Learning about Mock Trial

By McKenna MIDDLETON, Intern Schools work to prepare students for future careers, fostering skills in English, math, and science. But what about future lawyers? Mock Trial is a program that seeks to develop students’ skills in the area of law. Crescenta Valley High School has had a Mock Trial club for the past 18 years. […]

A Season of Firsts for CV Instrumental Music

A Season of Firsts for CV Instrumental Music

By Tyler BIDDLE This year the instrumental musicians at Crescenta Valley High School have taken on some new challenges and they aren’t nearly done yet. Two weeks ago, they competed in their first SCJA championships where they placed fifth overall and earned the highest of the musical performance scores in their division. Now they are […]

Teaching Kids Street Smarts

By McKenna MIDDLETON, Intern Everyone knows that you must look both ways before crossing the street. Then why is it that the leading cause of death and injury in the country, as well as Los Angeles, is childhood pedestrian car crashes? Perhaps children are not as well educated on pedestrian safety as they should be. […]

This Hall Decked in Popcorn

This Hall Decked in Popcorn

By McKenna MIDDLETON, intern Boy Scouts have always had the ability to generate nostalgia due to their representation of America’s ideal youth. One of the many traditions associated with Boy Scouts are seasonal popcorn sales.     Similar to the sale of Girl Scout cookies, the boys go door-to-door to sell a variety of popcorn treats. […]

Mystery Reader Visits Lincoln

Mystery Reader Visits Lincoln

Leonard Ghazarian, owner of Caspian Services and president of the Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce, was a mystery reader on Wednesday at Angie Thomas’ kindergarten class at Lincoln Elementary School. After reading, “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish” by Dr. Seuss, the class posed for a photo. With Ghazarian is his son Andrew […]

More Than Candy is Sweet at the Y

More Than Candy is Sweet at the Y

This Halloween, for the first time, the Crescenta Cañada and Tujunga YMCAs invited elementary school children to donate their extra candy to the troops. For every pound of candy they brought in, they received one raffle ticket for a chance to win a new bike. Thanks to the help of Sunland Elementary School and Palm […]

Kids Run for Foundation

Kids Run for Foundation

Lincoln Elementary School Foundation held its annual jog-a-thon on Nov. 15.  The largest Foundation fundraiser of the year, this event helps supplement teacher and staff salaries, as well as provide much needed equipment and programs for classroom-specific and school-wide initiatives. Students and faculty sprinted, jogged, and walked by grade level in 20-minute increments to earn […]

Holidays with the CV Charismatics

Holidays with the CV Charismatics

By Tyler BIDDLE The holidays are a busy time at Crescenta Valley High School and no one understands this better than the elite Charismatics choral team. All CV choral groups are run by Shannon Mack who has been working with his students for months to make the upcoming Feast of Lights concert one of the […]

YOUTH NOTES

Boys Basketball Annual Alumni Games Come out and support the 2013-14 CVHS boys’ basketball teams and former players as current and past Falcon greats face-off during this pre-Thanksgiving tradition! Games will be played in the Crescenta Valley High School Main Gym on Wednesday, Nov. 27. Freshman play at 4 p.m., JV at 5:30 p.m. and […]

Local Girl Scouts Reach Out with Special Project

Local Girl Scouts Reach Out with Special Project

As part of its Silver Award project, Girl Scout Troop 9231 of La Crescenta held a special event for autistic children that provided the experience of spending an afternoon with horses. Horses Helping Humans was a concept that the troop of eight Girl Scouts created that focused on introducing younger autistic children (4-10 years old) […]