William John Adler III Billy is the eldest son of Suko and Bill Adler. He attended St. Bede School from kindergarten through eighth grade. Currently he is a sophomore at Loyola High School. Billy maintains nearly a 4.0 GPA while enrolled in honors and AP courses. Although school keeps him very busy, he has managed […]
The Kiwanis Club of La Cañada invited members of the Boy and Girl Scout troops to their weekly meeting to honor 16 high school age Scouts for their accomplishments. Kiwanis member Ken Lowe presented each Scout with a certificate that noted their accomplishments. The Scouts were accompanied by their leaders from three La Cañada Flintridge […]
ABWA Genevieve Conway was chosen as the national ABWA scholar by the national board of directors. She is employed with the Los Angeles County Assessor’s Office in addition to attending Glendale Community College full time. She is shown with the family of Laurali Fey for whom the national scholarship was named. From left are […]
Many organizations work throughout the year to raise money for scholarship funds that are then distributed to recipients graduating from local high schools. Below is a snapshot of some of this year’s organizations and their recipients. For a list of scholarship awardees, visit www.cvweekly.com/localyouth. Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California Nikolas Gutierrez-Kovner from […]
By Jason KUROSU NASA’s Women in STEM High School Aerospace Scholars (or WISH) program selected 84 female high school juniors from across the country to take part in an intensive two-week program this June and July. STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and mathematics and the WISH program is geared towards young women interested in […]
By Misty DUPLESSIS For most of her life you might say that Girl Scout Kate Linkchorst has had her head in the clouds – or at the very least, among the stars. Linkchorst’s father Fred is an aerospace engineer and early on the Girl Scout discovered her own fondness for gazing at the heavenly bodies. […]
The American Academic Competition Institute (AACI) released the results of the Inaugural National High School Sports Medicine Championships that took place on May 21. AACI’s goal is to give students from across the nation an opportunity to excel in their chosen areas of study through online competition and testing. To achieve this, AACI developed the […]
A group of students from Crescenta Valley High School recently conducted a survey regarding gender prejudice. The students – Philip Song, Jocelyn Chia, Kayleigh Carrillo, Marcus Monterroso, and Zoey Marroquin – wanted to spread awareness of gender prejudice to increase recognition of situations in which it is prevalent, and possibly help prevent it. They asked […]
Valley View principal Carla Walker had a unique way of congratulating the first grade students in Holly Woodward’s class who reached or surpassed their accelerated reader goals – she kissed a pig. This year the students chose a balloon launch for their reward if they achieved the first grade benchmark, and asked if their principal […]
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