By Julian MITCHELL The Glendale Unified School District Board of Education met for its antepenultimate meeting of the 2018-19 academic school year. The meeting was the annual awards recognition meeting with no additional agenda items. After the conclusion of a search for a new superintendent last week, the relaxed meeting was a welcome change of […]
By Julian MITCHELL The Glendale Public Library made a major addition to its Historical Section last week after acquiring a copy of the 1925 Glendale Union High School yearbook. The yearbook is notable for its inclusion of film legend John Wayne, then a student known as Marion Morrison. The yearbook was the only one from […]
By Julian MITCHELL The Crescenta Valley Water District is again considering raising its usage rates. The CVWD will hold a public hearing on June 11 at the CVWD boardroom at 2700 Foothill Blvd., La Crescenta to present its case and hear responses by the public. If the board feels that enough of the public has […]
By Julian MITCHELL Two Crescenta Valley High School seniors have been selected as recipients of the first-ever Amazon Future Engineer scholarship. Edan Bash and William Ozeas were two of only 100 students nationally to receive the $40,000 scholarships due in part to their commitment to computer sciences. The students have committed to programs at UC […]
By Julian MITCHELL The Crescenta Valley Town Council met on Thursday, April 18 to discuss a number of key issues, primary one being the financial situation presented by Glendale Unified School District Interim Superintendent Kelly King and school board President Jennifer Freemon. GUSD stated that it has been facing financial hardship. The district recently made […]
By Julian MITCHELL California Secretary of State Alex Padilla visited senior students at Clark Magnet High School Wednesday morning to encourage voter registration. Padilla made the trip to share his passion for voting. Padilla sees voting as a strong expression for American freedom and encouraged students to register. Most speakers, including Clark principal Lena Kortoshian, […]
By Julian MITCHELL The Crescenta Valley High School Falkon robotic team finished eighth at the FIRST (For Inspiration & Recognition of Science & Technology) Aerospace Valley Regional competition last weekend and is now qualified for world championships. Although finishing eighth in the competition, Team 589 Falkon robotics returned from competition with their heads held high […]
By Julian MITCHELL Whether responding to earthquakes or fires, graduates of the upcoming training with the Crescenta Valley Community Emergency Response Team [CERT] will be ready for just about any crisis. CERT will be starting a new emergency preparedness training session under the leadership of Paul and Lisa Dutton on Saturday ending the following Saturday, […]
By Julian MITCHELL The Glendale Kiwanis Club recently unveiled its first children’s book box. The club, in partnership with The Literacy Club, organized a new book box in conjunction with the Holy Family Church and schools. “The box is here to get books into the community,” said Jean Chadwick, president of the Literacy Club. The […]
By Julian MITCHELL If you were to walk into the College View School, it would be relatively quiet. Students may be playing and instructors may be teaching, but all-in-all the halls remain quiet. That is until Mrs. Julie Kay Stallcup comes to teach her dance class. The halls are then filled with her music, her […]