By Maddy PUMILIA Dunsmore Elementary school was turned into a carnival Friday, complete with a bounce house, carnival games, a dunk tank and prizes. The theme was a circus. Students used tickets to play different games including one game where kids could win a fish from the Fish Cove by getting a ping pong ball […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Every year after a high school prom, there are students who round up their friends and dates, get a hold of some alcohol and spend the rest of the night daring the police to come and crash whatever party is being thrown. Then there are the students who attended CV High’s Prom […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Usually at a high school, hours after the last bell has rung, the hallways are empty, free of students who are most likely procrastinating on another assignment. But on May 20 at CV High, students had an assignment that brought them back to the classroom from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. On […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Last week, champion tricycle riders took their shot for the coveted first place award at the Lincoln 500. For 31 years, Lincoln Elementary School students, teachers and parents have transformed the school’s campus into a rally racetrack. Drivers (riders) from all ages prepare for the day they will cross that finish line […]
By Jason KUROSU The fourth and fifth grade classes of Valley View Elementary took part in some hands-on historical learning last Friday during the annual Colonial and Gold Rush Day. Students, parents and teachers came to school clad in period-appropriate costumes, ready to navigate through these eras of little technology and much hard work. Fifth […]
Glendale Girl Scout Troop 221 delivered blankets to the maternity ward at Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center’s maternity ward as part of the Girl Scout Bronze Award. Shown above is new mom Blanca Valenzuela holding baby James in the wrapped blanket along with members of Troop 221 and GMHHC employees Kristin Anderson and Cathy […]
The Kiwanis Club of La Cañada, with the advice of teachers at Palm Crest Elementary School in La Cañada, honored six students as “Terrific Kids” at a recent weekly lunch meeting held at Descanso Gardens Van de Kamp Hall. The Kiwanis Club sponsors Terrific Kids from all of La Cañada Flintridge elementary schools on a […]
On a recent cool San Francisco Saturday morning, Emma Price and Ardis Griffin of local Girl Scout Troop 6801 were two of 5,000 girls who began a journey across the Golden Gate Bridge. Starting as Junior level Girl Scouts, upon completing the walk they arrived at the opposite end as Cadette Girl Scouts. While the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE This Sunday a local violinist will take the stage at the Alex Theatre for her first solo with the Glendale Youth Orchestra. The performance is the orchestra’s season finale of their 22nd season. Sarah Worden is a Crescenta Valley High School freshman. She has been playing violin for seven and a half […]
Contributed by WAW Eight-year-old Maddy Berger won first place in the 2nd Annual WAW California Starz Talent Contest held Saturday, May 7 in La Cañada Flintridge. Singers participated from La Cañada, Pasadena and Glendale schools. Pictured above with judges Peter Santana, of the Madeline Group, Lyn Eriks, of Howard Talent West and Laura Pallas of […]