Wilson Middle School Gets an Innovative Helping Hand

Wilson Middle School Gets an Innovative Helping Hand

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 […]

ALF Cañada Auxiliary of Professionals Awards Scholarships to Local Students

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 […]

The Lanterman House Opens Applications for Summer Internship Program

The Lanterman Historical Museum Foundation is inviting local high school students to apply for its third annual Virtual History Internship Program. The seven-week program will be conducted remotely and is open to students in grades 10 through 12 interested in learning about and preserving local history. This year, the theme of the interviews is “Creating […]

Historic Bridging Ceremony for Local Cub Scouts

Historic Bridging Ceremony for Local Cub Scouts

By Lori BODNAR       Cub Scout Pack 360 held a bridging ceremony at Mountain Avenue Elementary School on Friday, March 25. The ceremony was historic in that it included two girls who completed the entire Cub Scout Pack 360 program. Starting in early 2018, girls have been allowed in Cub Scouts and Cub Scout Pack 360 […]

Locals Celebrate Pi Day

On National Pi Day (March 14), Flintridge Prep students, from left, Miles Fish, 13, and Jonah Rose, 14, share a pepperoni pizza purchased for $3.14 at Blaze Pizza in La Cañada.    Photo by Ruth SOWBY

Scouting Recruitment Event Held at Hall

Scouting Recruitment Event Held at Hall

On Saturday, Troop 288 welcomed bridging Webelos Scouts and others interested in Scouting at the American Legion Hall in La Crescenta. Attendees learned more about Troop 288 (which includes boys, girls and Venture Crew) and tried their hand at rope-making, Dutch oven cooking, knot-tying and flag folding and learned about rock climbing, backpacking, merit badges […]

YOUTH notes

GUSD Updates Mask Requirements The California and Los Angeles County Depts. of Public Health have announced that the indoor mask requirement for K-12 schools and child care settings will end on March 11. Based on this updated guidance, effective March 12, masks will be strongly recommended but no longer required indoors or outdoors at any […]

Blade-by-Blade, A Grassy Field is Earned by Students

Our Lady of Lourdes School held its first annual Lions Dash run-a-thon to raise money for a new artificial turf field where kids can play soccer, baseball, kickball and all of those great games that are best played on grass. Anyone who has tried sliding into third base on asphalt can attest that – ouch […]

CVHS Holds Health Career Night

By Lori BODNAR    Crescenta Valley High School (CVHS) students learned about different career paths in the science field and gained advice from presenters at the virtual Health Career Night hosted by the Academy of Science and Medicine. Academy advisor Orenda Tuason and Academy administrators Alamelu Arunachalam and Lisa Pang hosted the event. There were 19 […]

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