Seven La Crescenta Teens Among L.A.’s Emerging Leaders

Local young women honored at Hollywood luncheon featuring L.A.’s top female executive talent. Seven Glendale-area Girl Scouts have been named Emerging Leaders by Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles in recognition of their outstanding extra-curricular accomplishments. On Dec. 5, Heather Abrams, Morgan Beck, Mithra Bhadha, Antonia Issaevitch, Jillian Kauffman, Isabel Martos-Repath and Rachel Nakumra of […]

Dancers Prepare for ‘CV’s Got Talent’

By Natalie MAIER “From the top! Five, six, seven, eight!” Crescenta Valley High School’s advanced dance class jumped, spun, pirouetted and slid across the gym floor in preparation for the upcoming CV’s Got Talent show that takes place at 7 p.m. on Friday in the CVHS MacDonald Auditorium. A total of seven acts will be […]

Callihan Porter Takes the Lead in “The Nutcracker”

By Ashley FILIPEK Students of Los Angeles Magazine’s “L.A.’s Best Kids’ Ballet School” will take the stage this holiday season at The Luckman Theatre to perform the holiday classic, “The Nutcracker” on Dec. 14, 15, and 16. The Marat Daukayev Ballet Theatre’s 12th production features dancers from 3-year-old beginners to advanced students whose artistry and […]

YOUTH Notes

Performances at CVHS The CVHS Theatre Department presents “The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man on the Moon Marigolds” Dec. 6, Dec. 7, Dec. 8, Dec. 13 and Dec. 15 at the school’s at 7 p.m. and on Dec 14 at 4 p.m. On Dec. 14, Comedy Sportz takes place at 7 p.m. Performances are […]

A Celebration Based on ‘Stone Soup’

By Natalie MAIER Paper-made turkey hats bounced up and down upon the children’s tiny heads. Their eyes were wide and full of curiosity as they entered into the school auditorium. In celebration of Thanksgiving, Karen Nagao’s kindergarten class at Dunsmore Elementary held its annual stone soup ceremony at 11:30 a.m. on Nov. 20 in the […]

Dance-A-Thon Raises Funds for YWCA

The NCL Glendale Chapter’s Class of 2016 held a dance-a-thon for the YWCA’s Adopt A Family program on Sunday. The dance-a-thon was held at the Glendale YWCA from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. and raised $1,500 with the funds dedicated to women and children in need in the Glendale community. Each year, the YWCA’s Adopt […]

Rose Bowl Water Polo Club Members Competing in Championship

Devin Grab and Chancellor Ramirez of the Rose Bowl Water Polo Club’s (RBWPC) 18 & under teams at the Rose Bowl Aquatic Center (RBAC) will compete on team USA in the 2012 FINA World Youth Water Polo Championships in Perth, Australia.  The men’s tournament will take place from Dec. 1 through Dec. 9. Teams from […]

LCPC Parent Education Partners With International Princess™ Project

International Princess™ Project (IPP) executive director Julie Wood spoke to LCPC’s Parent Education classes Nov. 6 through Nov. 8 on the human trafficking crisis while offering participants the chance to support IPP’s mission through purchasing unique Punjammies™. IPP is a non-profit organization that helps to restore the broken lives of women enslaved in prostitution by […]

Rain Doesn’t Distract from Scouting for Food

By Mary O’KEEFE The annual Scouting for Food event concluded on Saturday with Boy Scout Troop 288 setting up a drop-off drive through so drivers could stay in their vehicle and out of the rain while giving their food donations. The drop-off was at the American Legion Hall on La Crescenta Avenue that sponsors Troop […]

YOUTH Notes

One Vote Per Day Will Make A Difference Thomas Edison Elementary School in Glendale is a nominee in The Clorox Company’s Power a Bright Future grant program, hoping to win much needed funding for the Technology Program. The program that receives the most votes overall will be awarded the $50,000 grand prize grant, and the […]