Students at the Crescenta-Cañada Cooperative Nursery School celebrated Easter with egg dying and a tradition Easter egg hunt. Director Nita Imm readied the children for the arrival of the Easter bunny by preparing arts and crafts, reading Easter stories and teaching songs to the Darling Ducks (3-year-olds) and the Busy Bears (4-year-olds). Students’ parents also […]
Three students at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy were named winners in the annual essay contest sponsored by the Los Angeles Times in conjunction this year with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Kaiser Permanente. The essay topic revolved around achieving a healthy lifestyle. Rachel Koo, a boarder from South Korea, took first place in the freshman […]
Montrose Christmas Parade Association presented the Crescenta Valley High School Prom Plus Club with a check for $500 for their support of last year’s parade. When the parade organizers found they needed more volunteers they contacted the club. Members of the association Steve Pierce and Chris Waldheim praised the volunteers. “They had signed up to […]
By Mary O’KEEFE “Oh yeah, did I show you this? It’s Eleanor Roosevelt.” That statement, simply said, as if it happened yesterday and the woman standing in the photograph with a World War II squadron was just another woman. Retired Air Force Major George Haney stood in front of the Crescenta Valley High School’s JROTC […]
Dunsmore Elementary School celebrated Earth Day on Friday, April 22 with an array of planet-friendly activities. Students participated in a used book exchange, donated recyclables that will fund campus beautification projects and brought in used batteries so that they could be properly disposed of. A highlight of the day was a science event headed up […]
By Misty DUPLESSIS The CV Pep Squad has been providing positive energy to the high school and its many sporting events for decades. In addition to being the schools spirit the Pep Squad participates in three to four competitions a year in various categories including pom (song), freshman and hip hop. This year’s 120 Pep […]
The Kiwanis Club of La Cañada recently honored Terrific Kids from La Cañada Flintridge schools. Recognized for their achievements were Riana Lui, Tristan Kalnins, Sydney Okland and Dane Reeb. Lui is an accomplished pianist at La Cañada Elementary School. She is studying music at the Colburn School of Performing Arts and is learning Japanese at […]
The Glendale Unified School District will be holding its eighth annual celebration honoring the achievements of its most successful Latino graduates of the Class of 2011 at Glendale Community College on Sunday, May 15 between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. ¡Adelanto, Latinos! (Spanish for “Latinos, Keep Achieving, Keep Striving”) honors more than 100 students from […]
By Jason KUROSU The Crescenta Sports Association’s lone fundraiser, Slugfest, occupied the grounds of Crescenta Valley Park this past weekend, the baseball diamonds in particular. Other areas of the park were occupied by booths for games and food, transforming it into a baseball bazaar. Kids clad in baseball gear scurried from booth to booth, exploring […]
By Jackie HOUCHIN Jasmine McCann, a sophomore at Crescenta Valley High School, a player on the CV Falcons basketball team, and a saxophonist for the school band, was so moved by the plight of a young childhood friend that she did something most teen girls would never consider: She shaved her head. Not on a […]