Hello! If you are looking for the links to the Academy 2020-2021
Sophomore Informational Meeting (8/20),
Junior Informational Meeting (8/21), or
Senior Informational Meeting (8/24),
please contact Jaya Hamkins at jayahamkins@gmail.com or
Shant Kevorkian (shant.kh.kevorkian@gmail.com). Thank you!
Academy Hosts Its First Virtual Banquet
May 29, 2020
Click here to see a video of the event
Academy Students Excel at the
70th Annual LA County Science Fair
Los Angeles County Science and Engineering Fair Results:
Jaya Hamkins - 1st place in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Senior Division. Jaya was also picked to represent LA County at ISEF (International Science and Engineering Fair) 2020. This is our 4th year that an academy student from CVHS was picked for ISEF!
Jaya was also selected as one of 7 students to compete in the Southern California Biomedical Council R&D
Melanie Khachatryan - 2nd place in Plant Biology and Physiology Senior Division
Eileen Stiles - Honorable Mention in Pharmacology Senior Division
Jiyoun Roh - Honorable Mention in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Senior Division. Jiyoun was also selected as one of 7 students to compete in the Southern California Biomedical Council R&D
Academy Students Shine at the
SKILLS USA 2020 Competition
Congratulations to all our Academy SkillsUSA participants and medalists.
The medalists will be competing at the SkillsUSA Championship in Ontario, CA
from April 15 to April 19
Click here to see a list of participants
Academy Hosts its Annual Health Career Night
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Academy Students Recognized at the
14th Annual Walk of Life Event at Glendale
Academy Junior Carly Ngo Wins GOLD at the
National Skills USA Competition
June 24-28, 2019
Academy Senior Sophia James
Recognized at the GUSD Board Meeting
Thank You to our Student Board Member Sophia James
Tuesday night (May 28, 2019) marked the final Board meeting for our 2018-19 Student Board Member Sophia James. Sophia, who was one of four recipients of the 2019 GUSD Michael F. Escalante Senior Scholar Award, graduates from Crescenta Valley High School next week and will continue her education at Glendale Community College. She hopes to one day pursue a career as a neurologist or geriatrician. Thank you Sophia for your tireless commitment to GUSD students, staff, and families!
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CV TEAM AT THE
Skills USA State Competition
APRIL 25-28, 2019
Academy Junior Carly Ngo wins GOLD in Medical Math category at the California State finals of the Skills USA Competition. She will be representing CV at the National Competition to be held in Louisville, KY June 24-28, 2019.
CONGRATULATIONS TO CV TEAM AT THE
69TH ANNUAL
LA COUNTY SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR
MARCH 28-30, 2019
Targeting Enterococcus Faecalis With Phage Therapy
Eric Markarian: 2nd place (Pharmacology)
Preventing Eutrophication with an Organic Fertilizer made of Dark Chocolate, Coffee Grounds, and Banana Peels
Jiyoun Roh: 2nd place (Plant Biology and Physiology)
Role of Mitochondrial NAD Levels in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells Under Arginine Starvation
Eileen Stiles: Honorable mention (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
Optimization of trout survival conditions with ammonia, nitrate, and pH levels
Moses Kim: Recognition (Environmental Management)
Concentrations of Norovirus GII.6 Across L.A. Harbor
Vince Shin: Recognition (Microbiology)
Conservation of Scarce Natural Resources with Prompt Notifications in Developing Countries
Rohin Manvi: Honorable Mention (Engineering Applications)
Discovering the Waterproofness of Polylactic Acid to Create an Environmentally-Friendly Chip Bag
Shyla Summers: Honorable mention (Environmental Management) and a Special Award from
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Raspberry Pi, which is a mini-computer used in computer science)
Alternative Approach to Synthesizing Viable Environmentally Favorable Calcium Carbonate Concrete
Jad Soucar and Andrew Hong: 3rd place (Environmental Management),
Special Awards: South Bay Environmental Coalition Award, RICOH American Corp Sustainable Development Award,
Professional Engineers in California Government Award
CVHS 2019 Skills USA Team
Academy Senior Honored at the
2019 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas
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Academy Senior Selected as a
Hispanic Heritage Youth Awardee!!
Since 1998, the Hispanic Heritage Youth Award identifies, inspires, prepares, and positions Latino leaders in the classroom, community and workforce in meeting America’s priorities going forward. The Hispanic Heritage Youth Award celebrated Ariana Coba's achievements.
Academy Senior President Ariana Coba was one of twenty students honored with this prestigious award. She was selected as a 2018 Silver Award recipient for the Healthcare & Science category in the Los Angeles region.
Academy Senior Ariana Coba
Selected to Participate in Perry Initiative
The Perry Outreach Program is a free, one-day, hands-on experience for high school women who are interested in pursuing careers in medicine and engineering. Students interact with women leaders in these fields and try it for themselves by performing mock orthopaedic surgeries and biomechanics experiments.
CLICK HERE TO SEE A VIDEO OF THE ACADEMY CLASS OF 2018
Academy Senior Represents LA County at Intel ISEF for the Second Year in a Row!!!
Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) was held in Pittsburgh from May 13-18 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. ISEF is the largest pre-college science competition in the world. What began as a National Science Fair 68 years ago transformed into International Science Fair eight years later and Intel became its title sponsor in 1997. This year there were nearly 1800 projects from 81 different countries!
Academy Senior Titash Biswas was one of two students representing LA County. There were a total of 22 categories; Titash competed against 71 other projects in the Animal Physiology category. California had one of the largest delegations with 60 finalists from 15 different regional fairs.
CV Wins many awards at the
2018 CA State Science Fair !!!
Lyron Co Ting Keh
1st place, Computational Systems & Analysis
A Novel Hierarchical Machine Learning Model for Non-Invasive Cancer of Unknown Primary Classification
Titash Biswas
4th place, Zoology
Wnt6 in Progenitor Maintenance During Hematopoiesis: A Potential Biomarker for Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Jonghyun Hong & Jad Soucar
Honorable Mention, Environmental Engineering
An Alternative Approach to Synthesizing Concrete,Using the Salt Water Carbonate Buffer System, and the Cocolithophore
CV Wins BIG at the
2018 LA County Science Fair !!!
CV's participation at the LA County Science Fair is growing! It is the largest and longest running regional science fair in the nation and was held at the Pasadena Convention Center from March 23st – 24th, 2018. This year we had 6 projects going to the fair and CV students won many awards.
Jad Soucar and Andrew Hong won third place in their category and a Sustainability award. Titash Biswas and Lyron CoTing Keh placed 1st in their categories and will be going to the CA State Science and Engineering Fair next week. In addition, Titash was selected to represent LA County at the Intel ISEF (Intel International Science and Engineering Fair) to be held at the Pittsburgh from May 13-18th. Lyron was selected as an alternate to go to ISEF.
Congratulations to all of them!
The Glendale Healthier Community Coalition recognizes
Academy Senior Sione Markarian
as a winner of the 2017 Tom Miller Award!
Academy Student is a Semifinalist at the
Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology
Academy senior Titash Biswas was named a Semifinalist in the Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology. Siemens is the nation's premier research competition, which promotes the development and education initiatives in science, math and technology for high school students. The Siemens Competition honors the best and brightest high school students for their accomplishments in research projects. Titash was among the 491 semifinalists in 300 individual and team projects selected nationwide, from a pool of more than 1860 individual & team projects submitted by high school students.
Academy Students Win BIG at
2017 Intel ISEF
Congratulations to Titash and Miranda!!!!!!
Two of our Academy students Titash Biswas and Miranda Li represented LA County at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair held at the LA convention center from May 15-19, 2017.
Titash placed fourth in her category winning a cash award of $500 and Miranda won a special award from the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia - $15,000 scholarship per year for four years. This award is given to students whose research and academic interests align with the USciences mission.
Congratulations to two amazing students at the California State Science Fair!!!
Once again CV wins BIG at the
LA County Science Fair this year!!!
Academy Juniors Titash Biswas and Miranda Li participated in the 67th Annual Los Angeles County Science and Engineering Fair this past weekend. It is the largest and longest running regional science fair in the nation and was held at the Pasadena Convention Center from March 24st – 26th, 2017.
Titash placed 1st and Miranda placed 2nd in their category (Microbiology) and will be representing LA County at the California State Science Fair next month. Titash also won the Senior Division Sweepstakes with a cash award of $500!
In addition, both Titash and Miranda were selected to represent LA County at the Intel ISEF (Intel International Science and Engineering Fair) to be held at the LA Convention Center from May 14-19th. They were two of seven students selected from LA County Science Fair for the international science competition.
Congratulations to both of them!
Congratulations to CVHS 2017 Skills USA Team
From left: Hakop Artsvelian, Maika Segarra, Ashley Kim, Xizhon Clare
Congratulations to CVHS 2017 Science Bowl Team
Four students from the Academy of Science and Medicine participated in the Science Bowl Competition at JPL on Saturday, January 28th, 2017. There were a total of 24 teams that competed for a chance to go to the National Science Bowl Competition.
Although our team did not advance beyond the qualifying rounds, they won the hearts of the judges. Our team received the “Sportsmanship Award" again. That is two years in a row - last year and this year. We have won this award three times since 2011 when we CVHS won the very first Sportsmanship Award. That says a lot about our students!
Clockwise from left to right: Lyron Co Ting Keh (Captain), Doyeon Ahn, Richard Lee (Honorary Academy student), Zerxes Bhadha, Titash Biswas
Academy Field Trip to GAMC 2/2/2017
Congratulations to CVHS-LCHS iGem Team
From left to right: Alec Lourenco (bottom) , Patty Compeau (top), Logan Liu (top), Lucas Ecternach (bottom), Jenny Wang (top), Cristos Menemenlis (bottom), Caroline Higa (top), Orenda Tuason
Students from La Cañada and Crescenta Valley high schools recently won a silver award during an international competition for genetic engineering research they conducted over a period of several months.Click here for the LA Times news article done on the team.Click here to link to the official ULV-LC-CV iGEM 2016 Wiki Page
Congratulations to Arin Sarkissian for winning the 2016 Tom Miller Award in the Youth Category!
Arin was very deserving of the Tom Miller award because of his enthusiasm, energy, passion for helping others, and his altruism. His friends and teachers describe him as diligent, determined, enthusiastic, infectiously positive, and light-hearted. He has a deep curiosity to learn, a bursting passion to explore all aspects of academics, a love of helping people, and humility. Eventually, he wants to become medical doctor and to use music to help heal his patients. Last year, Arin joined TASSEL club because he wanted to make an impact by teaching Cambodian children the English language through video chat. This year, that passion to help people is again evident with Arin volunteering at the Glendale Free Clinic. Arin spends his Tuesday evenings helping patients who do not have insurance but have serious medical conditions such as diabetes and hypertension get medical attention and treatment. Arin is most passionate about his music. Since joining the Wind Ensemble and Marching Band at CVHS, Arin has been the principal flutist, section leader, and currently the president of the Marching Band. He is also the president of the Chemistry Club and the Make-A-Wish Foundation. And yet, regardless of how little sleep he receives the night before or how stressed he really is on the inside, his contagious smile always seems to rub off and he always serves as an optimistic role model to all his fellow students.
Academy students take a field trip to USC - November 30, 2016
Academy students take a field trip to the
California Science Center - Sept 7, 2016
Academy senior wins STEM competition with app for
low-budget prosthetics
