By Brandon HENSLEY Students from Clark Magnet High School attended the L.A. Auto Show on Dec. 4, and thanks to the effort of their teacher, a national program based off of the experience is being put together. Kelly Brinker, who teaches several commercial photography classes at Clark, took 32 students to the show last year […]
Board and staff members from La Cañada Presbyterian Church’s Parent Education Program gathered at the La Cañada home of board chair Lynley Gross on Dec. 10 to toast the season and celebrate another year of enriching family life for Parent Education participants and their global outreach partners. Highlights of the evening included a Christmas potluck, […]
By Charly SHELTON On Dec. 7, high school teams from around the area met at the Jet Propulsion Lab in La Cañada with a single purpose – to make a robot that flings toilet paper better than even a group of angry high schoolers. The JPL Invention Challenge has become a tradition for many students […]
LCPC’s Parent Education Program kicked off the holiday season with its highly anticipated Advent Celebration and Christmas pageant on Dec. 5 in the LCPC sanctuary. Pageant Director Sloan Walsh narrated the three/fours and family classes through an old fashioned Christmas pageant and the singing of “Happy Birthday” to Baby Jesus. Later, the two’s classes, led […]
For the past three years, Kiwanis Builders Club at La Cañada High School has been growing, reaching its capacity of 35 eighth graders with a waiting list of students who wish to join. Membership is currently limited due to space constrictions at the school. Recently, officers of the LCHS Kiwanis Builders Club joined the adult […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Elementary school students throughout Glendale Unified School District received an early Christmas present – a gift that opened up an entire world. “What state was President Lincoln born in?” asked Joe Allen, member of the Glendale Elks Lodge, of an audience of third graders at Mountain Avenue Elementary School. “Don’t know? We […]
The students at the La Cañada Flintridge Community Center Preschool experienced the joy of giving this holiday season by adopting three families of patients from Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. The preschoolers collected an array of clothing, presents and gift certificates for each of the families in need. A Christmas “giving tree” had been […]
Information packets for private school students residing in Glendale interested in enrolling at Clark Magnet High School in August are now available at the Clark Magnet High School office, 4747 New York Ave., La Crescenta; any of the district’s four middle schools, Roosevelt, Rosemont, Toll or Wilson; the Student Support Services office, Room 203, at […]
By Misty DUPLESSIS Mountain Avenue’s Science Fun Fair coordinators Saty Raghavachary and Jackie Bodner have been getting students excited about science for the past three years. To kick off the fourth annual Science Fun Fair, this year the organizers held a mini-science display where past entries were recreated to generate creativity and excitement. “This kick-off […]