National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC®) announced this year’s National Merit $2500 scholarship winners. The 2,500 Merit Scholar designees were chosen from a talent pool of more than 15,000 outstanding finalists in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program. National Merit $2500 Scholarship winners are the finalists in each state judged to have the strongest combination of […]
By Lori BODNAR Mountain Avenue Elementary School hosted its first in-person event on April 28 since the pandemic. Culture Night celebrated places and people from around the world. Students and their families volunteered to share information about a culture through song, dance, activities, traditions, food, items and informational posters at their outdoor booths. Mountain Avenue […]
After a successful season, Crescenta Valley winter guard team competed on Saturday in the Winter Guard Association of Southern California (WGASC) championship finals at Huntington Beach High School. Two days before heading to Huntington Beach the team had to cope with the loss of two members, one due to an injury and the other […]
In the April 14 issue two local stories were unintentionally melded. “Fundraiser Features Food, Cars and Fun” included information on a fundraiser benefitting youth of the La Crescenta Stake Center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and an unrelated “pop up” event. CVW apologizes for the confusion.
CVHS students William and Daniel Panosyan worked on a project that ended up winning second place in the behavioral and social sciences category. Their project was about global disparities in pediatric cancer survival rates. They found that acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) survival rates increased as GDP grew. “Our project suggests that improving GDP per capita […]
On Saturday, the La Crescenta Stake Center parking lot at 4550 Raymond Ave. was filled with classic cars as part of a youth fundraiser sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In addition to the car show supporters could purchase some delicious desserts as part of a bake sale.
California State PTA 2021-2022 Reflections Art Program named this year’s award recipients. This year’s theme was “I Will Change The World By…” Local students who won in their category were fifth-grader Brandon Lee from La Cañada Elementary School, who won in visual arts, and second-grader Valentina Scotti from Lincoln Elementary School who won for music composition.
By Mary O’KEEFE Recently Glendale Unified School District teachers and administrators gathered at Wilson Middle School to launch Verizon Innovative Learning Lab. The Verizon Innovative Learning Lab was made possible through a partnership with Verizon, Heart of America and the J. Orin Edson Entrepreneurship + Innovation Institute at Arizona State University. Verizon Innovative Learning Lab […]
The recent production of “The Lion King KIDS” by the Assistance League – Flintridge ALFie Players’ was held at the Lanterman Auditorium. An estimated 350 attended the March 4 performance.
The Cañada Auxiliary of Professionals, known as CAP, has awarded two $1,000 scholarships to local high school graduates who are attending a two-year college or occupational program. CAP is an auxiliary of Assistance League of Flintridge (ALF). The awards were presented to the recipients last fall for the current school year. La Cañada High School […]