By Mary O’KEEFE On Friday, schools within the Glendale Unified School recognized the 9-11 10th anniversary with each school taking time to discuss the events that happened on that day, in an age appropriate way, and observe a moment of silence. At Lincoln Elementary School, Glendale Fire Department members joined students, staff and principal in […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Some enterprising Crescenta Valley High School students have decided to take leadership into their own hands by founding Camp Firework for Rosemont Middle School students. The mission of this new camp is to develop confident leaders with good citizenship and a strong commitment to service through hands-on activities. The twist with this […]
AYSO (American Youth Soccer Organization) had its opening ceremony on Sunday. Teams like the Raptors, Green Lanterns and Oscar the Grouchies paraded with their banners, team members and coaches around the track at Glendale Community College. Photos by Mary O’KEEFE
By Agnes CONSTANTE Thanks to the work of a dedicated group of high school students, 45 people on Skid Row were given bikes on Aug. 21. The bikes were distributed to a select group on Skid Row to assist them in finding jobs by providing a means of transportation. Approximately 20 students from LOOK, a […]
Glendale Unified School District welcomed thousands of students back to school last week. With so many foothill schools, we couldn’t include all of them in last week’s issue. On the next few pages you’ll see how many of our community’s children greeted the first week of school. While our children were navigating the hallways, parents […]
The Girl Scouts of Troop 626 at Holy Redeemer Middle School announced that the newly renovated library is open for business last week. Father Ed Dover offered a special blessing in the new library. The girls had a plaque made as a dedication for their hard work, which was shown during morning assembly by principal […]
Monday, Aug. 22, marked the 37th year that Chamlian Armenian School opened its doors to students with its traditional opening ceremony. Rejuvenated and excited to begin the new school year, students in grades one through eight lined up at their assigned places as parents and teachers watched. Saro Nazarian, the chair of the Eastern Armenian […]
The Falcon Water Polo Club, in its second year of Junior Olympics competition, captured its first medal when 16U Falcon Blue earned the gold medal in the Gold Division at the Swim Outlet Junior Olympics held in early August in Orange County. Beginning the tournament seeded 46th of 48 teams and losing their first two […]
Chelsea Johnson Kennedy, daughter of Randy and Robin Johnson of La Crescenta, was valedictorian and student commencement speaker at the August graduation ceremony for Brigham Young University. Kennedy graduated summa cum laude with highest honor, with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics. She is continuing her studies in the masters program for mathematics at BYU. […]
And so it begins…kindergartners holding onto mom or dad’s hand really tight, ready to take that first big step into their first year of school. Little kids walking to their elementary schools, their backpack almost bigger then them. Sixth graders excited about the last year at elementary school, seventh graders nervous about locker combinations and […]