Crescenta Valley girls place well at Staub/Barnes

Crescenta Valley High School senior Claudia Pham won the Girls 3 Mile Run Cross Country Varsity 1 event at the Staub/Barnes Cross Country Invitational that was held on Oct. 2 at Crescenta Valley Park. She completed the time in 18:55:00 followed by Vanessa Lopez of Highland High School, 19:00.00, then in third fellow Falcon Anneke […]

Public invited to come celebrate 50 years of Falcon pride

By Mary O’KEEFE Tonight, Thursday, everyone is invited to celebrate Crescenta Valley High School’s 50th anniversary from 5 to 8 p.m. “We will have [performances] by the CVHS Jazz Band and choir. The school’s first principal Bill Thomas will be speaking,” said Asst. Principal Lisa Reed. A pasta dinner will be offered for $7 a […]

CVHS football readies for new season

By Michael YEGHIAYAN With the summer winding to an end, Crescenta Valley’s varsity football team is beginning to look ahead to the start of the regular season. With the first official kick off against Verdugo Hills on the night of September 10 in Tujunga, the remaining summer practices will act as an important test in […]

A lesson in team building: the 20th annual Mammoth cross country camp

Contributed by Dennis OLIVER During the week of Aug. 7-14, 33 members of the Crescenta Valley High School cross country team, coaches and more than a dozen parents took part in the annual Mammoth mountain training camp. This was the twentieth annual high altitude running camp. The first running camp began in 1991 with six […]

La Crescenta schools shine in standardized test results

By Rachel KANE Students in the Crescenta Valley maintained high test scores across the board last school year, according to the 2010 California Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program test results. The STAR program tests students on English-Language Arts, specific mathematics subjects, science, history and social science subjects every year. Test results are used as […]

Summer Fun: Families make a splash at the CVHS pool

By Odalis A. SUAREZ Cost: 0-4 years old – Free 5-11 years old – $0.50 12-17 years old – $1 18-49 years old – $2 50 + years old – $1 Family Swim Pass (6 people) – $50 Contact: (818) 548-3375 www.glendaleaquatics.com With summer starting to heat up this year, families without pools are looking […]

The first year without Linda

The first year without Linda

By Mary O’KEEFE For years Crescenta Valley High School and Linda Evans has been synonymous.  First she was a student, then a graduate, of CVHS. She was there when The Doors performed at the high school. She later returned as a teacher and then principal. On the first day of school Evans, walkie-talkie in hand, […]

Water polo heads to Olympics

The Falcon Water Polo Club in its first year of competition is headed to the National Junior Olympics after finishing  fourth in the Coastal Zone Junior Olympics qualifying tournament June 5-6. The Falcon girls, coached by Heather McGlaughlin, ended the weekend with a 3-2 record. The team of Grace Alegro, Devin Grab, Sabrina Pierce, Savannah […]

CV swim shocks area, takes second place at CIF Finals

Was there a bigger surprise than the Crescenta Valley High boys’ swim team this year? Crescenta Valley shocked the area when the CV boys’ swim team earned second place overall in the CIF Southern Section Division II Finals at Belmont Plaza Pool on May 15, surpassing local rival and four-time reigning CIF champ La Ca-ada. […]

A long day doesn’t end well for CVHS

By Seth AMITIN A long morning at the Cerritos College track on Saturday turned into a long day. A handful of locals were able to compete at the CIF Finals and after hours of anticipation, finally reached the field. The results weren’t as great in previous years – no one in the area reached Masters […]