Education
Verdugo Hills class teaches teens basics of babysitting
Teenage girls sit in a circle, hunched over a large living room floor plan, looking for potential threats to a small child.
School rankings stoke friendly competition
La Cañada High School placed 39th among its California peers in the 2012 U.S. News & World Report rankings released May 7, and at least one school supporter was justifiably pleased.
La Cañada teacher jobs may be spared
La Cañada Flintridge Educational Foundation fundraising efforts have brought in $1.55 million to date, signaling that the district likely will be able to retain many of the teachers who received layoff notices in March, officials said this week.
Hundreds of families attend annual Dragon Faire
St. George’s Preschool held its annual Dragon Faire on Saturday, April 28, drawing hundreds of families to the La Cañada campus where there were children’s activities, live entertainment and food, including “Dragon Snacks” and burgers from the In-N-Out truck.
Students re-imagine fundraising
After dazzling judges of a statewide theatrical competition, a group of local sixth-graders are taking to the airwaves to finance their way to a global competition later this month.
La Cañada Unified set to boost developer fees
The La Cañada Unified School District is poised to increase fees on developers of new commercial and residential construction in order to build campus projects.
La Cañada Unified teacher negotiations get started
Local teachers and public school officials launched new contract negotiations this week, marking the start of what is likely to be a months-long exchange shaped by dwindling budgets and controversy over policies such as the use of teacher collaboration days.
New life for Chilao School
Last spring, Corina Roberts found herself with 2,500 pinyon pine tree seedlings and nowhere to plant them.
School board will continue to accept third-party complaints
La Cañada Unified School District leaders voted Tuesday to continue investigating complaints about staffers that come from third parties, ending a contentious debate launched by third-party allegations that a high school teacher verbally abused her students.
Educational Foundation leader steps down
The leader of the La Cañada Educational Foundation stepped down this week, just as the nonprofit goes into the home stretch of its annual $2-million fundraising drive.
School librarians are becoming an endangered species
Maura Large trains students at Eliot Middle School in Altadena in the language of dictionaries, encyclopedias and almanacs.
Students turn $35,000 grubstake into $188,000 portfolio
Handing high school students $35,000 with which to play the stock market might not seem like the best way to boost a school endowment, but in 1997, that is what trustees at Flintridge Preparatory School did.
Autistic teen honored for anti-bullying efforts
A La Cañada Flintridge teen received a Golden Goody Award this month for her charitable work. Dani Bowman, 17, who suffers from autism, received the award from the Goody Awards Guild for her work illustrating two anti-bullying books and for her illustrating and doing voice-over work for a new...
Gabrielle Leko to receive $215,000
A La Cañada High School math teacher who agreed to retire in June after it was determined she used abusive language in the classroom will get a $215,000 payout from the district, according to the terms of the settlement.
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