Mountain Views News          Saturday, September 17, 2011

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EDUCATION & YOUTH

Mountain Views News Saturday, September 17, 2011

SCHOOL DIRECTORY

La Salle Cheer, Making a Difference

Pasadena, CA – There are few words 
to describe the hectic weekend 
experienced by the La Salle cheer team. 
They started the weekend gearing-up 
for one of the Lancers most spirited 
games versus rival Maranatha High 
School. They participated with nearly 
1,000 cheerleaders during the UCLA 
halftime show at the Rose Bowl. And 
finally, served dinner to Pasadena 
firefighters in honor of 9/11. 

 

Friday evening the girls cheered their 
hearts out in support of the Lancer 
football team. Saturday began with five 
hours of practice before the big UCLA 
halftime show at the Rose Bowl. The girls 
represented over 20,000 cheerleaders of 
the United Spirit Association during the 
halftime show at UCLAs home opener. 
Over 25 schools were represented and 
more than 40,000 fans, including La 
Salle alumni and parents, saw the girls 
perform. The squad, in their La Salle 
red and blue uniforms, were even featured on the Rose Bowl’s big screen. 

 

The Lancer Cheer squad ended the weekend serving dinner to the Pasadena firefighters of Station 37. For the third year 
in a row, La Salle Cheer and Domenico’s Pasadena teamed up to feed the firehouse. This year’s dinner was certainly more 
emotional than in the past. Commemorating the 10th anniversary of 9/11, the firefighters shared stories of their experiences 
on that day and of the trepidation of not knowing what might come next. The government had issued a warning of an 
attack on the west coast and these men and women were feverishly preparing to aid all of Los Angeles if any terrorist attack 
occurred. They recounted memories of seeing the second tower hit and later, the towers collapsing knowing their “bothers 
and sisters” were inside. “Although the cheerleaders can read about it in history books, and watch it on TV, there is nothing 
like hearing the stories direct from the true heroes,” said Meagan Loomis, cheer coach. “What an honor and humbling 
experience it was to do something so small, but so meaningful that Sunday night,” commented Kelly Ikeda, cheer captain. 

 

The La Salle Lancers Cheer Squad will next support Mothers Against Drunk Driving (M.A.D.D) by joining them on their 5k 
walk on September 24th in Long Beach. 


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


Help Your 
Youngsters 
Shine 
In School

(NAPS)—Parents don’t have to 
do their children’s homework 
to help them prepare for class.

There are seven things you 
can do to help your youngsters 
have a successful school year, 
explains Dr. Mary Mokris, 
education specialist at Kumon 
Math and Reading Centers. 

1. Focus on the positives. 
Talk to your children about 
their accomplishments 
and recognize the skills 
they used to be successful, 
such as perseverance, time 
management, responsibility 
and independence, all things 
that can help them in school.

2. Give your child genuine 
and frequent praise. Praise 
your children’s progress, not 
perfection. Let them know 
you believe 
in them, you think 
they’re special and you have 
confidence in them. Let your 
kids know you recognize and 
value their efforts, not just 
their final accomplishments.

3. Set up a study area for 
your child. It should be quiet 
(no TV or video games), well 
ventilated, free of distractions 
(no phones or pets), well lit and 
equipped with all necessary 
supplies: pens, paper, markers, 
dictionary, thesaurus, 
calculator, computer.

4. Establish a consistent 
homework routine. Schedule 
daily homework time in your 
house so it becomes a part of 
your family’s routine. This 
also helps children to see that 
homework is a priority.

5. Get acquainted with your 
child’s teachers and keep 
the lines of communication 
open. Discuss goal setting 
with both your child and 
his or her teacher. This sort 
of partnership can be very 
effective in developing healthy 
homework habits.

6. Consider an after-school 
enrichment program. For 
generations, Kumon Math 
and Reading Centers have 
helped millions of children 
strengthen math and reading 
skills, increase self-confidence 
and develop study skills that 
last a lifetime. 

7. Learn more about ability- 
based learning. Children work 
at a level that is comfortable for 
them; not based on their age or 
grade, but their ability.

For further information, visit 
www.kumon.com or call (877) 
586-6673. 

Setting young scholars on the 
path to success may be simpler 
than many parents realize.

Looking Into The Life Of A Teenager

 By Meaghan Allen

We’ve Got Spirit! How ‘Bout 
You?

Watching television shows where everyone goes to a football 
game, wearing school colors and participating in team cheers, 
I have thought to myself: Yeah right. That never happens. But 
last week I was proven otherwise during La Salle’s True Red and 
Blue Week.

I am a naturally spirited person. I go to games when I can, paint 
my face, cheer on the team, etc. and at games I am usually one 
of only a very few who do so. At school people like me and our 
Spirit Team try to enthuse other people and fill them with school 
spirit but it doesn’t hardly ever work. So last week I was pleasantly 
surprised when almost the entire school participated in getting 
pumped up for the Big Game on Friday. The Maranatha game. 
We had lunchtime activities in the amphitheatre that people 
came to, contests, and a night rally that was a great success. To 
get really pumped, the Spirit Team introduced an awesome new 
cheer where everyone jumps up and down in sync and shouts 
“I believe that we will win!” over and over and over. It was so 
thrilling! 

Before the game on Friday, all the LaSallians who were present 
at the game walked out to the field and after the Pledge of 
Allegiance we did our cheer, which was something my friends 
and I had been looking to all day. It got everyone pumped and 
ready, and as we filed into the student section we were ready to 
dominate. Sadly, we lost a difficult defeat. But it was nice to know 
and see that our school has something else, something almost 
infinitely greater. We discovered that we have spirit, a bountiful 
amount of spirit, and that now for next time, we are ready, not 
only physically, but spiritually too.

 A young Alverno cross-country team 
debuted at the 11h Annual Don Bosco 
Tech Cross Country Invitational held at 
Santa Fe Dam on Saturday September 
10, 2011. No seniors are on the team, 
having graduated six in 2011. This 
season’s Jaguar team has four juniors, 
three returning; a sophomore new 
to the team plus four sophomores 
returning from the 2010 Horizon 
League JV Championship squad; and 
three freshmen with some running 
experience. Alverno competed in the 
Small Schools Division fielding four 
junior runners in the Junior-Senior race 
and the remaining seven runners in the 
Soph-Frosh race. 

The Invitational marks the start of the 
fall cross-country season and gives 
teams the opportunity to test themselves 
and compare themselves 
against their Horizon League 
opponents. The overcast day, 
with much cooler temperatures 
than last year’s scorcher and 
participating in the Summer 
Institute’s running and fitness 
camp, motivated the returning 
Alverno runners to significantly 
improve their times over their 
20010 performances on the 
3-mile course that has a variety 
of terrain which includes sand, 
bike trails, asphalt, dirt and 
grass. 

This season’s team consists of 
Juniors Eryn Blakely, Ashley 
Haylett, Katherine Haysbert 
and Adrianna Martinez; 
Sophomores Bella Daniels-
Campos, Reagan Dowd, 
Jessica Lopez, Victoria Pintado 
and Brett Richey; and Frosh 
runners are Rachel Achterman, 
Rose Buobion 
and Sophia 
Villalovos. 
Head Coach 
Ken Berry and 
Assistant Coach 
Alex Fanara 
train the cross-
country team.

Alverno’s top 
finishers at 
this year’s Don 
Bosco Tech XC 
Invitational 
were juniors 
Eryn Blakely 
and Katherine 
Haysbert. The 
Small Schools 
Junior-Senior race fielded 163 runners. 
Blakely came in 7th place with a time 
of 19:06, besting her 2010 Invitational 
time of 21:24. Haysbert, making her 
team debut, finished in 11th place with a 
time of 19:28. “This marks the first time 
that Alverno has had two runners finish 
under 20 minutes,” said Coach Ken 
Berry. For their high placed finishes, 
Blakely and Haysbert earned medals.

The next test for the Alverno runners 
will be at the Bellarmine/Griffith Park 
(Bell-Jeff) Cross Country Invitational 
on Saturday, September 24th. 

Horizon League competition gets under 
way on Wednesday, September 28th 
at 4:00 PM at Griffith Park, hosted by 
Bishop Conaty. Member schools of 
the Horizon League are Alverno High 
School, Bishop Conaty-Our Lady of 
Loretto, Holy Family, Sacred Heart of 
Jesus and San Gabriel Mission.

ALVERNO CROSS COUNTRY COMPETES IN 11TH 
ANNUAL DON BOSCO INVITATIONAL

Due to the high demand for her tutoring and education services, bookstore 
owner, Sally Morrison, is opening a new learning center here in Sierra Madre. 
Mindspring Education Center will cater to students (children and adults) 
interested in furthering their reading, writing, math, spelling, and 
comprehension skills. In addition, Sally offers assistance in study skills, 
homework, and test preparation. She also specializes in helping students 
with dyslexia and other learning difficulties. Those interested in summer 
sessions should contact Mindspring soon because space is limited.
As a result of this business expansion, Sally Morrison and Jeffrey Ingwalson, 
owners of Sierra Madre Books, will be closing the bookstore in June 2011. 
“We appreciate all the support we’ve received from our customers over the 
past few years, but are excited about our new venture. We look forward to 
continuing to be part of this community.”
For questions about Mindspring Education Center, please call (626) 355-1972.
For questions about Sierra Madre Books, please call (626) 836-3200.
Announcing:
The Opening of...
Mindspring Education CenterOne-to-One Instruction for All Ages37 Auburn Ave., Suite 7ASierra Madre, CA 91024(626) 355-1972www.mindspringEDC.com
Alverno’s Eryn Blakely and Katherine 
Haysbert earned medals for finishing 7th and 
11th respectively in the Small Schools’ Junior-
Senior race at the 11th Annual Don Bosco 
X-Country Invitational held on Saturday, at 
Santa Fe Dam.


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Alverno’s Cross Country Team brought home two medals at 
the Don Bosco X-Country Invitational