Open House at San Gabriel Mission High School
January 23, 2013 • 103 views
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Join San Gabriel Mission High School for an afternoon of community and opportunity at their open house on Sunday, January 27, 2013. You are invited to celebrate the 11:00 a.m. liturgy with SGMHS as they kick off Catholic Schools Week! The reception and open house will take place from 12:00 p.m. to... Read more »
The City of El Monte Hosts a Walk for Health with the Mayor and City Council
by Chelsea Dickerson
January 23, 2013 • 209 views
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El Monte The countdown has begun to cash in on those New Year’s resolutions to lose weight. In an effort to continue the City’s goals of shrinking obesity, keeping residents active, and to encourage walking for fitness, the City of El Monte will host a Walk for Health with the Mayor and City Council... Read more »
Early Morning Fire at Mt. View High School
by Clark Moseley
January 23, 2013 • 799 views
Filed under Cities, News, Showcase
Monday morning at approximately 2:30 am a fire started at Mountain High School on Gilman Road in El Monte, that burned over four hours before the Los Angeles County Fire department was able to extinguish the final flames at around 6:30 am. The blaze could be seen for miles and the intensity of the... Read more »
Oak Students Give Back to Kids in Need
by Lynne Burkardt
January 23, 2013 • 184 views
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Temple City The Associated Student Body officers of Oak Avenue Intermediate School in Temple City hosted a "Winter Wonderland Dance" to raise money for children served by Hollygrove. Over $400 was raised and used to purchase gifts from the Hollygrove holiday wish list. Oak students delivered the gifts... Read more »
El Monte/So El Monte Pageant Queen
by Ken Rausch, Executive Director
January 23, 2013 • 360 views
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Paige Hutsell is the current reigning Miss Friendly El Monte/South El Monte Pageant Queen. We had an opportunity to sit down and get to know Paige, and thought you should, too. Paige was raised and grew up in the El Monte/South El Monte area. She attended Norwood, Cherry Lee, Durfee, Arroyo and... Read more »
Meet George
January 17, 2013 • 183 views
Filed under Libraries, News
Meet the Father of Our Country as he separates fact from myth about his life from the cherry tree to crossing the Delaware River. Mr. Washington will also talk about the U.S. Constitution and more. Peter Small believes that it is people who make history happen. For ten years he was the presenter at Knott's... Read more »
Adult School Offers Hybrid ESL Classes
by Anne Donofrio-Holter
January 17, 2013 • 1,951 views
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El Monte-Rosemead A dult School intermediate level ESL (English Second Language) students are taking weekly quizzes online and submitting assignments from home during the weekends using Moodle. Moodle is "an Open Source Course Management System (CMS), also known as a Learning Management System (LMS)... Read more »
Assemblymember Roger Hernández Introduces Legislation to Honor La Paz as a State Historical Landmark
by Primo Castro
January 17, 2013 • 335 views
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Sacramento Assemblymember Roger Hernández (D-West Covina) has introduced Assembly Bill 34, a measure which would establish Nuestra Señora Reina de la Paz (La Paz) as a state historical landmark. "Despite California’s labor, civil rights and cultural history, there seems to be a general deficit of... Read more »
City Develops El Monte Homeless Prevention Program to Aid Distressed Mobile Home Park Residents
by Chelsea Dickerson
January 17, 2013 • 311 views
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El Monte The El Monte City Council unanimously approved implementing and funding the El Monte Homeless Prevention Program which will help prevent residents of mobile home parks in the city from becoming homeless. The program, which is in response to an urgent need to stabilize rents in El Monte mobile... Read more »
State of Arcadia at Chamber Planning Conference
by Scott Hettrick
January 17, 2013 • 196 views
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Arcadia New City Manager Dominic Lazzaretto will give his first State of the City address to at the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce’s annual Planning Conference on Jan. 24. The conference is being generously sponsored by Chamber member host Embassy Suites from 8 a.m. – 12 noon with a donated light... Read more »
