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Around Town: La Caņada cosmopolitanism
When our son, Andrew, was a student at Flintridge Prep, he had a pet phrase for La Caņada and its environs. He called it “the bubble.” Flintridge Prep was full of kids from La Caņada and the nearby communities of San Marino, Pasadena,...Tags: Drama (genre), Teachers, Arts and Culture, Students, Arts
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Les Tupper Awards to honor community volunteers
A horse lover who has helped form the city’s network of trails, the staff sergeant for a food pantry, and a student who helped build a library for others are among the volunteers to be honored Monday by the La Caņada Flintridge Coordinating Council....
Tags: Breads, Ceremonies, Awards and Prizes, Lifestyle and Leisure, Students
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La Caņada teacher jobs may be spared
La Caņada 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. “...Tags: Career and Workplace, Unemployment, Job Layoffs, Teachers, Students
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Questions about charter schools
This letter references an article in the L.A. Times, May 2, “Charter Seekers at Top of Class: 24 High-performing San Fernando Valley Campuses Seek a Change of Status.” Amazingly, it doesn't appear that these schools (existing schools applying...Tags: Teachers, Washington, DC, Michelle Rhee
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Op-Ed: Questions of tenure, union's role
Mandy Redfern, president of the LCUSD teachers' union, recently derided efforts to reform teacher tenure, suggesting tenure was far from “the problem” (“Blaming teachers union is wrong tactic,” op-ed, April 22). She minimizes both...Tags: Career and Workplace, Teachers, Sex Crimes, Los Angeles Unified School District, Unions
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Strong starts for Spartans
The following are updates on local athletes at the collegiate level. Lauren O'Leary (La Caņada High, 2011) freshman, Georgetown University softball: The Hoyas are in the midst of a skid, dropping six of their last seven, but O'Leary is having a strong...Tags: Swimming, College Baseball, Stanford Cardinal, Detroit Tigers, Baseball
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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. The gamble has paid off. Over the years,...
Tags: Union Pacific Corporation, Students, Education, Apple Inc., Goldman Sachs
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Piece of Mind: The lessons taught by a disgraced teacher
As dismaying as it may seem to some, I've come to the conclusion that the reported $215,000 payout to La Caņada High School math teacher Gabrielle Leko was probably the wisest course our school district officials could have taken. We had braced for a...Tags: Teachers
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Thoughts from Dr. Joe: Helping voices find their own verses
I'm enthralled by serendipity, the fortuitous circumstance that changes a life, thereby sending one on a tangent toward a different realization of what's possible. Teachers are often the stimulus of that alchemy. Lucy Pelletier, my daughter Sabine's...Tags: Teachers, Students, Education, Schools, High Schools
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Op-Ed: Blaming teachers union is wrong tactic
There has been much attention directed at teacher tenure in La Caņada in recent weeks. Is teacher tenure the problem? A school board member asked this question publicly and responded by saying, “Yes.” My first response to this is to say...Tags: Career and Workplace, Teachers, Concerts, Entertainment, Music
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LoVett definitely an attention-getter
The game of basketball looks like it comes easy to Marcus LoVett, Jr. It's getting out of the gym after a game that can be a problem for the Providence High point guard. The 15-year old freshman phenom carries a lot of hype with him and commands...
Tags: Basketball, California Interscholastic Federation, Concerts, Students, Google Inc.
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La Caņada 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...
Tags: Science and Technology, Teachers, Environmental Issues, Conservation
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