By Misty DUPLESSIS The Crescenta-Cañada Lions Club hosted a speech contest on Feb. 15 when three students from local high schools competed for a chance to win scholarship money. Although the event was open to students from all high schools in the area, all three submissions received were from La Cañada High. The speakers included […]
By Misty DUPLESSIS The Valley View Korean Parents’ Association hosted an entertaining assembly on Friday, Feb. 3 that helped students understand and celebrate Korean Lunar New Year. Students were introduced to important facts of the holiday and able to see demonstrations of activities and games that are typically enjoyed during the three-day festivity. Many students […]
Tasting Bee Coming Up The Girl Scouts of Crescenta Valley and Glendale are hosting their 28th Annual International Tasting Bee in celebration of World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts Thinking Day 2012. Girl Scouts of all ages are busy learning about the culture, customs, and food of faraway lands, and the girls will […]
By Jason KUROSU The top spellers from each elementary school in the Glendale Unified School District assembled Monday night, Feb. 6, for the 36th annual Elementary School District-wide Spelling Bee Finals. Twenty students, one for every elementary school in the district, displayed why they were chosen amongst all of their peers in front of a […]
On Saturday, Feb. 11, several youth from Boy Scouts of America Troop 288 and Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles Troop 7161 participated in the Youth Orienteering Meet sponsored by the Los Angeles Orienteering Club. This year’s meet, scheduled annually on the second Tuesday in February, was held at Schabarum Regional Park in Rowland Heights. […]
Like other high schools in the area – namely, Crescenta Valley, St. Francis and La Cañada – the robotics team at Clark Magnet High School – Team 696 – is working hard to design and engineer a robot to compete for the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Regional Competition in […]
By Agnes CONSTANTE More than 110 students from grades kinder through six participated in Mountain Avenue Elementary School’s third annual Science Fun Fair on Friday, Jan. 28. The clamoring and bustling of students and parents from the beginning of the event to its end reflected the enthusiasm and appreciation toward science by those in attendance. […]
On Saturday, the St. Francis High School Academic Decathlon Team placed first at the Southern California Private Schools Academic Decathlon (SCPAD) Competition held at Alemany High School. Day one of the contest, which took place on Jan. 28, consisted of the subjective tests, essay, speech and interview. Day two, which took place on Feb. 4, […]
Misty DUPLESSIS In observance of every national holiday, Montrose Christian Montessori School takes time to pay tribute to historic figures and events during its flag ceremony. On Friday, Jan. 13, the school celebrated the life of Dr. Martin Luther King by releasing 100% biodegradable latex balloons with meaningful notes on seed tissue inside of them, […]
Brass Bash on Friday The CV Jazz band will be taking part in a Brass Bash on Friday at 7:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Pasadena. The gathering is of professional and student brass players of all ages and levels who play for and with each other in three types of brass music: […]