Tag Archives: La Canada High School

Every Fifteen Minutes Drives Home a Lesson to LCHS

On Thursday, April 12 the streets in front of the school were filled with a crowd of gloomy onlookers, shocked and frozen by the sight of a grotesque car crash involving eight LCHS students in two vehicles. While this was a fabricated collision, it is reported that every fifteen minutes a teenager loses his or [...]

“Dracula” comes rampaging through the Playhouse

     Are you in desperate craving of a chilling play that will take you far beyond the horrors of our world and imagination? Well, lucky for you, the La Cañada Playhouse is presenting the creepy and thrilling classic horror production of “Dracula” later this month. Based on Bram Stoker’s classic horror novel, “Dracula” will [...]

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 [...]

Marching to the Beat of La Cañada’s Marching Band

The year of 2012 looks auspicious for the La Cañada marching band. This past semester was a colorful progression for these Spartan musicians, as they received awards in several marching contests and were acknowledged for their efforts and talents. With their new clean-cut black and maroon uniforms, band members hammered out their routines on the [...]

The Art Show Experience

La Cañada students never fail to amaze an audience with their talents. When I first walked into the auditorium lobby to experience the annual Art Show, I was immediately blown away by the unique pieces on display around the room. From ceramic masks to elaborately decorated skateboards, the Art Show presented a variety of creative [...]

Physics Classes Go to Physics Fun Day at Knott’s

On Thursday, March 1, three buses full of LCHS physics students made their way to Knotts Berry Farm for a field trip headed by LCHS physics teacher, Mrs. Walsh. Over 7000 physics students from 85 other schools flocked to Knotts Berry Farm as well to participate in the 15th annual Physics day. From 9:30 until [...]

LC Boys Soccer Tears Monrovia’s Heart Out

When the dust had finally settled atMonroviaHigh Schoolthe Wildcat soccer team sat in heartbroken disbelief as their large crowd emptied the stadium. On the other side, La Cañada Boys soccer rejoiced their league title with fans and family. Making the situation even better, the sentiment of rejoice was the exact opposite only minutes earlier. La [...]

A Lesson in the Law

LaCañadaHigh Schoolhad the privilege on February 2, of hearing public defenders Jonathan Libby and Guy Iverson discuss the upcoming Supreme Court Case United States v. Alvarez. Mr. Libby will be arguing the case in front of the Supreme Court and La Cañada juniors and seniors  were able to spend the better part of block period [...]