USC Verdugo Hills Hospital (USC-VHH) held a fun (and educational) event for National Patient Safety Week. On March 13, hospital personnel took the Xenex robot, its germ-zapping robot, to three local schools, including Rosemont Middle School, to teach biology students about the development of antibiotic-resistant superbugs and what hospitals nationwide are doing to stop them. […]
On March 31, Mountain Avenue Elementary School observed Diffendoofer Day. Based on the book by Dr. Seuss, Diffendoofer Day provides students with an opportunity to celebrate differences and learning. Students dressed in unusual clothing and, throughout the day, Principal Jaclyn Scott read stories to the school. “Diffendoofer Day is a day when all students are […]
Comedy Sportz: Students vs. Faculty The Crescenta Valley High School Comedy Sportz student team takes on the faculty on Friday night, April 14 at 7 p.m. at the CVHS MacDonald Auditorium. This “gluten-free, farm-to-table” event highlights the quick-thinking comic abilities of the varsity team when it takes on the school faculty. This is the 14th […]
By Nicole MOORE During a three-day program held from March 31 to April 2, the Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles partnered with the Boulder, Colorado-based company Techstars to help young women explore entrepreneurship. In the past 10 years Techstars has facilitated nearly 3,000 Startup Weekends for both adults and students in over 150 countries. […]
The Environmental Defenders rocked Valley View on March 9. This 30-minute, high-energy assembly program taught students in grades kindergarten through six to identify environmental problems and possible solutions that students can do to reduce pollution. The assembly was performed by two professional children’s theater actors, Al and Polly, and their animated friends, the Environmental Defenders. […]
Valley View Hosts Recycling Event Valley View Elementary School is having an electronics recycling event on Saturday, April 22 from 9 a.m.t o 2 p.m. and Sunday, April 23 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Bob Smith Toyota. Items that can be brought in include computers, monitors, televisions, cellphones, cables & wires, laptops, microwaves […]
Kelly Delaney and Ellie Strockis, seniors at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, were named finalists in the “Commitment to Curing Cancer: High School Fundraising Campaign,” sponsored by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The pair was one of a handful of teams that raised over $50,000 to fund blood cancer research. In 2001, at age […]
Tuesday, March 14 (3/14) was recognized around the world as Pi Day. Pi is used in mathematics to represent the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter – approximately 3.14159. At Crescenta Valley High School, math teacher William Drew and his first and second period geometry classes celebrated the day by inviting […]
On March 9, Crescenta Valley High School held its annual open house. The evening provided a chance for parents to see the work their students have done over the school year and meet with teachers. The evening included music provided by the award-winning jazz band and a barbecue provided by members of Prom Plus. Many […]
By Nicole MOORE On March 4, Montana LeBarge, a fifth grader at Paradise Canyon Elementary in La Cañada, held a fundraiser at La Cañada High School’s turf field for the City of Hope. Kicks 4 a Cure was a two-hour soccer event, organized entirely by Montana, that was designed so children of all skill […]