LCFShakes Returns this Summer From Friday, June 24 to Sunday, July 31 at 8 p.m., VanguardRep will present its annual summer festival, La Cañada Flintridge Shakespeare Festival (LCFShakes). The world premieres of “After the Autumn” and “Tragic Women” will play in repertory with a further adaptation of last year’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” LCFShakes will […]
Senior Reflections Planned at CVHS Crescenta Valley High School Senior Reflections for the Class of 2011 will take place Sunday, June 12 at 4 p.m. in the CVHS Auditorium. Senior Reflections is one of the most memorable of all the graduation activities. The program is created by senior students and their class officers and is […]
By Brandon HENSLEY So this hot-shot science student walks into Orenda Tuason’s classroom at Crescenta Valley High one afternoon and it immediately becomes a family atmosphere. The student at first turns a chair around to sit in it like A.C. Slater in “Saved by the Bell.” Tuason has none of that that and scolds him […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Fremont Elementary School Field Day had students hopping like frogs, hula hooping and racing in a water brigade. Principal Christin Walley pulled from her physical education background and organized a day of health and fitness. In addition to the many races that challenged the students’ endurance and teamwork were health stations. Glendale […]
The 2011 prom for Crescenta Valley High School was held on May 28 at the Globe Theatre on the back lot of Universal Studios. Over 525 prom tickets were sold and attendees enjoyed a full evening of dancing and dining. Many arrived in limos and party buses, dressed in gowns and tuxedos. A highlight of […]
By Maddy PUMILIA Dunsmore Elementary school was turned into a carnival Friday, complete with a bounce house, carnival games, a dunk tank and prizes. The theme was a circus. Students used tickets to play different games including one game where kids could win a fish from the Fish Cove by getting a ping pong ball […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Every year after a high school prom, there are students who round up their friends and dates, get a hold of some alcohol and spend the rest of the night daring the police to come and crash whatever party is being thrown. Then there are the students who attended CV High’s Prom […]
By Misty DUPLESSIS On Thursday, May 26 Rosemont Middle School’s eighth grade students participated in the school’s first annual Civil War Night. After in-class lessons on the 19th Century U.S. war, students along with their parents were invited to participate in the hands-on Civil War instruction. The eighth grade history department put on the event […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Usually at a high school, hours after the last bell has rung, the hallways are empty, free of students who are most likely procrastinating on another assignment. But on May 20 at CV High, students had an assignment that brought them back to the classroom from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. On […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Last week, champion tricycle riders took their shot for the coveted first place award at the Lincoln 500. For 31 years, Lincoln Elementary School students, teachers and parents have transformed the school’s campus into a rally racetrack. Drivers (riders) from all ages prepare for the day they will cross that finish line […]