Mountain Views News          Saturday, June 19, 2010

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EDUCATION & YOUTH

 Mountain Views News Saturday, June 19, 2010

SCHOOL DIRECTORY

176 Lancers Graduate 

La Salle High School 
graduated 176 seniors at 
its 51st Commencement 
on Friday evening, May 
28. Commencement 
Exercises took place at the 
Church of the Nazarene, 
next-door to the School. 
Julia M. Barrero received 
the La Salle High School 
General Excellence 
Award and will attend 
Stanford in the fall. Julia 
also received the John 
Stygles Student-Athlete 
award among other 
accolades. The General 
Merit Awards went to 
Lauren T. Schenker. 
Lauren will leave for Tufts 
University, in Boston later 
this summer.

Cheyenne Wingate 
received an appointment 
to the United States Naval 
Academy, and Michael 
Edwards received an 
appointment to the 
United States Military 
Academy. Andrea Edoria 
and Daniella Laset received the Archdiocese of Los Angeles Christian Service Award. Natalie Plasencia was selected by her senior class 
peers to receive the Pro Deo et Patria Award. 

Matt Nolan and Kimberly Takaoka. received the Brother Celestine All Around Athlete Award. Marco Suarez was chosen by the Faculty 
Commencement Committee for the honor of delivering the Commencement Address.

 100% of La Salle’s graduating class will attend college next year, and 85% of the class will matriculate to four-year institutions.


Alverno High School

200 N. Michillinda Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024

(626) 355-3463 Head of School: Ann M. Gillick 

E-mail address: agillick@alverno-hs.org

Arcadia High School

180 Campus Drive Arcadia, CA 91007

Phone: (626) 821-8370, Principal: David L. Vannasdall

Arroyo Pacific Academy

41 W. Santa Clara St. Arcadia, Ca, 

(626) 294-0661 Principal: Phil Clarke

E-mail address: pclarke@arroyopacific.org

Barnhart School

240 W. Colorado Blvd Arcadia, Ca. 91007

(626) 446-5588 Head of School: Joanne Testa Cross

Kindergarten - 8th grade

website: www.barnhartschool.com 

Bethany Christian School

93 N. Baldwin Ave. Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024

(626) 355-3527 Principal: James Lugenbuehl

E-mail address: jml@bcslions.org

Carden of the Foothills School

429 Wildrose Avenue, Monrovia, CA 91016 626/358-9414 
626/358-5164 fax office@cardenofthefoothills.com

The Gooden School

192 N. Baldwin Ave. Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024

(626) 355-2410 Head of School: Patty Patano

website: www.goodenschool.org

High Point Academy

1720 Kinneloa Canyon Road

Pasadena, Ca. 91107

626-798-8989

website: www.highpointacademy.org

LaSalle High School

3880 E. Sierra Madre Blvd. Pasadena, Ca. 

(626) 351-8951 Principal: Patrick Bonacci

website: www.lasallehs.org

Monrovia High School

325 East Huntington Drive, Monrovia, CA 91016 

(626) 471-2000, email: schools@monrovia.k12.ca.us

Norma Coombs Alternative School

2600 Paloma St. Pasadena, Ca. 91107

(626) 798-0759 Principal: Dr. Vanessa Watkins 

E-mail address: watkins12@pusd.us

Odyssey Charter School

725 W. Altadena Dr. Altadena, Ca. 91001

(626) 229-0993 Head of School: Lauren O’Neill

website: www.odysseycharterschool.org

Pasadena High School

2925 E. Sierra Madre Blvd. Pasadena, Ca. 

(626) 798-8901 Principal: Dr. Derick Evans

website: www.pasadenahigh.org

Pasadena Unified School District

351 S. Hudson Ave. Pasadena, Ca. 91109

(626) 795-6981 website: www.pusd@pusd.us

St. Rita Catholic School

322 N. Baldwin Ave. Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024

(626) 355-9028 Principal: Joanne Harabedian

website: www.st-rita.org

Sierra Madre Elementary School

141 W. Highland Ave, Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024

(626) 355-1428 Principal: Gayle Bluemel

E-mail address:gbluemel220@pusd.us

Sierra Madre Middle School 

160 N. Canon Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024

(626) 836-2947 Principal: Gayle Bluemel

Contact person: Garrett Newsom, Asst. Principal

E-mail address: gbluemel220@pusd.us

Weizmann Day School

1434 N. Altadena Dr. Pasadena, Ca. 91107

(626) 797-0204

Lisa Feldman: Head of School

Wilson Middle School

300 S. Madre St. Pasadena, Ca. 91107

(626) 449-7390 Principal: Ruth Esseln

E-mail address: resseln@pusd.us

Pasadena Unified School District

351 S. Hudson Ave., Pasadena, Ca. 91109

(626) 795-6981

Website: www.pusd@pusd.us

 The Pasadena Unified School 
District (PUSD) is the recipient of 
a $70,000 grant from the National 
Endowment for the Arts (NEA) 
in the "Learning in the Arts" 
category. The grant was secured 
by the Pasadena Educational 
Foundation (PEF), a non-profit, 
community-based organization 
created in 1971 to support public 
school educational programs of the 
Pasadena Unified School District.

 “This grant recognizes the quality 
of PUSD’s arts education program, 
which is an integral piece of our 
curriculum,” said Superintendent 
Edwin Diaz. “These funds will 
allow us to not only maintain 
but expand our elementary arts 
program, which is a model for 
school-community partnerships in 
education.”

 Grant funds will be directed 
towards PUSD’s elementary 
visual art curriculum, "My 
Masterpieces: Discovering 
Art in My Community." My 
Masterpieces was collaboratively 
written by PUSD teachers working 
side-by-side with educators from 
local museums. The curriculum 
integrates classroom lessons and 
related museum visits, connecting 
art with other subjects such as 
language arts, math, and history. 

 The arts partners participating 
in My Masterpieces include: 
Kidspace Children's Museum, 
The Huntington Library, Art 
Collections & Botanical Gardens, 
The City of Pasadena, Gamble 
House, Side Street Projects, 
Pasadena Museum of California 
Art, Pasadena Museum of History, 
Norton Simon Museum, Armory 
Center for the Arts, and Pacific 
Asia Museum. In addition 
to developing and providing 
school tour programs for My 
Masterpieces, each of the partners 
offers complimentary museum 
admission for PUSD families 
whose children are participating in 
the program.

 My Masterpieces is currently in 
place at eight PUSD elementary 
schools, serving 189 classrooms 
and approximately 4,500 students. 
Funds from the NEA grant will 
enable PUSD to expand the 
program to 12 schools in the 
coming school year, and to reach 
280 classrooms or 6,800 students.

 Learning in the Arts grants 
strengthen American educational 
opportunities by providing 
children with focused arts 
instruction, exposing them to 
legendary artists, and introducing 
children to artworks of the highest 
quality. Through the Learning 
in the Arts category, the NEA 
awarded 255 grants out of 658 
eligible applications, for a total of 
$8,425,000.

 The majority of the award 
recipients in this category are 
orchestras, theaters, museums, 
and cultural centers from around 
the country. Only a handful of 
the 255 recipients are schools 
or school districts. The NEA 
award represents recognition of 
the My Masterpieces program's 
significance within the national 
landscape of arts education 
endeavors. Additionally, the 
program was featured as a case 
study at the American Association 
of Museums (AAM) international 
conference last month.

The NEA grant will be combined 
with several other grants secured by 
Pasadena Educational Foundation 
to fund the expansion of My 
Masterpieces to all 20 of PUSD's 
elementary schools. The Ayrshire 
Foundation, Capital Group, Giesen 
Trust, Green Foundation, Lluela 
Morey Murphy Foundation, Schow 
Foundation, and Tournament 
of Roses Foundation have each 
awarded grants to the project. 
Individual donors have also 
contributed, and arts partners have 
supported the project through in-
kind donations. 

The National Endowment for the 
Arts is a public agency dedicated 
to supporting excellence in the 
arts, both new and established, 
bringing the arts to all Americans, 
and providing leadership in arts 
education. Established by Congress 
in 1965 as an independent agency 
of the federal government, the 
Arts Endowment is the nation's 
largest annual funder of the arts, 
bringing great art to all 50 states, 
including rural areas, inner cities, 
and military bases. 

PUSD AWARDED PRESTIGIOUS ARTS GRANT

National Endowment for the Arts Funds Will Support Elementary Arts Curriculum

“Celebration of Excellence” - Delta Sigma Theta Alumni Honor Achievers

Last month, the Pasadena 
Alumnae Chapter of Delta 
Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. 
hosted its annual reception in 
honor of the 2010 Academic 
Award Recipients. Dr. 
Lindsey E. Malcom, Assistant 
Professor of Higher Education 
Administration and Policy 
in the Graduate School of 
Education at UC Riverside 
delivered the keynote address. 
Congressman Adam Schiff was 
also on hand to congratulate 
the graduates. 

 Denise Jones, Chairperson, 
presented the academic awards, 
in the amount of $1,000 each, 
to the following students: Anita 
Johnson Cole Commemorative 
to Celeste Williams - Pasadena 
High; Carolyn Edwards Jones 
Commemorative to Asya 
Hollins - Pasadena High; 
Houlemard Family Award to 
Shakara DeCarlis - Blair HS; 
Jane Strong-Moses & Jesse 
Moses Commemorative to 
Korbin Law – John Muir; Jean 
& Clarence Mills Family to 
Slomique Elder - Marshall; 
Mabel Lockett Martin 
Commemorative to Ariel 
McSween - LA County High 
School for the Arts; McMullins 
Family to Heather Adams, 
Pasadena High; Nelle Kigh 
Thompson Commemorative to 
Russell Richey –Notre Dame HS; 
Presidents’ Commemorative 
to Tori Williams - John Muir; 
and the Willie Mae Hooks 
Lewis Commemorative to 
Tianna Jones - John Muir. 
Pyramid Academic Awards, 
in the amount of $500 each, 
were presented to Bronson 
Manning - St. Francis and 
Kito Paul - LA County High 
School for the Arts. Three 2009 
Academic Award Recipients, 
Eric Williams, Erin, McGlover 
and Chloris Turner, attended 
the reception and spoke to the 
upcoming freshman students 
about their experience in the 
first year of college.

 Commendations were given 
from the offices of Congressman 
Adam Schiff, Senator Carol 
Liu, Assemblyman Anthony 
Portantino, Supervisor Michael 
Antonovich and Pasadena 
Mayor Bill Bogaard.

 The Pasadena Alumnae Chapter 
of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, 
Inc. has given nearly $360,000 
in academic awards to worthy 
students for the pursuit of post 
secondary education over the 
last forty-six years. In addition 
to educational development, 
the Pasadena Alumnae Chapter 
has provided services in the 
areas of economic development, 
mental and physical health 
and political and international 
awareness/involvement since its 
chartering on January 27, 1961.

 The Academic Awards 
Committee consists of 
Gwendolyn McMullins – 
Chapter President, - Denise 
Jones – Chair, Christina 
Bentley, Myra Booker, Johari 
DeWitt-Rogers, Dianne Lewis, 
Ellen Ligons, Gwen Magwood, 
Lindsey Malcom, Juanita West 
Tillman, Alma Stokes and 
Esther Watkins.


Pictured standing left to right: Denise Jones, Shirlette Elder (Mother of Slomique Elder), 
Shakara DeCarlis, Kito Paul, Asya Hollins, Tianna Jones, Tori Williams, Gwen McMullins, 
Juanita West Tillman. Pictured seated left to right: Korbin Law, Celeste Williams, Russell 
Richey, Heather Adams, Ariel McSween. Not Pictured: Bronson Manning

Super Splash 

‘Tween Bash 

Saturday, July 10 at 2:30 p.m.

Calling all tweens between the ages of 8 and 14 
years of age! Join us for a story, an assortment 
of captivating crafts and other amusing 
activities. There will even be a short video and 
some tasty refreshments. Dive right into this 
special event just right for the older kids only 
at the Arcadia Public Library!

Arboretum Nature Camp 

Spaces Available

Plant your own seedlings, explore The Arboretum, learn to cook 
from the garden, play nature games, make crafts and beautiful 
art! 

Dates: One-Week Summer Sessions (Monday-Friday)

Session 1: June 14-18

Session 2: June 21-25

Session 3: June 28– July 02

Session 4: July 05-09

Session 5: July 12-16

Session 6: July 19-23

Session 7: July 26-30

Time: Full Day: 9:30-3:30 
Half Day: 9:30am - 12:30pm

 12:30pm - 3:30pm

Extended Care: AM: 8:00-9:30 

 PM: 3:30-5:30

Location: Oak Room for Drop Off and Pick Up

 

Ages: 5-10

Fees (per session): 

 Full Session: $300 members / $335 non-members

 Half Session: ( AM/PM): $150 members / 

 $168 non-members

 10% Sibling discount

Extended Care: Members: $25 for AM / $30 for PM

 Non-members: $30 for AM / $35 PM

T-shirt included in the price of registration.

 Call 626.821.4623 to register for Summer Camp!

The Tale of the Frog Prince

 Oh no! The evil witch has turned our handsome prince into 
a frog! What will he do?

 Young people are invited to come interact with the cast by 
rushing to the Frog Prince’s aid as June Chandler’s Children’s 
Fairy Tale Theatre performs Steve and Kathy Hotchner’s, “The 
Tale of the Frog Prince” at the Sierra Madre Playhouse.

 Sad and lonely, our vexed Prince is in need of friends to sing 
and dance; To play with him while he waits and hopes that 
somewhere there is a lovely girl who could see past his ugly 
green exterior. If she would only love him for who he really is 
inside, and show her love with a kiss. That kiss would break 
the witch’s spell and he would become a handsome prince 
once more.

 There will be 6 performances of the Frog Prince, 11:00 am 
and 2:00 pm on Saturdays, June 26th, July 24th, and September 
11th. As in our previous productions, young audience 
members will be invited to enter the world of make believe 
and participate throughout the 45-minute performance. 

 The Fairy Tale Theatre launches its summer Repertory with the June 26th opening of “The Frog Prince.” Four interactive 
Children’s shows, “The Frog Prince,” “Treasure Island,” “Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz,” “Sleeping Beauty,” and “Dorothy 
and the Wizard of Oz,” will alternate Saturdays through September 25th. 

 Come build lasting memories with your children as they share in the magical gift of Fairy Tale Theatre! 

 Tickets are $18 for adults, and $12 for children under 12. Online ticketing at www.sierramadreplayhouse.org. Reservations 
call (626) 355-4318. The Sierra Madre Playhouse is located at 87 West Sierra Madre Blvd. Sierra Madre, CA, 91024. There is 
ample free parking behind the theatre. Photo by John Gibson


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