By Hyung SEOK LEE CVW Intern Four Crescenta Valley High School students were honored by the Glendale Unified School District board of education on March 18. They were presented with the Character and Ethics Award for their outstanding service to the community. Award recipients were Anahid Baghdasarian, Ashlynn Fiss, Mathew Sutphin and Melanie Gaspar. Each […]
By Hyung SEOK LEE CVW Intern It was a full house on April 1 when La Crescenta Elementary School’s fourth, fifth and sixth graders sang, danced and adopted the personas of famous historic composers in the school’s Bulldog Production of “Compose Yourself.” The storyline was based on the movie “Night at the Museum,” when a […]
Photo and story contributed by Tricia FLYNN On March 17, the St. James students competed in the school’s annual Survivor Challenge fundraiser overseen by trainers with Taix Extreme Bootcamp. Tug-O-War was the most popular event of the day with the rope being yanked back and forth between teachers and students, parents and students, trainers and […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Operation Hope, a partnering of about 15 different Crescenta Valley High School clubs, held a waterless car wash on Saturday to benefit the Joo Lee family. Held at the overflow parking lot on Ramsdell Avenue, south of Office Depot, the car wash had been rescheduled twice due to inclement weather. Joo Lee […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY Nine Cub Scouts from local elementary schools and one home schooled Scout visited the offices of the Crescenta Valley Weekly on Friday, March 26. The visitors were 7 year olds Diego Alvarez, Dessi Sieburth, Trenton Muraoka, Dylan Andre, Adam Martin, Jack Myers, Izaak Bailey, Logan Enslow, and 6 year olds Alexander James […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Last weekend, after six weeks of designing and building, Crescenta Valley, Clark Magnet and La Cañada high schools’ robotic teams, with over 55 other teams, met on the competitive field. The weekend was part of the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Los Angeles Regional competition held in Long […]
Last month, Kaitlyn Ireland, a junior at Crescenta Valley High School, organized an astronomy night for her Gold Award, which is Girl Scout’s highest achievement. When deciding on the theme of her Gold Award, she knew she wanted to incorporate her love of astronomy and her belief that young girls should be encouraged to reach […]
For three weeks, Billy Adler, an eighth grader at St. Bede School, studied more than 400 words for the 14th annual Knights of Columbus Spelling Bee, held last Saturday. The most difficult word for him to memorize – voluptuous – was ironically the one that made him the winner. The spelling bee, judged by Clark […]
Six members of the journalism class at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy won awards in a healthy lifestyle essay contest sponsored this year by the Los Angeles Times in concert with the Los Angeles Lakers and Anthem Blue Cross. The winners attended a congratulatory luncheon at the Times building in downtown Los Angeles where each received […]
This year marks 100 years for the Boy Scouts of America and the Verdugo Hills Council, which was founded in 1922, is joining with packs across the nation in celebrating the milestone. The Council’s annual gala celebration of scouting is being held on May 8 at the Glendale Civic Auditorium and organizers are confident that […]