Talent Show

Susan Yee, Hoover PTSA president, invites everyone to Hoover High School's Festival of Learning from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. All current and prospective Hoover families are invited to see what students are learning in their classes, take a look at and talk to teachers of next year's possible classes, and see old friends from the community. This is not a time for parent conferences. We hope that you will take advantage of this opportunity to show your child that you are interested in their education by attending the Festival of Learning.

JO VAN AMBURG May is a busy time of year in Glendale schools. Students in grades two through 12 are taking state-mandated assessment tests and/or advanced-placement exams. Choral and instrumental music students are rehearsing for their last performances. Spring sports are in full swing. PTA and school foundation leaders are getting ready to pass the gavel to next year's officers and committee leaders. Sixth-, eighth- and 12th-grade students are looking forward to their respective promotion and commencement activities.

Jo Van Amburg PTA communities in Glendale and across the country every February honor outstanding parent and community volunteers, teachers and staff members at Founders Day celebrations. PTA originally was known as the National Congress of Mothers. Eventually renamed the National Congress of Parents and Teachers, it was founded by Alice McLellan Birney and Phoebe Apperson Hearst in 1897. In 1970, it teamed with the National Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers, an organization founded by Selena Sloan Butler in 1926.

ANI AMIRKHANIAN Anyone who has ever attended an Armenian wedding knows about the grandeur of the whole event. A typical Armenian wedding is a celebration of life and, of course, love. There is one thing for sure, and it is a known fact, that Armenian weddings are big and last for hours and hours. It's no surprise to me when I hear my non-Armenian friends say, after having attended an Armenian wedding, there was so much food on the table they thought the appetizers were actually the main course.

YWCA SEEKING ANNUAL AWARD NOMINATIONS The YWCA of Glendale has honored Women of Heart & Excellence at the annual Legacy Luncheon. The purpose of this award is to recognize exceptional and dynamic women in the local communities, whose work and/or volunteer service are creating legacies of love, strength and leadership. The event also helps raise money for the YWCA?s Domestic Violence Project and EncorePlus, breast and cervical cancer-screening program for low-income women.

Tonight, it will be singing and dancing as the Crescenta Valley High School advanced dance department performs in “CV’s Got Talent” show. “It’s a new show for us,” said Molly Johnson, dancer and director of committees. Advanced dance usually has a fall performance, but this year it was moved to winter. Not only was the date changed, but the call for talent was more broad. “This is the first time we have opened it up to the [entire student body]

Alex Coolman LA CRESCENTA -- When Kelly Hedden waits to go on stage, she can hardly stand her own nervousness. But when she starts singing, everything changes. "It's totally gone," she said. "I'm just there performing and everything comes naturally." The 18-year-old La Crescenta resident hadn't thought of herself as a natural performer. She was spending her time working for a Web site before she tried something that changed her life: She tried out for the musical talent show "Your Big Break."