By Mary O’KEEFE After over three hours of deliberation, a bit of confusion and a vote reversal, the Los Angeles County Committee on School District Organization voted to accept the petition for territory transfer of the Sagebrush area from Glendale Unified School District to La Cañada Unified School District. Sagebrush is the far west section […]
Volunteerism and collaboration celebrated at Mountain Avenue Elementary 50th anniversary gala. By Mary O’KEEFE Parents dropping off their child for the first time at Mountain Avenue Elementary School may notice a different feel from other elementary schools. After all, to get to this school parents and students travel down a cul-de-sac in a tree-lined neighborhood. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Recently Crescenta Valley High School’s PTSA and administration hosted Myron Dembo, Ph.D. at the school to discuss a variety of issues facing students today. Dembo is the emeritus professor of educational psychology at the University of Southern California where he has taught for 41 years. His credentials also include being a fellow […]
By Mary O’KEEFE In the spring of 1861, the United States began a war that tore the country apart. For four years the United States Civil War pitted family against family, neighbor against neighbor and in the end took the lives of an estimated 620,000 soldiers. This “war between the states” occurred over 150 years […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Physics, construction, science, creativity and mathematics are just a few of the attributes used by physics students at Clark Magnet High School when they competed in the Build A Better Bridge contest. The challenge for the students was to build a bridge made out of basswood and glue. Students were judged on […]
By Mary O”KEEFE Clark Magnet High School students learned about genocides, past and present, at an emotional event last Thursday when Camp Darfur tents lined the area of the outdoor auditorium. The interactive awareness and educational event gave students an opportunity to see that genocide was not limited to one culture or one area of […]
By Mary O’KEEFE How far would you go to help someone? How much time would you dedicate? Would you just write a check or be a boots-on-the-ground kind of philanthropist? How does climbing over 11,000 feet up a snow covered mountain in the middle of the night sound? Would you do that? Well, there is […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Thursday, California Highway Patrol hosted a California Teen Safe Driving event at Clark Magnet High School as part of April’s Distracted Driving Awareness Month. “I want everyone to look around at the incredible turnout of resources that have been brought to address this issue that affects so many people, not only […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On April 2 at about 9:30 a.m. a Glendale police officer conducted a routine vehicle traffic stop for not displaying a license plate at Foothill Boulevard and Lowell Avenue. During the stop officers reported seeing a firearm magazine on the passenger seat. The driver, Hector Sanchez, 35, from Tujunga, was detained. After […]
Spirit of the games stretches across the globe. By Mary O’KEEFE You know that feeling when everything just seems to work? When all the gears are in sync and everything you planned and strategized actually comes to fruition? Well, that is the feeling Clark Magnet High School’s robotics team 696 is feeling right now as […]