Day is ‘Golden’ at Valley View
By Misty DUPLSSIS On Friday, June 1 the fourth grade students of Valley View Elementary wrapped up this year’s social studies lesson on California’s history by participating in a daylong reenactment of what life was like for early California miners. The fourth graders began the year learning about Native Americans, the state’s early settlers, California […]
YMCA Gymnastics Team Wins State Championship
The CCY Dynamite Gymnastics Team recently brought home its first state championship banner in the history of the Crescenta-Cañada Family YMCA. The California State Gymnastics Competition was held on May 19 and May 20 and featured teams from Los Angeles, the Inland Empire and Orange County. The Y’s team is composed of 17 girls between […]
Gold Award Project Goes Global
La Crescenta Girl Scout Elizabeth Hakes ended her senior Scouting career with a Gold Award project that started in Los Angeles and ended in Nairobi, Kenya. Elizabeth’s project assisted many young African women in understanding their menstrual cycle by bringing and teaching them how to use cloth feminine sanitary kits, thereby enabling these young women […]
Clark Engineering Class Soars to New Heights
Students launch high-altitude balloon. At 6 a.m. on May 26 while most students were at home asleep, four 12th-grade students and one parent from Clark Magnet High School’s Advanced Engineering class met their teacher David Black at the school’s newly-created Engineering Lab to do something no student at Clark had done before: take pictures and […]
Jr. Firefighters Program Brings Kids Together
By Brandon HENSLEY When are they going to spray the hose? Four elementary school kids huddled around a bench at Verdugo Park last Friday afternoon, asking that question. They looked around and saw members of the Glendale Fire Department, surrounded by screaming children, each one hoping their raffle number would be called so they could […]
JROTC Cadets Honored
By Mary O’KEEFE The Crescenta Valley High School JROTC is a successful and busy organization. Throughout the school year, and during the summer, the cadets work, train and perform at several events not only in Crescenta Valley but also beyond. On May 20, the cadets were honored for their leadership and hard work at their […]
La Cañada High Wins Top Honor at Solar Cup
La Cañada High School, a veteran Solar Cup team, won top honors for the Hottest Looking Boat at the nation’s largest solar-powered boat competition during Metropolitan Water District’s 10th annual Solar Cup race held on May 18 through May 20. Students from 39 high schools throughout Southern California, during a seven-month program, participated in building, […]
Elementary School Unveils Lincoln Bust
By Misty DUPLESSIS The staff at Lincoln Elementary School, along with members of the school’s Student Council, welcomed the public and GUSD representatives to the unveiling of the school’s Abraham Lincoln bust on May 23. Fifth grade student Brooke Bell and sixth grader Micaela Cacho-Negrete volunteered to give a brief history of the 16th president […]
Visit from Firefighters from L.A. County Fire Station 82
The 4- and 5-year-old classes at the La Cañada Flintridge Community Center Preschool enjoyed a visit from firefighters from L.A. County Fire Station 82. The firefighters demonstrated some of their equipment and also taught the kids how to “stop, drop, and roll.” Pictured with firefighter Aric Abadie in his full gear are (from left) Willem […]