By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley High School’s prom is Saturday night. With the night come several certainties; it will be impossible to find an open chair at a nail salon, dresses and shoes will become even more important than they were the day before and there will be a steady line at the flower shops. […]
By Tyler BIDDLE Local high school artists from California’s 28th congressional district are competing for a chance to have their work displayed in the nation’s capital. On Sunday, May 19 Representative Adam Schiff will be hosting a forum and exhibition of the work submitted. Fifty students from 19 different schools have submitted works of visual […]
Students at Rosemont Middle School had the chance recently to learn what life was like during the days of the Civil War. Each year, the middle school field is transformed into a Civil War historical site. The annual event gives eighth grade students the chance to roam among stations set up to teach what life […]
By Aimee YEGHIAYAN “From the L.A. Regional, team 589, Isabel Martos-Repath!” Those are words CVHS junior Isabel Martos-Repath never thought she would hear spoken at the annual FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) championships in St. Louis on April 26-27. From hundreds of students, Martos-Repath was selected as one of 10 winners […]
By Michael YEGHIAYAN Third grade classes from Mountain Avenue Elementary School have experienced a new perspective and appreciation for nature after the students participated in a field trip to the Rosemont Preserve. The opportunity for a hands-on learning experience heightened the students’ knowledge of the relationships between plant life, wildlife and geological formations in the […]
Several areas of improvement around Crescenta Valley are due to Boy Scout Eagle projects. From the murals at local schools to blazing trails, Boy Scouts have found ways to help improve the community they live in. Crescenta Valley Town Council and Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael Antonovich honored Eagle Scouts at the recent Arbor Day […]
Amy Choi of La Cañada won top honors at the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Junior Woodwind Competition. Choi, 13, is an eighth-grader at Rosemont Middle School in La Crescenta. A student of Christina Yoo, she has been playing flute for four years. She has been involved in the Southern California School Band and Orchestra […]
Recently, 10 members of the Crescenta-Cañada Family YMCA National Swim Team headed to North Carolina for the YMCA Nationals meet. There were nearly 200 teams represented by 1,500 swimmers from around the country competing at the highest level of competition for those under the age of 18. The local Y team finished 47th out of […]
Boys & Girls Club Hosting Summer Camp The Boys & Girls Club is having its summer camp at Crescenta Valley Park. The day camp will be filled with fun activities, arts and crafts, sports and weekly fieldtrips. Camp starts June 3 and runs through Aug. 9; closed Independence Day. Hours of operation are Monday through […]
On Thursday, April 18 three Cub Scouts from Monte Vista Elementary School visited the Crescenta Valley Weekly office. The boys are in the first grade at Monte Vista, but are not in the same class. They came to learn about newspapers, said Emilio Yniguez, 7. “I like the meetings,” Brody Gibbs, 6, said of being […]