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 […]
Over 60 moms, dads and kids enjoyed the sunshine, story telling, gardening and demonstrations on making healthy snacks at the Crescenta-Cañada Family YMCA. “Veggin Out at The Y” featured La Cañada resident Sonia Chung who demonstrated how to make healthy snacks with goods provided by Whole Foods. Healthy and easy honey banana wraps were especially […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Everyone was in the fiesta spirit at Mountain Avenue Elementary’s flag ceremony on April 16. The courtyard burst with color when Marylou Matheu’s first graders began their performance of the Jarabe Tapatio or Mexican hat dance. Before the dance the first graders went to the microphone and announced their ancestry. From Ireland […]