National Merit Scholars from AOC. Forty students in the Hart School District have received academic commendations in the National Merit Scholarship Program, including three semifinalists. The National Merit Scholarship Program was established in 1955 as a competition amongst students for academic recognition...

Darryl Manzer I was reading some posts on Facebook and need to make some corrections to some of the things I read. Nothing big, but I had to laugh when I read them. Given what was written, our little valley would have a whole different history. Here goes, in no particular order: James Dean did eat something...

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson recognized 19 public schools, which are also 2013 Distinguished Schools, with two new state Exemplary Program Awards for their successful and innovative efforts to promote either the arts or physical activity and nutrition. Hart High School in...

Hart High, Sierra Vista Junior High, as well as Newhall and Old Orchard elementary schools were broken into during the last week, school officials said Tuesday. Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s deputies are currently reviewing video from campus security cameras at the junior high and high school, and...

Construction of the new Castaic area high school is set to begin early May, with a second wave of modernization projects at Hart High, Sierra Vista and Placerita Junior High kicking off in late summer or fall. “We are looking right now to open it to ninth grade only in Fall 2015,” said Gail Pinsker,...

A staged fatal car crash sends a sobering message to teenagers at Hart High School about the dangers of reckless driving Thursday for Every 15 Minutes. Students were taken from class every 15 minutes, as if they had been “lost” in a tragic incident. Then, more than 1,000 junior and seniors...

The Hart boys basketball team won ugly, but stayed undefeated with a 75-64 win over Rio Mesa. Down by two points in the third quarter, the Indians rallied to win their 16th game in a row to start the season. Myles Franklin caught fire in the final period scoring nine points and finishing with 15. Teammate...

Honors anatomy and physiology students at Hart High School are invited to participate in a cancer project every year after studying a unit on cancer. Some students volunteer for local cancer fundraisers like the annual Leukemia & Lymphoma “Light the Night” walk, while other students design their...

Hart’s Jamie Corr heads to the CIF Women’s Southern California Golf Association Regional State Qualifier at Rancho California in Murrieta as the only representative from the Santa Clarita Valley. Corr is a two-time Foothill League MVP. She is one tournament away from reaching the state championship....

This week’s Wendy’s of Santa Clarita and SCVTV Student Athlete of the Week is Griffin Scott of Hart.  Griffin has a 3.86 GPA, scored a 27 on the ACT and is awaiting his SAT scores.  His favorite subject is math, but that doesn’t necessarily mean he wants to become an engineer. “I...