LCFCC Preschool Announces Registration and Tours

The La Cañada Flintridge Community Center preschool has opened registration for the 2013-14 school year. In order to enter preschool in the fall, children must be 3 years old by Dec. 2, 2013 and potty-trained. The initial enrollment period continues through Jan. 18 for students who are currently enrolled in the program, siblings of students […]

Saluting Our Scouts

    Ethan Walch Scouting has been an important part of Ethan Walch’s life since he was 8 years old. He joined the Cub Scouts at that age, and then he became a Boy Scout and joined Troop 391 at age 11. Since becoming a Boy Scout, Ethan has earned a total of 25 merit […]

Space Cadet Barbie? Doll Brings Images of Space After Recent Trip

By Misty DUPLESSIS Mountain Avenue Elementary second grade friends Morgan Lashley-Haynes and Rylan Brodie joined fellow classmates in participating in the school’s annual science fair. During a play date, the girls began to brainstorm ideas for the science fair and came up with a weather balloon project that would be out of this world – […]

YOUTH Notes

Area Student Awarded National Scholarship The Verdugo Glen chapter of the American Business Women’s Association (ABWA) has announced Arpa Shahijanian of Burbank, a business student at Glendale Community College, is the recipient of a national $1,000 scholarship. This year’s scholarship was named in memory of Laurali Fey of Glendale, a long time ABWA member. Shahijanian […]

Clark Students Get Big Chance at L.A. Auto Show

By Brandon HENSLEY Students from Clark Magnet High School attended the L.A. Auto Show on Dec. 4, and thanks to the effort of their teacher, a national program based off of the experience is being put together. Kelly Brinker, who teaches several commercial photography classes at Clark, took 32 students to the show last year […]

Parent Ed Board Reviews Year

Board and staff members from La Cañada Presbyterian Church’s Parent Education Program gathered at the La Cañada home of board chair Lynley Gross on Dec. 10 to toast the season and celebrate another year of enriching family life for Parent Education participants and their global outreach partners. Highlights of the evening included a Christmas potluck, […]

Students Take Up the (JPL) Challenge

By Charly SHELTON On Dec. 7, high school teams from around the area met at the Jet Propulsion Lab in La Cañada with a single purpose – to make a robot that flings toilet paper better than even a group of angry high schoolers. The JPL Invention Challenge has become a tradition for many students […]

Advent Celebration at LCPC

LCPC’s Parent Education Program kicked off the holiday season with its highly anticipated Advent Celebration and Christmas pageant on Dec. 5 in the LCPC sanctuary. Pageant Director Sloan Walsh narrated the three/fours and family classes through an old fashioned Christmas pageant and the singing of “Happy Birthday” to Baby Jesus. Later, the two’s classes, led […]