Saluting Our Scouts

Darius Bhadha Darius started his Scouting adventures in the first grade. He began as a Tiger Cub with Pack 302 associated with Monte Vista Elementary School. He earned his Bobcat, Wolf, Bear and Webelos badges including the Arrow of Light. Paul Backes was his Den leader all five years. Darius began his Boy Scout journey […]

Nestle the Cow Visits Lincoln

By Misty DUPLESSIS On Friday, mobile dairy instructor Laura LaFayette came to visit students at Lincoln Elementary School on behalf of The Dairy Council of California. She came equipped with a ton of dairy information as well as a half-ton Jersey cow named Nestle. Six-year-old Nestle currently calls Covina High School home, but hailed from […]

CVHS Mascots Named National Champs

By Misty DUPLESSIS CV High School has been known to house many talented and creative students and can now add two more to its growing list of achievers. CV cheer mascots Sean Patrick Ireland and Andrew Maynard were invited to participate in the annual USA National Cheer Competition after receiving high scores in the regional […]

Daughters and Dads Attend Dance

By Natalie MAIER On Friday night, the Lincoln Elementary School auditorium was transformed into a retro dance hall for the annual father/daughter dance. This year’s theme harkened back to the 1950s: “Let’s go to the Hop.” According to Kathy Ranek, the main organizer of the dance, around 195 people took the opportunity to dress in […]

Valley View Moms and Sons Take Part in ‘Minecraft’ Olympics

By Misty DUPLESISS The Valley View PTA again transformed the school into an interactive arena for moms and their sons during its annual mother/son event. Mothers and their sons donned Creepers and Villagers shirts and outfits from the popular video/computer game “Minecraft.” This was the first year that moms and their sons had the chance […]

Students Help Kiwanis Replant

Celyn Peralta, Alana Sy, Kelly Huang and Victoria Hernandey from Franklin High School are shown helping the La Cañada Kiwanis AM plant small trees at Chilao Campground in Angeles National Forest on March 16. Two-hundred small trees were planted with the hope that the forest will be replenished within three years. Submitted by Marilyn CABLE

NCL Glendale Seniors Honored at Presentation Ball

Fragrant flowers and twinkling lights greeted young ladies in white ball gowns escorted by their tuxedoed dads with friends and family members looking on. Above the stage was a backdrop of a luminous moon, representing the theme chosen by the Class of 2013 for the National Charity League, Inc.’s 62nd Annual Senior Presentation “Dancing in […]

Clark Magnet Students Take Lexus Eco Challenge Prize

Students at Clark Magnet High School were announced as one of eight final winners in the Lexus Eco Challenge. The Riptides from La Crescenta won $15,000 in the Eco Challenge’s “Final Challenge.” The money will be distributed with $3,000 for the school, $2,000 for the teacher advisor and $10,000 in scholarships for the students. Student […]

YOUTH Notes

Over Nine Decades of Denial at GHS The Armenian Clubs from four of high schools – Crescenta Valley, Clark Magnet, Glendale High and Hoover – in Glendale Unified School District invites the public their 12th Annual Armenian Genocide Remembrance Assembly on Monday, April 22. It will be held at the Glendale High School Auditorium at […]