By Lori BODNAR, intern Charlotte Acosta, an eighth grader at Holy Redeemer-St. James School, recently completed a service project with Operation Christmas Child. Operation Christmas Child is run by Samaritan’s Purse organization. The purpose of Operation Christmas Child is to bring boxes filled with gifts to children all over the world, while spreading the word […]
Local elementary school Fremont, which boasts a student body of 642, was the recent recipient of $2,000 by the Assistance League of Glendale (ALG). The funds will be used to support the school’s library. The donation was made as part of the ALG Authors and Illustrators program. Presenting via Zoom were authors Frans Vischer, Tim […]
By Mary O’KEEFE For 29 years the La Crescenta Woman’s Club has held its holiday Breakfast with Santa. For the price of a ticket, the community could come to the Clubhouse to have lunch, kids got a chance to see and talk to Santa and everyone enjoyed music from the Crescenta Valley High School Charismatics. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Tomorrow, Friday, Dec. 11 a toy and food drive will be held by Crescenta Valley Instrumental Music and Prom Plus Club, along with the Fire House youth center. Toys collected will benefit the Glendale Police Dept. and Glendale Police Officers Association and the food will benefit the Bailey Center in Tujunga. Each […]
Food Drive Benefits District Mountain Avenue Elementary Student Council is hosting a food drive for the GUSD food bank. The food bank supports families within the GUSD schools who are struggling during these hard times. There is an easy, contactless and socially distanced drop off box for donated items in the drive-through lane in front […]
News from the CV Theatre Arts Foundation CV Players are currently working on their winter showcase called “COVID Holidays.” They are writing short scenes about what the holidays are like in quarantine. In a similar vein, Falcon Players are creating original one act plays with a COVID theme. Many of these plays are very personal […]
Authors and Illustrators, an event hosted by the Assistance League of Glendale, was held virtually on Tuesday at Cerritos Elementary School in Glendale via Zoom. Three authors presented their works: Caroline Arnold spoke with students in TK through second grade; Alexis O’Neill presented to the third and fourth graders, and Leslie Margolis talked with the […]
News from the CV Theatre Arts Foundation CV Players are currently working on their winter showcase called “COVID Holidays.” They are writing short scenes about what the holidays are like in quarantine. In a similar vein, Falcon Players are creating original one act plays with a COVID theme. Many of these plays are very personal […]
By Lori BODNAR, intern “I Matter Because …” was the theme this year for the 2020-21 National PTA Reflections Art Program contest. Students were invited to submit art reflecting that theme that fell within various categories including visual arts, photography, music composition, dance choreography, film production and literature. Various age categories are established for […]
Lincoln Elementary School Sixth Grade Committee moms Shannon Enright, Ameri Ramirez and Melissa Walsh created a “spooktacular” event for the students of Lincoln Elementary to help them celebrate Halloween in a safe and socially distance way. Instead of the school’s traditional Halloween Family Pumpkin Patch, the Sixth Grade Committee designed a Haunted Driveway & Pumpkin […]