Happy Halloween!! From Our Local Schools
Goblins, ghosts, princesses and Creepers were found on local playgrounds and fields during the annual Halloween parades held on elementary school campuses. As in years past, parents were on hand to cheer on their costumed students while snapping pictures and taking video. Rainy weather wouldn’t come until later in the evening when most of the […]
YOUTH NOTES
Youth in Business Entrepreneurs Day The YMCA is hosting workshops on Nov. 21 and Nov. 22 for young entrepreneurs. Participants will learn how to prepare their business ideas for possible funding and practice presentations to actual investors from the Pasadena Angels. These workshops are for teen in grades six through 12. Enter as a three […]
Preparing for a ‘March of a Lifetime’
By Samantha SLAYBACK Citizens of Pasadena and surrounding areas, including La Crescenta, take pride in one of the world’s annual traditions: the Tournament of Roses Parade. Situated close to famous Colorado Boulevard, members of the foothills community can often be found each year decorating floats or perched along the boulevard to cheer parade participants. This […]
NEWS FROM THE CV YOUTH TOWN COUNCIL » LAUREN HARVEY
The Crescenta Valley Youth Town Council (CVYTC) continues to run like a well-oiled machine. Its seven members remain dedicated to their roles, despite the distractions of college applications, AP classes, and busy high school lives. The team is quickly filling up its schedule with a myriad of fun activities for the community. In recent news, […]
Bestselling Children’s Author Comes to Monte Vista
By Samantha SLAYBACK Last year, Monte Vista Elementary School implemented a book club for students. Since its beginning, the book club has taken off. Currently, students of the book club are reading the Brixton Brothers series, a children’s mystery series by bestselling author Mac Barnett. Barnett, 32, currently resides in Oakland, California. Along with his […]
GirlTech in CTRL
By Joyce LEE GirlTech, a new but growing club at Crescenta Valley High School, is garnering attention for its inspiring theme. Kortney Casanova and Anushka Sagar founded the club with the purpose of exposing young women to the career possibilities that coding has to offer. By equipping them with basic skills and knowledge on how […]
CV Music Dept. Benefits from Gold Award Project
Annie Blood, a sophomore at Crescenta Valley High School, recently completed her Girl Scout Gold Award of organizing 2,000 pieces of music in the CVHS music library. Her initial task was moving 2,000 folders of music to the choir room. From there, 50 music and community members spent over 500 hours alphabetizing and sorting […]
Earth Science Taught at Rosemont Preserve
By Isiah REYES For the third consecutive year, students from Mountain Avenue Elementary attended a docent-led field trip at the Rosemont Preserve to learn more about plate tectonics, faulting, soil erosion and the shaping of Earth’s surface and its various types of rocks. This year’s group consisted of 40 sixth graders who visited the Rosemont […]
Crescenta Valley High School Celebrates Homecoming
Crescenta Valley High School held its homecoming this past weekend. On Friday, the homecoming football game against Hoover was a victory for the Falcons. It was there that this year’s homecoming court was introduced: Grady Schilling, Tyler Hill, Jake Eggena, Thulani Kachingwe, Brett Klein, Brian Gadsby, Roxy Raad, Hannah Weingarten, Savannah Baum, Vanessa Young, […]