Monday, Aug. 22, marked the 37th year that Chamlian Armenian School opened its doors to students with its traditional opening ceremony. Rejuvenated and excited to begin the new school year, students in grades one through eight lined up at their assigned places as parents and teachers watched. Saro Nazarian, the chair of the Eastern Armenian […]
The Falcon Water Polo Club, in its second year of Junior Olympics competition, captured its first medal when 16U Falcon Blue earned the gold medal in the Gold Division at the Swim Outlet Junior Olympics held in early August in Orange County. Beginning the tournament seeded 46th of 48 teams and losing their first two […]
Chelsea Johnson Kennedy, daughter of Randy and Robin Johnson of La Crescenta, was valedictorian and student commencement speaker at the August graduation ceremony for Brigham Young University. Kennedy graduated summa cum laude with highest honor, with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics. She is continuing her studies in the masters program for mathematics at BYU. […]
And so it begins…kindergartners holding onto mom or dad’s hand really tight, ready to take that first big step into their first year of school. Little kids walking to their elementary schools, their backpack almost bigger then them. Sixth graders excited about the last year at elementary school, seventh graders nervous about locker combinations and […]
By Brandon HENSLEY There was a young adults book series in the ’90s called “The Reel Kids Adventures,” where a group of teenagers would trek across different countries and tape their (mis)adventures. Ryon Tanara, Graham Freeman and Amy Chan are now taking that concept to the extreme. Freshly out of college, the three of them […]
By Maddy PUMILA A Paradise Canyon Elementary student placed sixth in the 2011 Pokémon Trading Card Game World Championship. The competition was held in San Diego from Aug. 13 to 14. Twenty-seven different countries were represented with more than 400 players attending this year’s world championship. Players played 10 rounds, totaling more than 16 hours […]
By Aimee YEGHIAYAN For over four days last week, teen gamers throughout the community, nicknamed the KNIGHTS, joined forces to raise money for Child’s Play, an organization that raises money to give children in hospitals entertainment. KNIGHTS is a club at Crescenta Valley High School dedicated to integrating gaming and charity. An acronym for Kind […]
The eighth grade girls of Girl Scout Cadette Troop 626 at Holy Redeemer Middle School spent the last week of their summer vacation working on their Silver Award, the highest award a girl can receive as a Cadette. The Silver Award gives the girls a chance to show that they are each organized, determined, dedicated […]
By Maddy PUMILIA The Crescenta Valley High School Falkon Robotics Team will be reaching out to Girl Scout Troop 9091 and students at Valley View Elementary School in September, hoping to spark an interest in science and technology. “A large part of what we do is outreach to the community,” said sophomore Isabel Martos-Repath, who […]
The La Cañada Flintridge Community Center (LCFCC) Preschool is gearing up for a fun-filled year of play and social development for its children. “We have been very busy planning new programs for our preschoolers for the 2011-12 school year,” said Director Danielle Caputo. The preschool is an extension of the Community Center of La Cañada […]