School Examinations

How far will one go for a La Cañada Unified education? Ask the five dozens parents who camped out at district headquarters through the weekend — some for 48 hours — in order to be at the top of the inter-district permit list for the 2012-13...

How far will one go for a La Cañada Unified education? Ask the five dozen parents who camped out outside district headquarters through the weekend — some for 48 hours — in order to be at the top of the inter-district permit list for the 2012-...

Recent local developments have given rise to a new basis for the local slogan (“We're No. 2!”). The slogan is often applied to education, now that LCHS is No. 2 on some, but not all, standardized test results applicable to public secondary...

In its January newsletter, La Cañada Unified released the statistics for the La Cañada High School class of 2011. There were 375 LCHS graduates in June of 2011, excluding five foreign exchange students. Ninety-eight percent have enrolled at colleges...

St. Francis High School will be hosting its Freshman Entrance Examination on Saturday, Jan. 21 at 8:30 a.m. Prospective students will be able to take the Scholastic Testing Service’s High School Placement Test on campus, at 200 Foothill Blvd. The...

High school math scores blemished an otherwise stellar performance by La Cañada students on the California state standardized tests, district officials said Tuesday while dissecting data released last month. Students logged their worst scores in...

A diverse field of four candidates — including a 20-year-old Princeton University student and a La Cañada Unified matriarch — has made the 2011 school board election the most exciting in recent memory. The campaign has been fueled by hot-...

One candidate a positive force After attending the presentation of school board candidates at La Cañada High School, we decided to have a coffee in our home for Ernest Koeppen, and were more convinced than ever that he would be an excellent school...

GLENDALE — David Olmedo-Barrera still remembers when Cal State Fullerton's baseball team won the College World Series in 2004. Olmedo-Barrera, who's entering his senior season with St. Francis, will hope to be a part of another Titans national...

School board election needs contest of ideas “Your son got Mrs. X for math? She hasn’t rewritten tests since two textbooks ago. My daughter had her last year — a total nightmare.” It’s no secret: There are superstar...

The La Cañada Thursday Club on Sunday screened “In 500 Words or Less,” an award-winning documentary on the college application process, to a packed room of parents and high school juniors and seniors. Applying to college is a rite of...

A controversial movement to increase parental authority over public education is quickly gaining traction in Pasadena. A parent group recently forced a change in the principal’s office at Jefferson Elementary School, and organizers are now...