PISF receives foundation award

The Pasadena Independent School Foundation (PISF) received the Outstanding Private Foundation award at the National Philanthropy Day luncheon sponsored by the Association of Fundraising Professionals at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Nov. 8. PISF promotes philanthropic work among students from 11 area schools. Attending the ceremony on behalf of the 15 students from Flintridge Sacred […]

First Steps preschoolers journey to pioneer living

By Misty DUPLESSIS First Steps Preschool in La Crescenta held its annual Pioneer Living event on Friday, Nov. 19. The children were divided into the various groups determined by age: the Pink Group, consisted of 2 year olds, the 3 year olds were the Red Group and the 4 year olds the Blue Group. Pioneer […]

Delphi Academy celebrates ribbon cutting

Delphi Academy of Los Angeles, which for over 25 years has been educating children from kindergarten through high school, celebrated the official opening of its new preschool with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Nov. 10. The celebration took place on the school’s campus at in Lake View Terrace. The event was attended by the entire […]

Mountain Avenue Elementary holds its Annual Jog-a-thon

By Misty DUPLESSIS A very cloudy and slightly wet morning greeted Mountain Avenue Elementary runners last Friday, Nov. 19. The weather didn’t appear to dampen spirits of the student body, however, as students prepared for the school’s fourth annual jog-a-thon. The event is traditionally held this time of the year due to the cooler temperatures. […]

FSHA golf tourney raises $50,000 for scholarships

Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy raised over $50,000 at its annual golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club in Glendale on Oct. 11, according to golf chair Sunder Ramani. The funds go toward scholarships at the all-girls Catholic high school in La Cañada Flintridge. The grand hole-in-one prize of the day was a 2010 Prius, sponsored by […]

Crescenta Valley High mock trial team makes school history

Special to CVW by Helen KANTOR The 2009-2010 mock trial team at Crescenta Valley High School made history Nov. 17 by advancing to the quarterfinals in the Constitutional Rights Foundation’s Mock Trial Program. To date, no other team at CVHS has made it this far. The prosecution and defense teams had the opportunity to argue […]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Doesn’t appreciate being saluted [Regarding the battle over the Morton Bay Fig tree, the new property owners] have given us, the local community, the proverbial one finger salute! This action by the new owner shows nothing but bad faith, in my opinion, by yet another development company. Clearly they were in search of a written […]

A heaping helping of thanks

Before I’m as stuffed as the turkey on our table and people start calling me “butterball” (as if they don’t already), I want to take this opportunity to give thanks of my own. Having always thought that a so-called “attitude of gratitude” is one of the most valuable and redeeming character traits in a person, […]

A tree’s betrayal, and a community’s resolve

We all know about the deal that went down last weekend. A new owner, Jenny Nam, head of New Star Realty, bought the historic blue house on Foothill west of Rosemont, which included our much fought-over Morton Bay Fig Tree, and immediately proposed to cut down every tree on her property. There was a lot […]

Dump truck dumps load

By Mary O’KEEFE A truck carrying rocks from a debris basin overturned as it was making a turn onto Foothill Boulevard from Boston Avenue scattering rocks onto the west bound lanes of the road at about 11 a.m. on Tuesday. “We don’t know if the load [of rocks] shifted but as he made a right […]