Helix wins Wellness Innovation Challenge Helix Charter High School in La Mesa is a winner of Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation and DonorsChoose.org’s Mental and Emotional Wellness Innovation Challenge. Mrs. Fleming and her students at Helix Charter were one of five winning classrooms. Their project, “Improving Emotional Wellness Through…
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By Rep. Susan A. Davis | Guest Editorial The success of our nation’s economy is based in part on the investments the federal government makes. These investments spur economic activity and create jobs. They can help young people afford college, save lives, protect and provide the care our veterans deserve,…
Jeff Clemetson | Editor A look inside La Mesa’s medical marijuana green rush [Editor’s note: This is part one in an ongoing series on the rollout of Measure U.] The medical marijuana green rush is officially on in La Mesa. And just like California’s historical Gold Rush, prospectors — or in…
By Jennifer Osborn | Helix Highlights Psychology Fair Students in Helix psychology classes recently put on a Psychology Fair, and students and staff members came in droves to participate in various experiments designed by the psychology students. Students participated in studies to determine what color cookies their peers prefer; discussed…
Jeff Clemetson | Editor The La Mesa Village is known for its events that close the boulevard to car traffic and get the public strolling around, such as Oktoberfest and the Flag Day Parade. And now the Village can add one more event to the list — weekly farmers markets. On…
