By Lori BODNAR Crescenta Valley High School (CVHS) Academy of Science and Medicine students traveled to Atlanta, Georgia for the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference. The trip was worth it: the CVHS science research team won second place in the National SkillsUSA competition held June 20-24. Nearly 1,7000 schools were represented. More than 6,500 […]
Kelcie Peterson and Joanna Mikel recently completed their requirements for the Silver Award for Girl Scouts. The requirements included completing 50 hours of work. They spent this time learning about the Silver Award and investigating ideas for their project. They decided to create 100 backpacks for USC Verdugo Hills Hospital for children being admitted into […]
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. – Crescenta Valley station is having its next Explorer Academy beginning Aug. 27 at the STARS Center in Whittier. Students will make an 18-week commitment for the Explorer Academy, which is held every Saturday. Requirements needed include students having a GPA of 2.0 or higher; no serious criminal record/probation; […]
Crescenta Valley High School’s JROTC academic team, composed of Captain Justin Sur, Andrew Jean, Christine Kim and Ethan Kim, will compete in a national championship event in Washington, DC June 24-28 on the campus of The Catholic University of America. This event is sponsored by the U.S. Air Force JROTC and is conducted by the […]
On May 27, Lincoln Elementary School honored 27 high school seniors, previous Lincoln Elementary students, with scholarships. Principal Barbara Fariss said she was “astounded” by the number of applicants and proud of the returning seniors. This is the highest number of scholarships distributed in Lincoln’s history. Making its debut this year is The Stephen Williams […]
The Annual Lincoln Talent Show took place virtually for the second year in a row due to pandemic restrictions. The Lincoln Auditorium has not been used for the Talent Show for two years, but that did not stop the talented youth of Lincoln from putting on a show. Nicolas James, first grade teacher, once again […]
Several local Girl Scouts earned their Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest achievement in Girl Scouting, which is the result of many months of work addressing areas of critical need throughout Greater Los Angeles and beyond. In total, 239 young women in the greater Los Angeles area earned their 239 Girl Scout Gold Award. Among […]
Community Life Church is hosting Vacation Bible School this summer! Vacation Bible School is a weeklong program of interactive Bible stories, worship, fun crafts and games. During the week we will be raising money for Compassion International, a non-profit organization whose mission is to release children from poverty in the name of Jesus. We want […]
To facilitate Girl Scouts earning their Space Exploration badge, Major Catherine Collom, director of Aerospace Education for the California Wing of Civil Air Patrol (CAP), contacted Anna Marie Leidelmeijer, STEAM Program specialist of Los Angeles Girl Scouts, to share information with the girls on their Space Exploration and Movie Night at the Montrose Girl Scout […]
In a nail-biting game on May 25, CSA’s 12U Bronco division’s Team Cuss Construction pulled off a 9-10 win in the bottom of the last inning in a best of five championship series. Team Cuss had an uphill battle after losing the first two games to CSA’s Bronco team Supreme Roofing. Coach Braden Barty of […]