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Third Annual Grandparents’ And Grandfriends’ Day

Chatsworth Hills Academy
Chatsworth, California
Originally Published in News from the Top of the Hill, December 2007
It was a beautiful Tuesday morning…actually a perfect one. It was mild and sunny and the winds had died down from a couple of days before and were not due to pick up again until the evening hours. The hustle and […]

Winter Holiday Program A Great Success!

Chatsworth Hills Academy
Chatsworth, California
Originally Published in News from the Top of the Hill, December 2007
What a delight and thrill it was when CHA’s Winter Holiday Program was performed in the evening under the spotlights and on the big stage at CSUN. Opening of this wonderful program was an extraordinary DVD presentation of holiday songs by […]

Opening Days

by Graham Brown
Head of School
Chatsworth Hills Academy
Chatsworth, California
Originally Published in News from the Top of the Hill, October 2007
I love the noise which accompanies the beginning of each new school year. The noises of students returning for their new adventure, of their parents adjusting to new teachers and increasing expectations, and of returning and new […]

Parents Need a Playdate, Too

by Graham Brown
Head of School
Chatsworth Hills Academy
Chatsworth, California
Originally Published in News from the Top of the Hill, October 2006
When our three daughters graduated from their respective independent schools and left home for colleges thousands of miles away, Mary and I lost a wonderful social network of adults. Those were the parents of our girls’ classmates […]

Another Year Begins

by Victor J. Cosentino
Board President
Chatsworth Hills Academy
Chatsworth, California
Originally Published in News from the Top of the Hill, October 2006
The start of school is always a touch bittersweet to me. On the one hand, the exhausting freedom (and chaos) of summer is over and my family life returns to the comforting rhythm of the school […]