LCHS Kiwanis Builders Club Members Involved in Community Service

For the past three years, Kiwanis Builders Club at La Cañada High School has been growing, reaching its capacity of 35 eighth graders with a waiting list of students who wish to join. Membership is currently limited due to space constrictions at the school. Recently, officers of the LCHS Kiwanis Builders Club joined the adult […]

Giving the Gift of Reading

By Mary O’KEEFE Elementary school students throughout Glendale Unified School District received an early Christmas present – a gift that opened up an entire world. “What state was President Lincoln born in?” asked Joe Allen, member of the Glendale Elks Lodge, of an audience of third graders at Mountain Avenue Elementary School. “Don’t know? We […]

LCF Community Center Preschool “Adopts” Families Through CHLA Program

The students at the La Cañada Flintridge Community Center Preschool experienced the joy of giving this holiday season by adopting three families of patients from Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles.     The preschoolers collected an array of clothing, presents and gift certificates for each of the families in need. A Christmas “giving tree” had been […]

Information Packets and Applications Available for Clark Magnet HS

Information packets for private school students residing in Glendale interested in enrolling at Clark Magnet High School in August are now available at the Clark Magnet High School office, 4747 New York Ave., La Crescenta; any of the district’s four middle schools, Roosevelt, Rosemont, Toll or Wilson; the Student Support Services office, Room 203, at […]

Students Excited about Science at Mountain Avenue

By Misty DUPLESSIS Mountain Avenue’s Science Fun Fair coordinators Saty Raghavachary and Jackie Bodner have been getting students excited about science for the past three years. To kick off the fourth annual Science Fun Fair, this year the organizers held a mini-science display where past entries were recreated to generate creativity and excitement. “This kick-off […]

Seven La Crescenta Teens Among L.A.’s Emerging Leaders

Local young women honored at Hollywood luncheon featuring L.A.’s top female executive talent. Seven Glendale-area Girl Scouts have been named Emerging Leaders by Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles in recognition of their outstanding extra-curricular accomplishments. On Dec. 5, Heather Abrams, Morgan Beck, Mithra Bhadha, Antonia Issaevitch, Jillian Kauffman, Isabel Martos-Repath and Rachel Nakumra of […]

Dancers Prepare for ‘CV’s Got Talent’

By Natalie MAIER “From the top! Five, six, seven, eight!” Crescenta Valley High School’s advanced dance class jumped, spun, pirouetted and slid across the gym floor in preparation for the upcoming CV’s Got Talent show that takes place at 7 p.m. on Friday in the CVHS MacDonald Auditorium. A total of seven acts will be […]

Callihan Porter Takes the Lead in “The Nutcracker”

By Ashley FILIPEK Students of Los Angeles Magazine’s “L.A.’s Best Kids’ Ballet School” will take the stage this holiday season at The Luckman Theatre to perform the holiday classic, “The Nutcracker” on Dec. 14, 15, and 16. The Marat Daukayev Ballet Theatre’s 12th production features dancers from 3-year-old beginners to advanced students whose artistry and […]

YOUTH Notes

Performances at CVHS The CVHS Theatre Department presents “The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man on the Moon Marigolds” Dec. 6, Dec. 7, Dec. 8, Dec. 13 and Dec. 15 at the school’s at 7 p.m. and on Dec 14 at 4 p.m. On Dec. 14, Comedy Sportz takes place at 7 p.m. Performances are […]