Mountain Views News          Saturday, June 25, 2011

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EDUCATION & YOUTH

Mountain Views News Saturday, June 25, 2011

SCHOOL DIRECTORY

DAY ONE KICKS OFF SUMMER PROGRAMS FOR TEENS


SKILLZ Summer School In an 
environment of love, support, 
understanding and high 
expectations, we will provide 
students with the opportunity to 
earn both elective and academic 
credit. During morning hours, 
students will participate in life 
skills programming for 5 elective 
credits. During afternoon hours, 
students will participate in credit 
recovery classes Math, and 
English for 5 academic credits. 
Students will also have the option 
of participating in Room 13, an 
art workshop for elective credit. 
SKILLZ runs from July 6th- August 
5th, classes are Monday-Thursday 
8:00am- 3:00pm.

Know amazing teens? Nominate 
them for the Teen Legacy 
Award Day One is looking to recognize 
outstanding teens in the cities of Pasadena, 
Altadena, and Sierra Madre. Due to a lack 
of positive role models influencing youth 
in the public eye, The Teen Legacy Award 
was created by teens for teens to highlight 
the work and contributions that youth make 
throughout their communities. This award 
will be presented to four youth during 
the Youth Summit on August 16, 2011. 
Deadline to nominate someone is July 15th. 
Applications available on our website www.
dayonepasadena.com

Youth Month calendars are out! 17 years of 
proving fun, safe, summer activities for youth 
and teens! All activities, transportation and 
meals are provided FREE or at low cost to 
youth. Activities include Raging Waters, Six 
Flags, museum tours, camping expeditions, 
college tours, and many more! Calendars 
available at Day One, Pasadena libraries, 
community centers, and partner sites now. 
Registration will be available online or by 
calling Day One starting July 25th. Calendars 
are available at Day One, community 
centers, libraries, partner organizations and 
online at www.dayonepasadena.com.

Youth Summit FREE day-long series of 
developmental workshops, inspiring guest 
speakers, and a one-stop resource fair for 
teens! This year’s theme is around The Game 
of Life. We’ll talk with teens about what it 
REALLY takes to get the college diploma, 
job, house, guy/girl, car, bling, and of 
course the ca$h. Teens are invited to come 
and enjoy breakfast, lunch, entertainment, 
raffles, and giveaways while experiencing 
what it takes to get there. Past guest speakers 
have included John Singleton who’s critically 
acclaimed and popular films include Boyz N 
the Hood and 2 Fast 2 Furious, as well as 
legendary Dogtown and Z-Boy skateboarder 
Denis Martinez. To host a booth during 
the resource fair, contact carolina@
dayonepasadena.com<mailto:carolina@
dayonepasadena.com>. Registration will 
be available online or by calling Day One 
starting July 25th.

Day One is a community-based nonprofit 
organization with a 20-year history of 
providing effective, high quality and 
culturally-sensitive public health education, 
intervention, and policy development 
by involving health policy advocacy and 
community mobilization efforts for alcohol, 
tobacco, and other drug prevention.

The group works hand in hand with a variety 
of community partners including (partial 
listing):

All Saints Church

Aids Service Center

Armory Center for the Arts

Boys and Girls Club

Catholic Big Brothers Big Sisters

City of Pasadena

City of Sierra Madre

Crown Cities CDC

Families in Transition

Flintridge Center

Lake Avenue Community Foundation

Neighborhood Connections

Pasadena City College

Pasadena Police Department

Pasadena Public Health & Library

Pasadena Unified School District

Peace Over Violence

Planned Parenthood Pasadena/SGV

Point Loma Nazarene University

Target

TEEN FUTURES

Vision 20/20 Collaborative

Volunteer Center of SGV

Western Justice Center

Women At Work

Youth Justice Coalition

YWCA

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 

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 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

Walden School

74 S San Gabriel Blvd

Pasadena, CA 91107 (626) 792-6166 

www.waldenschool.net

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

SIERRA MADRE TEEN EARNS EAGLE SCOUT STATUS 


by S. Henderson

It has been said that a Boy Scout is 
“trustworty, loyal, helpful, friendly, 
courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, 
brace, clean and reverent.” To say that young 
Sean Nesler is all those things would be an 
understatement. Sean, who has lived in 
Sierra Madre his entire life, lives a life that 
is all of the above and much more. A quiet 
young man, he is the young man that will 
stop to help you cross the street, or ask if 
he can help you when he sees you carrying 
a heavy load. So it was not a surprise to 
anyone who knew him that on Sunday, June 
12, 2011, Sean has given the highest honor 
that can be bestowed upon a Boy Scout. On 
that day, Sean Nesler, Troop 373, became an 
Eagle Scout. Also inducted as Eagle Scouts 
were, Nathan Allen, Patrick Cowell and 
Thomas Sargent of Pasadena.

Sean has been involved with the Boy 
Scouts since he was a Webelo in 2003. He 
is also a member of the BSA’s National 
Honor Society. For his Eagle Project, 
Sean tore down, rebuilt and painted the 
fence surrounding the Youth Pastor’s house 
for Sierra Madre Congregational Church. 
Home schooled, Sean just completed high 
school and has already taken more than a 
semester of college classes with “an A in 
every class”. He has a keen interest in the 
television and movie industry and plans to 
attend the Sunset and Gower FX MakeUp 
School. He intends to make a career out of 
special/practical effects make-up work. He 
has already earned credits for making props 
for a TV series for children. Sean is the son 
of Bob and Susan Nesler. Earlier this year, he 
participated in the 2011 PCC Film Festival 
and last Saturday, his work, “Alone” was one 
of the featured films.

The EAGLE SCOUT AWARD is the 
highest award available to youth members of 
the Boy Scouts of America. According to the 
Boy Scouts of America, “Just over 2 million 
boys have reached Eagle in 100 years (15,000 
a year, roughly). Currently, around 4 of every 
100 boys that joins Scouts make Eagle--that’s 
less than 1% of the male population.” 

There have been many famous Eagle 
Scouts such as (partial listing)

Henry Aaron - Baseball player, home 
run king - the Mobile Press Register 
quoted Henry as saying that the greatest 
positive influence in his life was his 
involvement in scouting

Neil Armstrong - astronaut, first man on 
moon, from Wapakoneta, OH

William Bennett - Secretary of 
Education

Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr. - Treasury 
Secretary & U.S. Representative from 
Texas

Michael Bloomberg - Mayor of New 
York City, founder of Bloomberg News

Bill Bradley - Pro basketball star and 
U.S. Senator from NJ

James Brady - Press Secretary to 
President Reagan

Stephen Breyer - US Supreme Court 
Justice

Gerald Ford - U.S. President (1st Eagle 
to be President) (deceased)

Dr. Alfred Kinsey - insect biologist, 
human behavior researcher

Michael Moore - Author and filmmaker, 
nominated for an Oscar for “Bowling for 
Columbine”

William Sessions - FBI director

Steven Spielberg - Movie producer, from 
Scottsdale, AZ, made a movie of his troop 
while getting Photography Merit Badge.

Sam Walton - Founder, Wal-Mart 
(deceased)

Togo West - Secretary of the Army and 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Sean Nesler


SMU Announces 

May 2011 Graduates

DALLAS, TX Students from your area were awarded degrees 
during SMU’s May 2011 Commencement ceremonies.

Collin Aufhammer, a resident of Alta-dena received a Bachelor 
of Business Administration in accounting during the May 2011 
Commencement.

Erin Gripp, a resident of Altadena re-ceived a Master of Science 
in information engineering & management during the May 2011 
Commencement.

Lauren Phillips, a resident of Altadena received a Bachelor of Arts 
in environmental studies, and Bachelor of Business Administration 
in marketing during the May 2011 Commencement.

Jeffrey Sullivan, a resident of Sierra Madre received a Bachelor 
of Business Administration in finance, and Bachelor of Science 
in economics with finance applications during the May 2011 
Commencement.

William Sullivan, a resident of Sierra Madre received a Bachelor 
of Business Administration in finance during the May 2011 
Commencement.

Alison Frymark, a resident of Pasadena received a Bachelor of 
Science in applied physiology and sport management during the 
May 2011 Commencement.

Edward Lee, a resident of Pasadena received a Master of Interactive 
Technology in digital game development - software development 
during the May 2011 Commencement.

Andrew Titus, a resident of 
Pasadena received a Bachelor 
of Business Admin-istration in 
finance during the May 2011 
Commencement.

Betty Lam, a resident of San 
Marino received a Juris Doctor 
in law during the May 2011 
Commencement.

Patrick McGowan, a resident of 
San Marino received a Bachelor 
of Business Administration in 
finance during the May 2011 
Commencement.

After the University-wide 
Commence-ment, SMU’s 
schools and departments 
held individual ceremonies 
throughout the day to honor 
graduates.

SMU is a nationally ranked 
private university in Dallas 
founded 100 years ago. Today, 
SMU enrolls nearly 11,000 
students who benefit from the 
academic opportunities and 
international reach of seven 
degree-granting schools.


Looking Into The Life Of A Teenager

 By Meaghan Allen

The Challenge

 Last week I spent three days at the Air Force Academy in Colorado 
Springs for an inspiring and eye opening summer seminar. My 
first morning I woke up to current cadets pounding on my door 
screaming at me to wake up over the loud roar of “Welcome to 
the Jungle”. After the hallway was packed with girls like a can of 
sardines, we continued into a series of pushups, flutter kicks and 
jumping-jacks, reciting our “knowledge” we had been given the 
night before consisting of famous quotes by Ulysses S. Grant and 
Theodore Roosevelt, the Air Force Song and fighter planes. After 
twenty minutes of this we proceeded onto the Terazzo, the large 
marble and grass square, overlooking the infamous Chapel and 
began our morning PT in the morning dawn. This was how my 
“Doolie for a Day” began or rather, my taste of what the first few 
weeks of life as a new cadet at the Academy would be like. By seven 
we were eating at attention in the cafeteria, where we could only 
look down at the eagle on our plates and chew one bite at a time. 

 Luckily, the day got progressively easier and more entertaining 
as we participated in relay races consisting of Ranger-pushups, 
fireman carries, muddy army crawls and other strenuously filthy 
but exciting activities. This was the most stressful but most 
rewarding of my three days, as I was challenged in ways I had never 
been before and learned more about my capabilities. The next two 
days were more laid back, although we still had an hour of PT, in 
which we had classes and played epic games of ultimate Frisbee 

( I was MVP) and also attended some pretty wicked briefings about 
their parachuting and aviation programs. 

 It was tough dirty work, but in the end it was totally worth it.