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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: Music Industry, Entertainment, Drama (genre), Teaching and Learning, Teachers
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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: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Breads, Lifestyle and Leisure, Ceremonies, Culture
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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: Job Layoffs, Layoffs and Downsizing, Unemployment, Teaching and Learning, Career and Workplace
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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, Sports, Softball, Baseball, Georgetown Hoyas
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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: Goldman Sachs, Education, Teaching and Learning, Union Pacific Corporation, Apple Inc.
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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: Education, Schools, High Schools, Teaching and Learning, Teachers
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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: Concerts, Sports, Entertainment, Teaching and Learning, Basketball
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Surprise send off for Koemans
After a storied, four-season tenure that included a pair of Mission League titles, a first-ever CIF Southern California Division III Regional Championship and an unprecedented CIF Southern Section Division I crown, Breeana Koemans concluded her days as...Tags: Sports, Teaching and Learning, College Sports, Soccer
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Seniors lead way for Spartans
Entering the season, the question La Caņada High girls' soccer Coach Louie Bilowitz wanted answered was how his underclassmen would respond to playing at the varsity level. It seemed to be an easy adjustment for the Spartans, who tied for second place in...Tags: Sports, Teaching and Learning, Soccer
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High school celebrates diversity week
When then-high school student Nina Foushee traveled to Alexandria, Egypt in summer 2010 for a language exchange, she harbored many of the same misconceptions about the Arab world as her fellow Americans, she said.
Six weeks later, the stereotypes...Tags: Egypt, Education, Colleges and Universities, Schools, Stanford University
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Parents race to secure spot for their child in school district
How far will one go for a La Caņada 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...Tags: Academic Progress, Teaching and Learning, School Examinations
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Around Town: Comparing apples and oranges?
Last week, the La Caņada school board postponed a vote on the district's new teacher complaint policy when it appeared that the board would split 2-2. Staffer Megan O'Neil reported that the proposed policy “states that the district will not ‘...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Career and Workplace, Teachers, Unions, Apples
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