By Jason KUROSU The Lions Club’s 74th annual speech contest commenced this February. Lions Clubs throughout California are holding speech contests for local high school students and the Crescenta-Cañada Lions Club participated by holding a contest at the Montrose Citibank. Four La Cañada High School students presented their speeches to a crowd of Lions Club […]
By Misty DUPLESSIS Once a year, the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts encourages Scouts to participate in World Thinking Day that celebrates the cultures of troops around the world. To that end, the CV/Glendale Girl Scouts took the community for a trip around the world on Sunday, Feb. 20 for the 27th […]
What does a Superhero Chicken, Ice Monster, Whales, crabs and clown fish have in common? Why, they all come from the imagination of a bunch of 5 year olds! And somehow they manage to put all these characters into a play in honor of their first 100 days of school. Last week these children, along […]
Third grader students of Valley View Elementary School had a touch of “class” outside the schoolroom when they attended a matinee recently at the Los Angeles Opera. This was the second year the students visited the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Eighty-six third graders and SDC (Special Day Class) won admission to the performance after teachers submitted […]
On Friday, Feb. 11, Lincoln Elementary students weren’t found in the classrooms but on the playground. The Lincoln PTA sponsored a BMX assembly for the entire school bringing the student body onto the blacktop as they settled in for ramp tricks by Dustin McCarty and flatland tricks by Robert Castillo of BMX Pros Trick Team. […]
The Teens MOVE Fair was held last week on the campus of La Cañada High School. In its sixth year, the fair is an annual event that provides a chance for students to explore various volunteer and job possibilities in a high-energy, fun environment. MOVE – Many Opportunities for Volunteering and Employment – is open […]
On a recent Saturday, Crescenta-Cañada Cooperative Nursery School director Nita Imm hosted the working parents of her students for a special day at CCNS. Often just one parent participates at the cooperative on a regular basis while the other parent works. But on Saturday, Feb. 5 CCNS welcomed the working parent to participate in a […]
On Wednesday, Feb. 2, Fremont Elementary Cub Scout Pack 304 had a special visitor at their pack meeting. First Lieutenant Tito Ruiz appeared in person to thank the pack and the school’s principal Christin Walley for the more than 450 DVDs the pack collected and shipped to troops stationed in Afghanistan. Ruiz, whose sister Selva […]
Ryan Wallace of Troop #509 achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. He was born on May 9, 1995 to Roger and Veronica Wallace. He has one older brother, Adam, who achieved the rank of Eagle Scout last year. Wallace has grown up in the foothills above Sunland and began his scouting adventure at the age […]