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How can one person help save a planet, and what would that process look like? Students at Palm Crest Elementary School took one step closer to finding their own answers Saturday when they worked with parents and teachers to construct an on-campus garden as part of an Earth Day campus...
No E-ticket for JPL
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory's annual open house allows space geeks and budding young scientists a rare peek inside the missions behind the La Cañada Flintridge facility.
Concerned, but still walking for autism in Pasadena
Thoughts of the week's terror and chaos in Boston weighed on the minds of many among an estimated 40,000 people who gathered on Saturday for a massive charity walk around the Rose Bowl, but those thoughts only increased resolve to turn out for the cause.
LCF residents speak up to board: student threats, parcel tax
Residents unhappy with the La Cañada Unified School District's response to student threats, as well as its apparent hopes to seek another parcel tax, turned out at the school board meeting Tuesday to express their views.
Area students compete in California State Science Fair
Local middle and high school students competed for statewide science accolades on Monday and Tuesday at the California Science Center in Los Angeles.
Future space explorers tour JPL
Thirty-two students in aerospace, engineering and science programs in 11 different countries descended on the Jet Propulsion Laboratory last week as part of a Caltech competition to design a mission to one of Mars' two moons, Phobos or Deimos.
Student teams ace Mars plan at Caltech
It could take several months for aerospace experts to design a manned mission to a Martian moon. Students pulled off the feat in five days.
La Cañada High School Winter Drumline to present show
The LCHS Winter Drumline will give a free performance on campus next month.
La Cañada school board talks reshuffle
Recent personnel shifts in the district's upper strata were discussed by members of the La Cañada school board Tuesday night, highlighting the changes as part of Superintendent Wendy Sinnette's plan to streamline leadership and reorganize administration in the coming school year.
La Cañada Unified School District eyeing parcel tax
After postponing talks for several months, the La Cañada Unified School District Governing Board is ready to again consider the possibility of putting another parcel tax before voters in 2014 and could conduct a survey to gauge public interest as early as May.
La Cañada High hosted USA Jump Rope Region 8 Tournament
Some may look at jump rope and see a game for schoolgirls, but others see it as a sport requiring equal parts dexterity, speed and athleticism. Saturday was a day for the latter.
Teens feel pressure to put on 'face of success'
A small crowd assembled Tuesday night at City Hall to talk frankly about the stresses and difficulties today's teenagers face and what can be done to prevent depression, substance abuse and suicide. But while attendance was low, the conversation generated among the teens and adults who turned out...
Security audit of La Cañada Unified School District campuses short on safety details
Although a public workshop was held Tuesday to study a safety audit conducted earlier this year on La Cañada Unified School District campuses, no details of the study were announced, with officials citing security reasons.
Crowds out for La Cañada High School volunteer event
Guests of this week's La Cañada High School and LCHS 7/8 annual open house will notice newly-planted garden beds, surprisingly clean (at least on the surface) student lockers and scrubbed corridor floors.
Junior high principal to take La Cañada Unified role
Anais Wenn is set to become assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction of the La Cañada Unified School District, officials announced Friday.
La Cañada High School preps for WASC visit
Administrators, teachers and students at La Cañada High School next week will welcome some special guests — an accreditation team from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
Mayor Steve Del Guercio honored at foundation's annual Spring Gala
Some 565 La Cañada school boosters of all varieties — parents, teachers, administrators, area business people and friends — donned formal attire Saturday and attended the annual Spring Gala organized by the La Cañada Flintridge Educational Foundation.
'Annie Jr.' takes stage at Palm Crest Elementary School
Leapin' Lizards! The sixth-grade class from Palm Crest Elementary School will stage the musical "Annie Jr." at 7 o'clock Thursday night at Lanterman Auditorium, 4491 Cornishon Ave.
La Cañada resident, 18, announces bid for Pasadena City College trustee seat
An 18-year-old La Cañada Flintridge resident is running for a seat on the Pasadena Area Community College District Board of Trustees.
La Cañada Unified School District passes second interim budget
Some may call it groundbreaking, others controversial, but Gov. Jerry Brown's Local Control Funding formula isn't making things easy on school district finance gurus.
Public invited to view security audit of La Cañada's public schools
The public is invited to hear the results of recent security audit of La Cañada's public schools during a school board workshop on March 19, according to LCUSD Supt. Wendy Sinnette.
Accrediting team to visit La Cañada High School
A team from the Western Assn. of Schools and Colleges will begin its three-day visit of La Cañada High School on March 17, LCUSD Supt. Wendy Sinnette said during her report to the school board Tuesday.
Classmates hold a vigil, City Council observes a moment of silence
A somber mood hung over the city this week as students, staff and parents remembered a student who jumped to his death Friday afternoon from a building on the La Cañada High School campus.
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