Cadets celebrated at ROTC banquet

By Hyung Seok LEE CV Weekly Intern Crescenta Valley High School Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFJROTC) rewarded its cadets with 27 national awards at its end of the year banquet held last weekend. The awards were given to students who excelled in certain areas. The annual JROTC banquet was held at the […]

Kiwanis recognize local students

By Debbie TAYLOR Montrose-La Crescenta Kiwanis Club held its 23rd Annual Student Scholarship Luncheon on Tuesday, May 18 at the American Legion Hall in La Crescenta. Awards were handed out to qualifying students from both Clark Magnet and Crescenta Valley high schools. The Norm Avril Scholarship award winners were Andrea Aghaian, Daniel Brehm, Talar Malakian, […]

Youth notes

Student volunteer orientation at Descanso Gardens Students interested in volunteering at Descanso Gardens can attend the next student volunteer orientation session on Saturday, May 22 at 9 a.m. Orientation is for students ages 14 and older. For more information and to RSVP, call Tali Arnold at (818) 949-7978. Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Drive, La Canada […]

FSHA seniors recognized for their service

Two seniors at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy were chosen to receive medals from the Los Angeles Archdiocese for outstanding Christian service over the course of their high school careers. Amarisa Robison and Stephanie Wetzel received their medals from Cardinal Roger Mahony at a ceremony at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angeles on March […]

Youth notes

EPIC COMES TO CVHS The theme for this year’s pops concert by the Crescenta Valley High School Instrumental Music Department is “Epic.” On Thursday, May 27 at 7 p.m. audiences will be transported with music from epic movies such as “Star Trek,” “The A Team,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “James Bond,” “Titanic” and more, […]

Local Scouts reach out to help homeless

By Hyung Seok LEE CV Weekly Intern Life Scout Austin Drake and Scouts from Troop 509 stood in front of Vons and Ralphs on May 8 to help feed the homeless on Skid Row. With already 700 pounds of food collected and another 700 pounds expected, Drake planned his Eagle Scout project to donate non-perishable […]

St. James and Holy Redeemer students share time together

On Wednesday, April 23 St. James and Holy Redeemer students met at Holy Redeemer for a get to know one another day. The student populations will be merged for the 2010-11 school year that begins on Sept 1. St. James will teach elementary grades kindergarten through four and Holy Redeemer will become the middle school […]

FSHA team volunteer at Earth Fair

The members of the speech and debate team at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy worked at the Earth Fair at St. Philip the Apostle School in Pasadena on April 22 as part of their community service. They helped set up the fair, pass out reusable grocery bags and guide the kindergarten through sixth grade students through […]