Mikey James Quevado
Mikey James Quevedo has earned the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest honor in the Boy Scouts of America. He is the first in his troop to receive this honor for the 100-year anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America. Mikey began his scouting experience with Cub Scout Pack 102 at 1st Christian church in [...]
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Justis Mireles-Torres from Bonita High School is one of more than 1,000 high school cheerleaders from across the United States who will be performing in the world famous London New Year’s Day Parade. The All-American Cheer invitation adds to the sophomore’s growing list of recent accomplishments. She captained her freshman and now JV cheer squads, [...]
On Thursday night at the legendary Whisky a Go Go — where Led Zeppelin and Jim Morrison and The Doors once rocked the house – La Verne’s Janitors of Justice are ready to sweep the crowd off its feet at the celebrated and sometimes notorious Sunset Strip hangout.
“I don’t think I’ll be nervous until they [...]
Brace yourself.
Because I’m going to violate the one rule I established for myself when I created this column. Just this once. I just wanted to tell you that up front, in the spirit of full disclosure.
That rule, of course, that first promise I made to you way back in January in [...]
La Verne is known for great sports teams and as a great place to raise a family (Family Circle magazine). Well, why not start another tradition, why can’t La Verne be the home of the next Miss California USA winner. Right now La Verne’s Jennifer Mercado is taking the first steps to fulfilling just that [...]
On Friday, July 9, La Verne once again demonstrated why it was named one of the nation’s “Top 10 Communities for Families” by Family Circle magazine this week as hundreds of volunteers, including actress Marcia Cross (Bree Hodge on ABC’s ”Desperate Housewives”), teamed up with the nonprofit organization KaBOOM!, Mott’s, NFL Play 60 and Stater Bros. Charities to help build [...]
Leave it to a mechanical engineering student to figure out how to earn summer cash to help pay for his education at UC Santa Barbara and later this fall at prestigious Imperial College in London, England. Ian Sigsworth, a 2008 Bonita graduate, is working as an independent tutor, helping local students make sense of theorems, [...]
Mt. San Antonio College will kick off its first-ever scholarship drive Thursday with the goal of raising $1.3 million by next May.
A fundraising event, featuring California Community Colleges Chancellor Jack Scott as well as student scholarship recipients, will be held at the Pacific Palms Resort from 6 to 8 p.m.
“At Mt. SAC, nearly half of [...]
Northern California may have the Silicon Valley, but SoCal has the Grace Miller Tech Club, now numbering about 63 fourth and fifth graders. On June 3, the young wizards hosted a tech showcase, where parents and the greater community were treated to PowerPoint slideshows, electronics quizzes, videos and other digital displays.
“Our students are more confident [...]
Look, dad!
For the 106th time, Bonita High School proudly celebrated the graduation of its senior class, a total of 426 students who had earned the distinct honor and privilege of switching the tassels on their mortarboards from the right to the left, symbolizing the ending of one chapter of their lives and the exciting beginning [...]
