City of El Monte Hosts Leadership Conference to Inspire 200 Young Women

by Chelsea Dickerson
March 14, 2013 • 185 views
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The City of El Monte, together with many dedicated community partners, hosted Inspire: A Young Women’s Leadership Day on Saturday, March 1.  The conference aimed to teach approximately 200 local young women strategies on how to be effective leaders and provide encouragement that will propel them into... Read more »

Student’s Corner

By Yesenia Melgar
March 14, 2013 • 68 views
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Life Underwater It’s not all the time you feel alive and giddy, since the world around you is not only filled with sunshine but rain. Remember those moments you have in which you are overwhelmed; can’t breathe, think, or move. You have absolutely nothing in your control or have enough time in... Read more »

MID VALLEY RADIO ANNOUNCEMENT

March 14, 2013 • 99 views
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Celebrates Arbor Day with Prestigious Tree City USA Designation

Photos : Andrew Bettridge
March 13, 2013 • 465 views
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The City of El Monte celebrated Arbor Day on Friday, March 8 with a special ceremony to announce the City’s recent accomplishment of earning a prestigious Tree City USA designation.  Joined by Smokey the Bear and a crowd of residents, community volunteers and school children, the El Monte City Council... Read more »

More Children Participate

by Chief Tom Torlakson
March 13, 2013 • 194 views
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While an average of 1.3 million California children each day participate in the state’s School Breakfast Program, about 63,000 more last year than in 2011, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson marked National School Breakfast Week by urging families to make sure all children get... Read more »

Former El Monte Student Becomes Superintendent

by Jo Anne Disney
March 13, 2013 • 410 views
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As you enter the building of the El Monte City School District, the first thing visitors see is a plaque with their Mission Statement which reads:  "Our purpose is to educate all students to develop skills, knowledge, and attitudes to be responsible, productive, and fulfilled individuals able to succeed... Read more »

The Leven Oaks: A Caring Assisted Living Facility for Seniors

by JoAnne Disney
March 7, 2013 • 446 views
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Monrovia Leven Oaks is a caring "fully licensed" assisted living facility for seniors located at 120 South Myrtle Avenue in Monrovia.  I think it may be one of the best kept secrets in the San Gabriel Valley. This historic residence started as a "resort hotel on December 11, 1911, when a man by the... Read more »

Cantwell-Sacred Heart of Mary Students Fare Well in First Academic Decathlon

by Anne Donofrio-Holter
March 7, 2013 • 346 views
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For their first time competing in the Southern California Private Schools Academic Decathlon, Cantwell-Sacred Heart of Mary students have much to be proud of, winning 19 individual medals, five of them gold. "Being our first year, the students performed beyond expectations," said Academic Decathlon... Read more »

County Library

March 7, 2013 • 119 views
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Student’s Corner

By Tyler Anderson
March 7, 2013 • 116 views
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Teens: A Silenced Voice Being a high school student is a bigger responsibility than most people think. We deal with things such as:  school, sports, family demands, hormones, and pressure from others. We are expected to handle ourselves as young adults, but often feel like we are being treated as... Read more »