This holiday season, Crescenta Valley Adventist School’s third through sixth graders took their giving to the streets, providing gifts and song to the men and women at the Eagle Rock SDA Church soup kitchen. The children passed out gifts of toiletries, receiving “oohhs!” and “aahhs!” from those in attendance. While talking with the men […]
Fifty Girl Scouts representing Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles (GSGLA) ushered in the new year on Jan. 1 by marching in the 2014 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade as part of the event’s prestigious Tournament Troop. The young women are the 30th group of gold award Girl Scouts to be a part of the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A Crescenta Valley High School student has brought home a big honor – and a generous scholarship – for her prowess in math and engineering. Isabel Martos-Repath was awarded a silver award from the Hispanic Heritage Foundation in engineering and mathematics. The award was sponsored by Exxon Mobil and included a $2,000 […]
The students at the La Cañada Flintridge Community Center Preschool experienced the joy of giving this holiday season by adopting three patient families from Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. The preschoolers are collecting clothing, presents and gift certificates for each of the families in need. A Christmas “giving tree” has been placed in the […]
By Michael BRUER The Chamber Singers of La Cañada High School is arguably the most close-knit group on campus. Their unity and cohesion has been charmingly likened to a cult-like mentality by fellow classmates. The 32 members who make up the choir are a group of sophomores, juniors and seniors. Those 16 young men and […]
Information for private school students residing in Glendale who are interested in enrolling at Clark Magnet High School next August is available online at www.gusdmagnetandflag.com, at the Clark Magnet High School office, 4747 New York Ave., La Crescenta, at any of the district’s four middle schools: Roosevelt, Rosemont, Toll or Wilson, and at the Student […]
By McKenna MIDDLETON, intern This year’s mock trial season has come to an end for Crescenta Valley High School. The team made it to the quarter-finals this year, something they consider a great victory. “We had some really good competitions we can look back on and know we gave it our all,” club president Courtney […]
By McKenna MIDDLETON, intern The works of William Shakespeare are often dismissed as incomprehensible, especially by high school students who prefer Cliffs Notes to the real thing. Joanne McGee-Lamb chose to direct Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” at Crescenta Valley High School in an interactive way in hopes of changing the way students view Shakespeare. “The hope […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Jet Propulsion Laboratory hosted its annual Invention Challenge on Friday. High school students as well as JPL employees and their families were challenged this year to create a device that could deliver a golf ball in a “hole in one.” According to the JPL rules, the device invented has to “propel and/or […]
Once again the Crescenta Valley High School football and baseball teams banded together to bring Christmas trees to Crescenta Valley. Orders were placed weeks ago and on Saturday, between rainstorms, the boys unloaded the trees from the truck and loaded them onto the vehicles of waiting customers. Trees and wreaths were available and the sales […]