Photo Gallery: Hair loss for a cause at La Cañada High

Teachers and students at LCHS shaved their heads for St Baldrick's Day on Monday, March 17, 2014, in support of pediatric cancer awareness and LCHS student Melissa Leo, who was recently diagnosed with leukemia.

Teachers and students at LCHS shaved their heads for St Baldrick’s Day on Monday, March 17, 2014, in support of pediatric cancer awareness and LCHS student Melissa Leo, who was recently diagnosed with leukemia.   (Roger Wilson/Staff Photographer)

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Members of the Bridge Program, an on-campus peer counseling group at La Cañada High School, held a head-shaving event to raise funds for pediatric cancer research through the nonprofit St. Baldrick’s Foundation on St. Patrick’s Day, on Monday, March 17.

Photo Gallery: Hair loss for a cause

Griffin Van Amringe reacts as his dreadlocks are cut off. Teachers and students at LCHS shaved their heads for St Baldrick’s Day on Monday, March 17, 2014, in support of pediatric cancer awareness and LCHS student Melissa Leo, who was recently diagnosed with leukemia.  (Roger Wilson/Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: Hair loss for a cause

Teachers and students at LCHS shaved their heads for St Baldrick’s Day on Monday, March 17, 2014, in support of pediatric cancer awareness and LCHS student Melissa Leo, who was recently diagnosed with leukemia.  (Roger Wilson/Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: Hair loss for a cause

La Canada student watch as teachers and fellow students at LCHS shaved their heads for St Baldrick’s Day on Monday, March 17, 2014, in support of pediatric cancer awareness and LCHS student Melissa Leo, who was recently diagnosed with leukemia.  (Roger Wilson/Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: Hair loss for a cause

Taylor Afshar, 18, shaves assistant principal Jim Cartnal’s hair. Teachers and students at LCHS shaved their heads for St Baldrick’s Day on Monday, March 17, 2014, in support of pediatric cancer awareness and LCHS student Melissa Leo, who was recently diagnosed with leukemia.   (Roger Wilson/Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: Hair loss for a cause

La Canada High principal Ian McFeat loses his hair to an electric shaver. Teachers and students at LCHS shaved their heads for St Baldrick’s Day on Monday, March 17, 2014, in support of pediatric cancer awareness and LCHS student Melissa Leo, who was recently diagnosed with leukemia.  (Roger Wilson/Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: Hair loss for a cause

Teachers and students at LCHS shaved their heads for St Baldrick’s Day on Monday, March 17, 2014, in support of pediatric cancer awareness and LCHS student Melissa Leo, who was recently diagnosed with leukemia.   (Roger Wilson/Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: Hair loss for a cause

LCHS student Kevin Sung loses the last of his hair. Teachers and students at LCHS shaved their heads for St Baldrick’s Day on Monday, March 17, 2014, in support of pediatric cancer awareness and LCHS student Melissa Leo, who was recently diagnosed with leukemia.  (Roger Wilson/Staff Photographer)