By Ani GASPARYAN, intern Los Angeles high school students are increasingly choosing to attend community college and then later transfer to four-year institutions to receive their college degrees. According to California Community Colleges, a postsecondary education system in California, 29% of University of California graduates and 51% of California State University graduates transferred from a […]
Unis Choi, teacher specialist for the Glendale Unified Foreign Language Academies of Glendale (FLAG) Korean Program, received an award from the Korean Ministry of Education for her contributions to the promotion of Korean language and culture education in the United States. The award was presented to Choi by the Korean minister of education at the […]
Four Glendale Unified students received gold medals at the 55th Annual SkillsUSA National competition. Larisa Assadourian, Tsoler Demerdjian and Alaina Chiriyankandath Joby from Clark Magnet High School took gold in the Natural Resources Career Pathways Showcase, advised by teacher Dominique Evans-Bye. Carly Ngo from Crescenta Valley High School won a gold medal in the Medical […]
Ani Sarkissian, 2015 La Cañada High School graduate, was selected as the 2019 commencement student speaker at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) Henry Samueli School of Engineering 2019 commencement, which took place on June 14 at the UCI Bren Events Center. There were about a thousand students graduating from the prestigious School of Engineering, […]
By Mary O’KEEFE It was an orchestral world tour that included Budapest, Vienna and Prague. Any musician would feel honored to be part of such an exciting tour but for an 11-year-old girl the experience was especially awe-inspiring. Eyla Najafi, a local violinist, performed for these European cities with students from her music school Classical […]
Assistance League® of Flintridge (ALF) offers two after-school drama programs for students in La Cañada Flintridge and the surrounding communities. Each program culminates in a public performance at Lanterman Auditorium. Students entering grades 3-6 are invited to join ALFie Players for the fall program. Later in the season, students in grades 5-10 will have the […]
The Kiwanis Club of La Cañada La Crescenta-AM donated a literacy box to the Kiwanis Head Start preschool in Sylmar. Working with Jessica Vega, school director, a space ship theme was chosen. The box was funded and built by the Kiwanis Literacy Club of Southern California and sponsored by Kiwanis Club of La Cañada La […]
At a presentation Mass held at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels on Sunday, May 19, Boy Scouts Kenny Carpenter (Troop 288), Anthony Novoa (Troop 303), Andrew Schneider (Troop 315), Anton Studer (Troop 315), William Van Keuren (Troop 315), and Edward Vu (Troop 317) each received the Ad Altare Dei religious emblem. After […]
Since the inception of Boy Scouts in 1911, only a small percentage of Scouts have earned the rank of Eagle. The odds are remarkable that seven Crescenta Valley High School seniors would together attain this rank. The boys started their trail to Eagle as Tiger Scouts in the same Pack 360 Cub Scout Den, bridged […]
On May 31, the Dunsmore Elementary School staff, students and community honored Principal Karen Stegman for 10 years of service as principal. The student council presented her with flowers and the staff gave her a shout-out with a poem as administrative secretary, Christine Giannamore, presented her with a gift on behalf of the school. Stegman’s […]