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On April 22, the first of seven performances of William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” earned applause and waves of laugher from La Cañada High School. The performance starred senior Sam Whitefield as the tricky Oberon and sophomore Garret Schlunt as his witty sidekick, Puck. With the combination of physical comedy and some clever timing, [...]
LCHS Speech and Debate Qualifies for State
On Saturday, March 10, the La Cañada Speech and Debate team qualified for the state championship inSan Francisco, April 27-30. Held atSchurrHigh SchoolinMontebello, 31 schools competed for the eight teams that could qualify for the state tournament. La Cañada was able to send two teams to state: one parliamentary and one public forum. Four parliamentary [...]
LCUSD Faces Teacher Layoffs
La Cañada Unified officials announced, during a board meeting last Tuesday, which teachers and district employees are going to be laid off this year. A major loss in funding has led to this streak of layoffs in our school district. Other school districts have not faced the consequences that ours has since most other districts [...]
Chili Cook Off Draws Large Crowd
The smell of competition and great chili filled the air at Kobeissi Properties during the first La Cañada Chili Cook-Off on Thursday, Februrary 2, 2012. The competition took place between the students in Mrs. Stattler’s Culinary Art classes and the parents of La Cañada. The sweet smell of slow cooked chili and baked goods as [...]
Four vie for two seats on LCUSD Governing Board
In a year not dominated by national or state politics, the attention of the politically oriented few in the City ofLa Cañada Flintridgeturns toward the election of the La Cañada Unified School District Governing Board. The four citizens who have thrown their names in the race for the two open seats on the board are [...]
La Cañada Celebrates Zip Code
On Saturday, September 9th, La Cañada celebrated its zip code during the 9.10.11 festival. Throughout the day, the community showcased La Cañada’s businesses and organizations while celebrating the rare occasion. The idea originated during a 2010 Christmas party, when a La Cañadan pointed out that our zip code would be the date on September 10, [...]
The first LC dance for upperclassmen
Seniors and juniosr from La Cañada High School, St. Francis High School, Sacred Heart Academy, and Flintridge Preparatory School packed the La Cañada Community Center on Friday, March 25th, for a night full of music, dancing, and most of all, fun. The dance was an event hosted by the Youth Outreach and Employment Committee to [...]
Assemblyman Portantino introduces gun control bill
The gun debate has made its way back on to the list of top issues this January after the shooting of Congresswoman Giffords in Tucson, Arizona, and the Gardenia High School shootings in Los Angeles. After these events, Assemblyman Anthony Portantino (D- La Cañada Flintridge) introduced bill AB 144 also know as the “open-carry” bill [...]
Superintendent Jim Stratton to be replaced by Wendy Sinnette
On January 11, 2011, La Cañada District Superintendent Jim Stratton announced that he will retire at the end of this school year. Stratton, who has served as the district’s Superintendent for the last six years, will leave our schools improved. During his tenure, the schools not only expanded the arts and electives, but also initiated [...]
Letters to U.S. Soldiers in Iraq
U.S. troops have been in Iraq since 2001, a nine year span of time. Currently, 50,000 soldiers are stationed to keep peace in dangerous neighborhoods, assuming the responsibility of the Iraqi Army until Iraq establishes its own army. Although the soldiers are assigned non military combat positions, they are still in constant danger. Until a [...]
