By Charly SHELTON In a culture of fear created by a wounded world from the events on and following 9/11, the misunderstanding and fear surrounding Islam have been widespread and prevalent, to the point that a presidential “candidate” claims, “I think Islam hates us. There’s a tremendous hatred there. An unbelievable hatred of us. We […]
By Charly SHELTON For any parent who is concerned about their student’s personal information being released to The Morgan Hill Concerned Parents Association, it’s time to act. After winning a lawsuit filed against the California Dept. of Education for access to the information, the MHCPA will be given access to the master database that contains […]
By Mary O’KEEFE and Charly SHELTON Crescenta Valley High School will host a discussion on the Glendale Unified School District’s transition from an “at-large” election to a “trustee area” election on March 16 in MacDonald Auditorium located in the 4400 block of Ramsdell Avenue in La Crescenta at 6 p.m. In the past a requirement […]
By Charly SHELTON The Crescenta Valley High School Falkon Robotics Team 589 will be competing this weekend in a battle of the bots! The annual FIRST Robotics competition is being held this weekend at the Long Beach Convention Center Arena. The competition pits high school teams against each other in a game played by the […]
By Charly SHELTON The International Studies Language Academy (ISLA) charter school petition was brought before the Glendale Unified School District last year and met by much debate from the public both in favor of and opposition to the program. Proponents wanted a separate school to expand the existing Foreign Language Academies of Glendale (FLAG) program […]
By Charly SHELTON It’s official – there are new trash cans coming to Montrose. After three years of talking and deciding, revisions and bids, choosing colors and getting diameter approvals, plus a dozen other aspects of trash-can-ness, new trash cans are coming to Montrose in just a few short weeks. “They’re Montrose green,” said Mike […]
By Charly SHELTON “[The people] took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, ‘Hosanna: Blessed [is] the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.’ And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written, ‘Fear not, daughter of Zion: behold, thy […]
By Charly SHELTON So far as war movies go, I’m getting a little tired of the War on Terror movies. There have been quite a few in the last several years – some good, some bad. It’s not that I dislike the subject or think it’s any less important but there’s just so many of […]
By Charly SHELTON Going from high school to college can be a culture shock. Each student handles it differently; some excel and some don’t. According to some experts, the difference is college preparation. The Advanced Placement tests, which are held in May of each school year, are the culmination of year-long high school courses that […]
By Charly SHELTON Though the community planning meetings to determine the new school calendar are already completed, some people are still petitioning for changes and days off. At the monthly Glendale Unified School District board of education meeting on Tuesday, one topic of much discussion from the public comments revolved around the possibility of a […]