom and making special crafts. Children and dads made neckties, practiced “shaving,” made Fruit Loop necklaces, played with dough, dinosaurs and blocks, […]
By Mary O’KEEFE California Highway Patrol officers stopped by the Fire House youth center recently to help kids with their driving skills. Officer Kevin Denmon and Officer Christian Baldonado brought CHP’s Start Smart program to the youth center. The program is a driver safety education class that is designed for new and future teenage drivers […]
By Aimee YEGHIAYAN On a recent Friday morning, waiting for the bus to arrive, the high school camp staff was impatient, smiling but with a glimmer of fear, ready for Camp Firework to begin. Camp Firework is a three-day leadership camp held at Camp Highland, a site nestled in the San Gorgonio Pass between San […]
By Misty DUPLESSIS On the evening of Jan. 25, Mountain Avenue Elementary students displayed an array of science projects in the auditorium for the parent/family night as they wrapped up their annual Science Fun Fair. Students stood by their experiments and answered questions, performed demonstrations and talked about the inspiration for their projects. First grade […]
By Misty DUPLESSIS On the evening of Jan. 25, Mountain Avenue Elementary students displayed an array of science projects in the auditorium for the parent/family night as they wrapped up their annual Science Fun Fair. Students stood by their experiments and answered questions, performed demonstrations and talked about the inspiration for their projects. First grade […]
By Aimee YEGHIAYAN On a recent Friday morning, waiting for the bus to arrive, the high school camp staff was impatient, smiling but with a glimmer of fear, ready for Camp Firework to begin. Camp Firework is a three-day leadership camp held at Camp Highland, a site nestled in the San Gorgonio Pass between […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley Glendale Girl Scouts and CV High School Robotics Team 589 spent Monday at La Crescenta’s Ralph’s market gathering food to help fill the food bank at the Salvation Army in Glendale. They were able to donate 40 cases of food in just one day of fundraising thanks to the generosity […]