The La Canada High School Band held its first Goodwill fundraiser on December 2. In the drizzling rain, the band collected used clothes and other objects to send to Goodwill Southern California. The money raised will be used to buy new drums for the marching band. The band’s objective was to raise $4,000 through the…
On Sept. 28, U.S. intelligence announced that the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya on September 11 was an organized and systematic event rather than a spontaneous riot. At first, American intelligence believed that the attack was simply one of many anti-American riots that spread throughout the Middle East in reaction to the…
Despite its age, “Babbitt” by Sinclair Lewis is a lasting portrait of an age in American history, as well as a portrait of a man who searches for a deeper purpose and satisfaction in life.
On July 20, a quiet but successful medical student posing as the Joker walked into a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado. With a semi-automatic firearm, he shot into the crowd, eventually killing 12 people and injuring 78. After the gunshots subsided, what remained were anger and a rekindling of the gun control debate. Mass shootings…
The process of writing the memoir “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” is an inspiring story in itself. The author, Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor of the French “Elle” magazine, suffered a stroke and was left completely paralyzed except for his neck and left eye. Although trapped in a shell like a diving bell, his mind was…
In 2010, Jonathan Franzen released his latest novel, “Freedom”. It had been 10 years since the arrival of his book “The Corrections”, which won the National Book Award. Like “The Corrections”, “Freedom” tells the story of a typical American family, the Berglunds, as they overcome both familial as well as political troubles. But this time, Franzen attempts to document American life during the first decade of the twenty-first century.
“Can creative writing be taught?” It’s a question that many aspiring writers have asked, and this is the question that Francine Prose addresses in her book, “Reading Like a Writer.” Andrew Y KimMore Posts
In many respects, junior Dani Bowman is like any other student from La Canada High School. She works diligently in her classes, spends time with friends, and draws in her spare time. But two dominant things separate her from the majority: a professional animation career and autism Andrew Y KimMore Posts
On Friday May 5, the La Canada High School orchestra held its last and biggest concert of the year, the Concerto Concert, in Lanterman Auditorium. Andrew Y KimMore Posts
From March 14 to 16, the La Canada High School (LCHS) Engineering Club participated in this year’s FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) robotics competition at Long Beach Arena. With their basketball-shooting robot KHAN, the team competed against 76 other high school teams, mainly from the Southern California area. Andrew Y KimMore…
