By Mary O’KEEFE The Crescenta Valley High School JROTC program received the Outstanding Organization of the Year for the 2017-18 school year by the Air Force JROTC. The school’s program has received many honors over the years but this recognition is centered in community service, a practice the JROTC cadets take seriously. “Cadets average at […]
The Crescenta Valley Park Skatepark celebrated its second year anniversary on June 21. Professional skaters, booths featuring skateboard equipment and food were on-site for the celebration. The idea for the park originated from local skaters Cooper Iven, Austin Seo and Corbin Southworth. They wanted to have a skatepark in the area but wanted it designed […]
La Cañada High School 2018 graduate Elizabeth Gonzales was awarded the Italian Catholic Federation Scholarship at an award presentation held during the Branch 374 general meeting. Prior to attending LCHS, Gonzales was a student at Palm Crest School. The awards are provided by ICF throughout the country at its various branches. Branch 374 resides at […]
By Isaac SIMS-FOSTER, intern “Writing is a tool we use to make the invisible visible,” said Deena Rosen to her group of teens. The lesson was on utilizing writing to make abstract concepts feel real. The teens listed emotions and concepts that existed but were not tangible, cracking jokes and dissecting ideas along. From “love” […]
Marking its 54th anniversary, Community Scholarship Foundation of La Cañada Flintridge celebrated the success of nine new scholarship applicants and four renewal scholarship students. The 2018 scholarship luncheon was held on Sunday, June 3 at one of the event rooms of USC Verdugo Hills Hospital. USC Verdugo Hills Hospital has been supporting organizations such as […]
On June 8, Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles Robert Barron celebrated St. Monica Academy’s baccalaureate Mass and graduation. After celebrating Mass with five other priests, Bishop Barron delivered the commencement address and conferred diplomas upon St. Monica Academy’s eighth grade and 12th grade graduates. In his address, the Bishop reminded the students that the reason […]
Four talented authors and illustrators visited Mountain Avenue Elementary School on May 29 to visit children in the classrooms and talk to them about how they write books and discussing how to research a book and the importance of reading. Assistance League of Glendale sponsored the event and gave the school library a copy of […]
Celebrating 25 years of serving the community, the Kiwanis Club of La Cañada La Crescenta – AM presented a $350 check to the Girl Scouts of Glendale/La Crescenta Service Unit to be used in their Twilight Camp, which is a tradition of more than 25 years. This camp started with 50 girls and has grown […]
The Assistance League of Glendale raised its scholarship distribution amount to $1,500 this year and included for the first time male students as well as female. In memory of a previous scholarship chair, the Lu Hismeh scholarship was added to the roster of scholarships distributed. The scholarship is dedicated to someone going into education. The […]
St. Monica Academy, located in Montrose, is the only school in the LA and Pasadena areas to be named a Catholic Education Honor Roll School by the Cardinal Newman Society. The honor roll recognizes schools that model five Principles of Catholic Identity in Education: • Inspired by Divine Mission • Models Christian Communion • Encounters […]