Mountain Views News          Saturday, August 14, 2010

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EDUCATION & YOUTH

Mountain Views News Saturday, August 14, 2010

SCHOOL DIRECTORY

PUSD PRESENTS “PREPARING 
MILLENIALS FOR THE 21st CENTURY 
WORKPLACE”

Guest Lecture Focuses on Preparing this Generation for 
College & Careers

Pasadena, CA – The Pasadena Unified School District’s 
(PUSD) invites parents, educators, community partners, 
and the general public to Preparing Millennials for the 21st 
Century Workplace, a free lecture about raising children 
born after 1981, and how to prepare them to succeed in 
college and in their careers. 

Author and social marketing expert Richard Delano will 
discuss the ways generations form unique and predictable 
personalities in their youth, and how these define their 
attitudes and behaviors at each stage of life. 

He will focus on the “Millenials,” and the characteristics 
that may surprise, intrigue, and inspire their parents 
and teachers. He will also talk about the education that 
Millenials want and need to prepare them for the 21st 
century workplace. 

Mr. Delano co-founded and is marketing director for 
LifeCourse Associates with authors Bill Strauss and Neil 
Howe (Generations, 13 Gen and 4th Turning). Mr. Delano 
is working with PUSD as a Next Generation Learning 
Community designated by the Ford Motor Company 
Fund’s Advisory Council. 

 

The lecture is sponsored by PUSD’s High Schools and 
College and Careers Pathways Department, which prepares 
all students for college and careers through programs such 
as academies, career and technical education, and work 
experience. 

WHEN: August 23, 2010 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

WHERE: Pasadena High School Auditorium

 2925 East Sierra Madre Blvd.

 Pasadena 
RSVP: (626) 396-3600 Ext. 88421

Jump-Starting Your Child's School Year Can 
Be Child's Play 

(NAPSI)-One proven way to get kids serious about learning is to make 
it fun. 

That's a lesson software makers have taken to heart-and they are creating 
educational games that put young brains to work. 

For example, a superpersonalized, wildly imaginative and really fun 
game that also teaches math, science, reading and critical thinking skills 
was created by JumpStart.com, the best-selling educational software 
developer. 

Built with 3-D technology, the game takes kids' online gaming to a whole 
new level of engagement. The award-winning, adventure-based, 3-D 
virtual world combines learning and fun to maximize engagement and 
educational value. 

While exploring a constantly changing animated world, game players 
must accomplish missions that require them to practice essential age-
appropriate learning skills, including counting, colors and shape 
recognition for pre-K and kindergarten, all the way through grammar, 
vocabulary, math and science facts for older kids. 

As kids learn to navigate in the "Virtual World" game, they build 
confidence about trying new things. 

The games are based on national educational standards-meaning the 
skills that kids learn in the games will translate directly into success in 
the classroom.

JumpStart.com has been described as a groundbreaking evolution in 
children's learning games and the first learning game delivered in a 
browser with high-quality 3-D graphics and advanced game play. Kids 3 
to 10 can use the site to interact, explore and learn.

In the more than 19 years of its existence, the game company has acquired 
about 30 million parents as fans. The company's Knowledge Adventure, 
JumpStart and Math Blaster brands have earned over 500 awards.

Also, the game designers know that kids learn and play differently-that's 
why there are different areas and games perfect for kids of all different 
learning styles.

For more information, go to www.JumpStart.com.

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

Fun with Sign Language 
for Children at the 
Library

An Introduction to ASL for 
Hearing Children

Emmy-Lou Thomas-Smith, teacher 
of “My Smart Hands” children’s 
sign language classes, will share 
her expertise with parents and 
young children in an active and fun 
program at the Sierra Madre Public 
Library’s Preschool Storytimes on 
Monday, August 16 at 10:00 a.m. and 
Wednesday, August 18 at 7:00 p.m. 

Ms. Thomas-Smith, a Sierra Madre 
resident, is herself hard of hearing, 
and teaches “My Smart Hands” and 
“Sing & Sign” classes using American 
Sign Language for hearing children. 
Although most babies start talking 
between 1 and 2 years of age, they 
are able to understand and want to 
communicate much earlier. Because 
they have control over their hands 
before they develop verbal skills, 
signing helps them express what they 
are not yet able to say, which has the 
added benefit of reducing frustration 
and temper tantrums.

Emmy-Lou explains, “Research shows 
that babies who use sign tend to speak 
and read sooner and have larger 
vocabularies. Signing gives them a 
bridge of meaningful communication 
while they transition to speaking 
language. Our mission is to bring 
to parents, educators and children a 
better understanding of the value of 
visual communication early in life.” 

In addition to the special presentation, 
each storytime will also include the 
regular program of stories, songs and 
crafts.

The Sierra Madre Public Library is 
located at 440 West Sierra Madre 
Boulevard in Sierra Madre. For more 
information please call (626) 355-
7186, or visit our website at www.
sierramadre.lib.ca.us. This program is 
free and open to the public.

Do You Know a Teacher Who Deserves 
Recognition? 

 The Ron Clark Academy is searching for nominations for the Great American Teacher 
Awards, a national award to recognize America's most innovative and creative teachers. 
Nominations and applications must be submitted by September 1, 2010.

 Do you know a teacher who is changing students’ lives through outstanding work in 
the classroom? The Ron Clark Academy, in partnership with Great American Financial 
Resources, Inc., is searching for phenomenal teachers from across the country to participate 
in the second annual Great American Teacher Awards. Ron Clark and Kim Bearden, who 
are national award-winning educators themselves, are currently accepting applications for 
this prestigious award to recognize those who are doing exceptional work to inspire their 
students. 

 “This is a wonderful opportunity for us to recognize those teachers who are doing amazing 
work inside their classrooms,” said Ron Clark, founder of the The Ron Clark Academy in 
Atlanta. “We all remember that teacher who was filled with energy and excitement, that 
teacher who was eager to help us learn. We are absolutely thrilled to launch this national 
award. It’s our way of saying thank you to those who have committed their lives to children 
and education.”

 In order to apply, the nominee must be a passionate, dedicated teacher who is currently 
employed by a public or private school, at any grade level or subject from pre-kindergarten 
through grade 12, and who is planning to continue in an active teaching status. A minimum 
of three years of current teaching experience is required.

 

 The deadline to submit applications is September 1, 2010. Applications will be reviewed by 
a selection committee, and semifinalists will receive a scheduled classroom visit by Ron 
Clark or a member of the Ron Clark Academy staff. From these semifinalists, five teachers 
will be selected as national finalists, and they will be honored at a special gala on Friday, 
November 19th, 2010, which will serve as the kick-off event for the November National 
Educators’ Conference. Each finalist will receive prizes and national recognition. The five 
finalists will also be interviewed by Ron Clark and the Ron Clark Academy staff and a panel 
of judges from across the country.

 The five national finalists will receive the following: An all-expense paid trip to Atlanta for 
the finalist and a guest to attend the Ron Clark Academy’s National Educators’ Conference 
in November of 2010; special recognition at the National conference; classroom resources 
and supplies; media opportunities; and a $1,000 honorarium.

 After the five finalists have been selected, one teacher will be named the Great American 
Teacher of the Year. In addition to the prizes listed above, this exceptional teacher will 
receive a $10,000 cash award and a $5,000 cash gift to his/her school.

To nominate a teacher, to submit an application or to learn how to become a sponsor of the 
2010 Great American Teacher Awards, visit www.greatamericanteacherawards.com.

About The Ron Clark Academy 

The Ron Clark Academy is a private, nonprofit SACS CASI accredited middle school in 
Southeast Atlanta that promotes innovation and inspires its students through energetic 
teaching balanced by a strict code of discipline. Each year, 3,000 educators from around 
the world visit the Academy to learn how to replicate the school’s style, philosophy and 
success in their own classrooms. The Academy currently relies on outside funding to provide 
scholarships to students from varying academic backgrounds.


PUSD OFFERS TWO-
WEEK ALGEBRA 
JUMPSTART CLASS FOR 

INCOMING PUSD 
NINTH GRADERS

Pasadena, CA – The Pasadena Unified 
School District’s (PUSD) is offering an 
intensive two-week Algebra-readiness 
class to give incoming ninth graders a 
jumpstart in high school math before 
the start of the new academic year. 
The free class begins August 23 at 
Blair IB School’s East Campus.

“The Jumpstart class gives incoming 
ninth graders an opportunity to brush 
up on their math skills and get an 
extra boost before starting high school 
in September,” said Superintendent 
Edwin Diaz. “This is one targeted way 
that PUSD is ensuring that students 
graduate prepared to succeed in 
college and in their careers.”

Students will learn key concepts 
and get an intensive foundation 
for Algebra. The class is limited to 
students who will enter ninth grade in 
PUSD schools in September. Students 
will earn a pass/fail for completing 
the class, but will not earn additional 
credits.

The two week class is Monday, August 
23 through Friday, September 3, 2010. 
Classes are 8:45 a.m. – noon at Blair IB 
School, East Campus, located at 1201 
S. Marengo Ave., Pasadena. 

On the first day, August 23, students 
must arrive at 8:00 a.m. to register. 

Space is limited. To enroll, please call 
the PUSD High School, College & 
Career Pathways office at (626) 396-
3600, extension 88423.