EPIC COMES TO CVHS The theme for this year’s pops concert by the Crescenta Valley High School Instrumental Music Department is “Epic.” On Thursday, May 27 at 7 p.m. audiences will be transported with music from epic movies such as “Star Trek,” “The A Team,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “James Bond,” “Titanic” and more, […]
For those who ever wondered what goes on in the United Nations, answers might be found by asking one of the 35 YMCA Model United Nations delegates who attended the California State Model Untied Nation Summit at the Burbank Marriott over the weekend of May 2. Over 600 middle school students traveled to the summit […]
By Hyung Seok LEE CV Weekly Intern Life Scout Austin Drake and Scouts from Troop 509 stood in front of Vons and Ralphs on May 8 to help feed the homeless on Skid Row. With already 700 pounds of food collected and another 700 pounds expected, Drake planned his Eagle Scout project to donate non-perishable […]
Life Scout Austin Drake of JPL Troop 509 has distributed plastic bags to Upper Briggs Terrace homes asking for donations of canned and non-perishable food items to benefit Union Rescue Mission (URM). A partial requirement for a Life Scout in attaining the Eagle Scout rank is to plan, develop, and give leadership to others in […]
On Wednesday, April 23 St. James and Holy Redeemer students met at Holy Redeemer for a get to know one another day. The student populations will be merged for the 2010-11 school year that begins on Sept 1. St. James will teach elementary grades kindergarten through four and Holy Redeemer will become the middle school […]
The members of the speech and debate team at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy worked at the Earth Fair at St. Philip the Apostle School in Pasadena on April 22 as part of their community service. They helped set up the fair, pass out reusable grocery bags and guide the kindergarten through sixth grade students through […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Some kids play video games where they fly a helicopter through intricate virtual settings. The camera mounted on the helicopter gives them a bird’s eye view of their path. Of course those kids are contained within the television screen; for Clark Magnet High School senior Wesley William Shaler, reality is so much […]
By Debbie TAYLOR There was excitement in the air as a cool breeze swept across the playground on April 30 at Holy Redeemer School in Montrose as kids and parents attended the 14th Annual Parade of Nations. Countries represented included Portugal, Austria, Poland, Kenya, India, Greece, Lebanon, Cuba and Italy. Students in grades kindergarten through […]
Contributed by Lisa MARRIOTT Monte Vista Elementary School first grade students of Shirley Sycamore performed “Three Piggy Opera” on Thursday, April 22. The first graders worked hard to memorize their lines, make their costumes and prepare for the arrivial of the Big Bad Wolf. Sycamore, who announced her retirement this year, has done a spring […]
By Mary O’KEEFE KIIS FM rocked the Crescenta Valley High School campus on Tuesday during break and lunch. Dom and Johnny B. from the FM radio station rolled onto the quad in their KIIS-mobile a little after 10 a.m. “We are here in support of Prom Plus,” announced Johnny B. The duo kept the music […]