Third grader students of Valley View Elementary School had a touch of “class” outside the schoolroom when they attended a matinee recently at the Los Angeles Opera. This was the second year the students visited the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Eighty-six third graders and SDC (Special Day Class) won admission to the performance after teachers submitted […]
On Friday, Feb. 11, Lincoln Elementary students weren’t found in the classrooms but on the playground. The Lincoln PTA sponsored a BMX assembly for the entire school bringing the student body onto the blacktop as they settled in for ramp tricks by Dustin McCarty and flatland tricks by Robert Castillo of BMX Pros Trick Team. […]
The Teens MOVE Fair was held last week on the campus of La Cañada High School. In its sixth year, the fair is an annual event that provides a chance for students to explore various volunteer and job possibilities in a high-energy, fun environment. MOVE – Many Opportunities for Volunteering and Employment – is open […]
On a recent Saturday, Crescenta-Cañada Cooperative Nursery School director Nita Imm hosted the working parents of her students for a special day at CCNS. Often just one parent participates at the cooperative on a regular basis while the other parent works. But on Saturday, Feb. 5 CCNS welcomed the working parent to participate in a […]
On Wednesday, Feb. 2, Fremont Elementary Cub Scout Pack 304 had a special visitor at their pack meeting. First Lieutenant Tito Ruiz appeared in person to thank the pack and the school’s principal Christin Walley for the more than 450 DVDs the pack collected and shipped to troops stationed in Afghanistan. Ruiz, whose sister Selva […]
Ryan Wallace of Troop #509 achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. He was born on May 9, 1995 to Roger and Veronica Wallace. He has one older brother, Adam, who achieved the rank of Eagle Scout last year. Wallace has grown up in the foothills above Sunland and began his scouting adventure at the age […]
Lincoln parent Amy Taylor shouts out “Gung Hay Fat Choy” as she walked into Miss Bakamjian second grade class at Lincoln Elementary. It is Chinese New Year and Miss B’s class was going to get a lesson on customs and tradtions of Chinese New Year. Taylor explained the Chinese zodiac signs and read the children […]
By Jason KUROSU On a particular Thursday at Monte Vista Elementary, parents, as they would every school day, scrambled to get their kids ready for school. The difference on this day was that the parents of the children in Monte Vista’s Korean Immersion class made their preparations at school, getting their kids dressed in traditional […]
The Kiwanis Club of La Cañada honored five outstanding sixth graders at its weekly meeting held at Descanso Gardens recently. Students are selected by their teachers on academic achievements and extra curricular activities. The students and their parents were treated to lunch and individually honored by the Club. Terrific Kids is a long standing program […]
By Misty DUPLESSIS For eight years the CV High School Theater program has offered local youths the opportunity to see what theater is all about through the Falcon Outreach Program. The course is designed for first through eighth grade students and is held in the high school’s auditorium. The classes run for just under three […]