By Mary O’KEEFE Eagle Scout projects are challenging and are normally done toward the end of a Boy Scout’s high school career. One local eighth grade Scout however felt he was up to the challenge – and Mountain Avenue Elementary School will be the beneficiary. “I originally wanted to start a playground somewhere,” said Scout […]
By Brandon HENSLEY One by one, the Holy Redeemer cafeteria began to fill up with middle school kids late Friday afternoon, April 1, who were talking nervously but excitedly to one another, each asking the same question: Hey, how did it go? How did you do? The reason for their inquiries as well as their […]
By Eli LOCKE Last month the Crescenta-Cañada YMCA held its annual summer camp sign up carnival. Camp sign up day used to be a very time consuming affair, but in recent years camp sign ups have been available on the Internet as well as at the carnival, with around 25% of camp signups taking place […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Upon first inspection, the quad at CV High School on March 19 may have looked like any other during a fundraiser: There was music, food, a special performance by a Taekwondo group, and many raffle prizes to award. But a closer look revealed something else, something more than just skin-deep. “This day’s […]
By Mary O’KEEFE After weeks of working long hours Clark Magnet, Crescenta Valley and La Cañada High School robotic teams made their way to the Long Beach Arena last week to compete in the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Los Angeles Regional competition. Each year FIRST challenges high school students to […]
By Eli LOCKE On Friday, two local elementary schools held parent/child events, which aimed to provide a bonding experience for the families who attended them. Lincoln Elementary held its annual Daddy-Daughter dance and Valley View Elementary held its Fourth Annual Mother/Son event titled, “A Knight Out With Mom,” this year’s theme being medieval times. At […]
Crescenta Valley High School Dance held their Spring Show last Friday and Saturday. The show featured beginning, intermediate and advanced dance. The theme was CV goes Google.com with a technology flare. A group dance to the Super Mario theme had a mix of differnt versions of dance from tap to hip-hop. About 58 dancers took […]
By Misty DUPLESSIS Crescenta Valley High School students Christina Padilla, Nicholle Kwon and Xin Yi Ye took the top three places for GUSD in the recent 2011 Tower Art Banner Contest sponsored by the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority. Over the last four years the Airport Authority has invited high school students in the Burbank, Glendale and […]
By Jason KUROSU St. Patrick’s Day, the enduring celebration of everything Irish, hosts a number of traditions. In elementary school, the only tradition routinely followed is the wearing of green, lest one desires pinching and general harassment. Lincoln Elementary took it a step further this St. Patrick’s Day with an exhibition of some of the […]
On Wednesday, March 2, Chamlian Armenian School first grade students celebrated the late Dr. Seuss’s birthday by learning about the author’s life and enjoying a special breakfast of green eggs and ham. The students were excited as they joined English Dept. Chair Anita Torosian in reciting lines from the popular Dr. Seuss book, “Green Eggs […]