By Mary O’KEEFE There will always be a few butterflies in the stomach on the first day of school whether it is your last “first day” as a senior in high school or your very first day as a kindergartener. The first day of school follows along the line between excitement and concern. “I don’t […]
By Grace BENNETT, Intern The Crescenta Valley High School (CVHS) winter guard continues to showcase its excellence at the series of competitions and events it competes in every year. But the guard’s 2018-19 competitive season proved to be most exemplary of its efforts. Winter guard is an indoor sport and typically utilizes flags, sabres, rifles […]
By Ani GASPARYAN, intern California high schoolers might be one step closer to sleeping in on school days as a bill to push back school start times passes through the State Assembly Education Committee. Senate Bill 326, reintroduced by State Senator Anthony Portantino, proposes that California high schools should start classes no earlier than 8:30 […]
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 […]