Calling All Spies
By Samantha SLAYBACK alling all spies! You have an important mission awaiting you this summer at Spy Camp. Spy Camp is taking place from July 20-24 and is looking to recruit elementary school sleuths...
View ArticleBoy Scouts Visit Camp Whitsett
Every year Boy Scouts pack up their belongings and travel hours to visit a summer Boy Scout camp. Local Troop 319 sent two contingents to Camp Whitsett in Kern this summer. The boys, who recently...
View ArticleMore Summer Fun to Come at Community Center
The Community Center of La Cañada Flintridge recently finished its five-week Camp Runamuk program where over 160 campers transformed into dinosaurs, space aliens, wizards and fairies and more. Though...
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Explorer Academy Accepting Apps Altadena Sheriff’s Station is now accepting applications for Deputy Explorer. Any interested people ages 14 to 20 in Los Angeles County wanting to join the Altadena...
View ArticleNew Director for Rose Cottage Preschool
Wendy Diaz-Antonio recently joined Our Lady of Lourdes preschool as the new director. Diaz-Antonio has studied early childhood development at Pierce College and UCLA. The staff has big plans for the...
View ArticlePPC Heads to the Beach
By Mary O’KEEFE Members of the Prom Plus Club enjoyed a day at Redondo Beach on Sunday. PPC is a community service club and the youth arm of Prom Plus, the organization that provides Crescenta Valley...
View ArticleTechnology Driven Day Camp
Boy Scouts of America Verdugo Hills Council welcomed Jim Walls of the City of Glendale Radio Shop to its Mad Math Magic Club Day Camp. Walls visited 100 Cub Scouts from ages 5 to 11 years and...
View ArticleLong Lines Greet CVHS Students
Students at CVHS stood in line to get their class assignments beginning with seniors on July 30 and ending with freshman on Aug. 4. This year there were some changes to the registration days. In the...
View ArticleYOUTH NOTES
Explorer Academy Accepting Apps Altadena Sheriff’s Station is now accepting applications for Deputy Explorer. Any interested people ages 14 to 20 in Los Angeles County wanting to join the...
View ArticleHowdy Day at Rosemont
On Monday kids from Crescenta Valley took a big step into the world of middle school at Rosemont Middle School’s Howdy Day. The students’ day was filled with books, learning where classrooms are and...
View ArticleCV-Germany Have Student Swap
By Samantha SLAYBACK When students return to high school from summer vacation, they’ll discover all types of opportunities, whether joining clubs, volunteering within the community or traveling with...
View ArticleLocal Boy Wins National Contest
By Samantha SLAYBACK How many individuals can say they’ve stopped to observe and appreciate a bird today? Aside from the rare and exciting eagle sighting, not many people pay much attention to birds...
View ArticleBack To School 2015
Crescenta Valley Weekly is proud to present Back To School photos by Leonard COUTIN, Robin GOLDSWORTHY, Mary O’KEEFE and Charly SHELTON Clark Magnet High School Cloud Preschool Crescenta Valley...
View ArticleKiwanis Sends 26 Local Kids Back to School in Style
At 8 a.m. on a recent Tuesday morning, an energetic group of kids and volunteers gathered in the Target at the Glendale Galleria for an early morning shopping trip. Once a year, the store schedules...
View ArticleAnd So Begins Academia
By Mary O’KEEFE Kindergarten is one of those times everyone remembers. If you’re a kid you remember that first big step into the world of academia. If you’re a parent you remember your little one...
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Magical Make-Believe for Elementary School Drama Students Assistance League® of Flintridge (ALF) will provide elementary school drama students, grades three through six, an opportunity to grant wishes,...
View ArticleY Gymnastics Team Places Well at USAIGC
YMCA of the Foothills participated in the United States Association of Independent Gymnastics Clubs (USAIGC) 2015 World Championship in Palm Springs earlier this summer. The competing gymnasts...
View ArticleLocal Youth Advocates Against Tobacco
By Samantha SLAYBACK The tobacco industry has been thriving for years by selling nicotine-based products to individuals across America including targeting its advertising tactics to a younger...
View ArticleTasty Fundraiser for CVIM
By Samantha SLAYBACK What started seven years ago as a way to encourage the Korean community to get more involved in the Crescenta Valley Instrumental Music program has morphed into a highly...
View ArticleOur Lady of Lourdes School Gets a ‘Tune Up’
Our Lady of Lourdes became the recipient of a remodeling grant by the John & Dorothy Shae Foundation, an organization dedicated to fixing up existing buildings throughout the L.A. Archdiocese. Each...
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