Students Dazzle at Valley View Talent Show

Students Dazzle at Valley View Talent Show

Valley View held its annual talent show on Feb. 18 titled, “Valley View’s Got Talent!” Students of all grade levels participated and showed off their talents in singing, dancing, joke telling and instrument playing. Teachers and the PTA board joined in the festivities along with Principal Reynolds, who emceed the gala. Students were treated to […]

AYSO Region 88 Girls Team Selected for National Games

AYSO Region 88 Girls Team Selected for National Games

AYSO Region 88 announced that a U10 girls’ team has been chosen to participate in the 2016 AYSO National Games held at the Palm Beach Polo Club, West Palm Beach, Florida July 3-10. Players for this national team were specifically selected by AYSO coaches Arturo Sotillo and Otto Polanco from Region 88 GU-10 (Girls Under-10). […]

Local Students Enjoy Opera

In Februry, 146 students from two GUSD schools attended L.A. Opera’s student matinee performance of ‘The Prospector,” a one-act opera commissioned by L.A. Opera and inspired by the opera, “The Girl of the Golden West” (“La Fanciulla del West”). Students from Celeste Maeshiro’s and Nicholas James’ classes at Lincoln Elementary and students from the Valley […]

JROTC Going to the Academic Bowl Competition!

JROTC Going to the Academic Bowl Competition!

By Mary O’KEEFE It has been a year of firsts for the Crescenta Valley High School JROTC – the first time they will compete in the Air Force National JROTC Drill Championship Series in Daytona, Florida, the first time the Junior Eagles Camp (an outreach project provided for Rosemont Middle School students) was held and […]

Lights, Camera, Action!

Lights, Camera, Action!

Photos by Jessica DILLON The annual Lincoln Talent Show was held over two consecutive Wednesday evenings in February. The students, under the direction of first grade teacher Nicolas James, dazzled parents, grandparents, friends and classmates with demonstrations of amazing talent. Students from kindergarten through sixth grade participated in the shows, whether dancing (ballet, hip hop, […]

Happy Lunar New Year at Valley View

Happy Lunar New Year at Valley View

Valley View Elementary students enjoyed cultural celebration at the Lunar New Year assembly on Feb. 11, welcoming in the Year of the Monkey. The assembly included a tae kwon do demonstration, which included Valley View students, and a Korean traditional string instrument musical program with a traditional Korean 12-string musical instrument. Students enjoyed seeing cultural […]

Youth Notes

Dine-out Fundraiser CV Instrumental Music is hosting a dine-out on Friday, March 11 from noon to 9 p.m. at Panda Express, 700 Foothill Blvd. in La Cañada. Twenty percent of the evening’s receipts from this event will go directly to support CV’s Instrumental Music Dept. Be sure to present a printed copy of the flyer […]

JROTC Honor Guard Needs Support for Competition

By Mary O’KEEFE The Crescenta Valley High School JROTC Honor Guard division has had their hard work and hours of practice rewarded by being selected to compete in the 2016 Air Force National JROTC Drill Championship Series. Anyone who attends events in Crescenta Valley has most likely seen the award-winning Honor Guard. They are the […]

Golbranson Signs NLI

On Feb. 3, St. Monica Academy (2361 Del Mar Road in Montrose) senior Matthew Golbranson signed a national letter of intent to play soccer for Santa Clara University. Golbranson is SMA’s first student/athlete to sign to play a Division I sport. He also plays on SMA’s baseball team where he is a two time league […]

Running for Technology

  Valley View Educational Foundation held its annual jog-a-thon on Feb. 12. Students helped raise money to provide the school with the very latest in technology – new computers for the school’s Media Center. The students were encouraged to begin “training” by jogging (not sprinting). Students asked friends and family to sponsor them on a […]