Mountain Views News          Saturday, July 21, 2012

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EDUCATION & YOUTH

 Mountain Views News Saturday July 21, 2012 

SCHOOL DIRECTORY

ALVERNO HIGH SCHOOL 
SOPHOMORE ACHIEVES 
NATIONAL ARCHERY RANKING

 Sophomore Amanda 
Tamayo ranked 11th in 
the nation in her age 
division

 Alverno High School 
sophomore Amanda 
Tamayo spent June 
26-June 30 in an 
unusual way—she 
was competing with 
600 other young 
archers at the 128th 
National Target 
Championships in 
Hamilton, Ohio. 

 Amanda has been 
competing in archery 
for the past three 
years when she was 
drawn to the sport 
after reading Robin 
Hood. Amanda’s 
parents agreed to let 
her try the sport after 
she had made the 
Academic Decathlon team at her elementary school, Sts. Felicitas 
and Perpetua, and Amanda has been competing ever since. 

 This year was her second year competing in the National 
Target Championships and she admits that she likes the mental 
and physical challenge that archery provides. The unexpected 
and added challenge this year came when Hamilton, Ohio’s 
temperatures rose to 100 degrees with 87 percent humidity on the 
weekend of the competition. 

 “It definitely made it a challenge to focus, but I have worked 
really hard to get to this point so I wasn’t going to let it distract 
me,” Amanda said. “I enjoy a challenge and I was very grateful 
to be able to compete with archers from all over the country. I 
was very pleased to learn that I had been ranked 11/50 in my age 
division in the country.”

 Although training takes up a great deal of Amanda’s time, she 
has remained committed to her academics earning a place on 
Honor Roll during the 2011-2012 school year and taking a full 
load of Honors and AP courses as a sophomore. Additionally, 
Amanda also served as a student government representative for 
her freshman class this past year.

 “Alverno is so proud of Amanda for this incredible 
accomplishment,” said Ann Gillick, Head of School. “She is the 
true example of an Alverno girl—someone who sees a challenge 
and uses the tools and talents she has to conquer it. At Alverno, we 
strive to empower each young woman to be exactly the person she 
wants to be and as a sophomore with so many accomplishments 
already to her name, I believe Amanda is well on her way to 
becoming exactly the person she wants to be.” 

About Alverno High School = Alverno High School is a Catholic, private, college preparatory 
school for young women dedicated to preparing them to function in a society as informed, 
knowledgeable persons, who have the requisite skills to make and implement mature decisions 
about complex problems. Enlivened by the spirit of its Immaculate Heart Community sponsors, 
and mindful of the Franciscan roots of its founders, Alverno’s program—academic, spiritual, 
aesthetic, social, and physical—is shaped by the staff, trustees, and students in light of the world 
for which the students are being educated. Alverno’s mission is to empower each young woman to 
be exactly the person she wants to be and since 1960, Alverno has empowered more than 4,100 
women to meet that goal. For more information about Alverno High School, please call 626-355-
3463 or visit www.alverno-hs.org. 

MUIR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS 
GROW AND SELL FRESH LOCAL 
PRODUCE

Open House Launched Second Location for School Farm Produce 
Sale that Provides Jobs, Good Nutrition 

 

 Fresh, local produce that provides summer jobs for youthwill be 
on sale at an open house Thursday, July 19 in front of Pasadena 
Unified School District (PUSD) headquartersindowntown Pasadena 
as part of the Muir Ranch Community Supported Agriculture 
(CSA) program. Ranging from Cherokee purple heirloom 
tomatoes to nectarines and fresh cut flowers, John Muir High 
School students will provide free samples, offer cooking demonstrations 
and sell fruits and vegetables that they have grown and 
harvested as both a hands-on lesson in science and economics 
and as paying summer jobs. Starting July 19, Pasadena-area foodies 
can purchase monthly subscriptions for boxes of fresh produce 
at PUSD headquarters (Del Mar Blvd. at Oak Knoll Ave.in 
Pasadena) Thursdays from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.in addition to 
Muir High School (1905 Lincoln Ave., Pasadena) Mondays from 
9 a.m.-Noon.

 Flowers, herbs and vegetables are grown at Muir Ranch, a 1.5 acre 
urban farm located on the Muir High School campus inNorthwest 
Pasadena. Students from the school's three academies: Engineering 
& Environmental Science, Business & Entrepreneurship 
and Arts, Entertainment &Media earn internship and community 
service credits for working on the farm, where they apply classroom 
lessons on irrigation, organic farming and the workings of 
a business. The produce sold by the Muir Ranch CSA is grown at 
Muir Ranch and other partnered regional farms.

 "The mission of Muir Ranch is to teach students important business 
and life skills and provide them with meaningful employment 
and improve access to fresh, affordable and locally grown 
produce for the community," said PUSD Superintendent Jon R. 
Gundry.

The ranch began insummer 2011 when a team of volunteer teachers, 
students and urban farmers began converting land on the 
sprawling Muir campus into a working urban farm. In an area 
where 78 percent of the school's students live at or below the federalpoverty 
level, Muir Ranch offers youth a chance to serve their 
community as entrepreneurs and as agents of change. The program 
is employing a dozen students this summer through jobs 
funded by sales of produce subscriptions. 

Subscriptions are sold on a monthly basis as a full share (enough 
for 4-6 people) for $100 per month and a half share (enough for up 
to 3 people) for $60 per month. All boxes contain an assortment 
of 7-10 vegetable, fruit and herb types. Subscriptions to fresh cut 
flower shares are also available for $10, $15 and $25 per week, 
depending on the size of the bouquet.50% of all purchases are tax 
deductible because of the partnership between Muir Ranch CSA 
and the Pasadena Education Foundation.

 For more information, visit www.facebook.com/MuirRanch. 
To subscribe, send an email to johnmuircsa@gmail.com or visit 
the Muir Ranch CSA distribution locations Thursdays at PUSD 
Headquarters or Mondays at Muir High School. 

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

Foothill Oaks Academy

822 Bradbourne Ave., Duarte, CA 91010

(626) 301-9809 

info@foothilloaksacademy.org 

preschool@foothilloaksacademy.org

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


BOSCO TECH ALUMNUS IS FIRST UNDERGRADUATE TO WIN 
YOUNG PERSONS’ WORLD LECTURE COMPETITION

Don Bosco Technical Institute 
(Bosco Tech) alumnus Brian 
Weden (class of 2008) earned 
first place in the Young Persons’ 
World Lecture Competition 
in London, England, on 
July 5, 2012. He is the first undergraduate 
to win the award. 

 Competing against nine 
finalists from around the 
world, Weden earned top 
honors from the competition 
sponsor, the Institute of Materials, 
Minerals and Mining, 
for his talk, “High Performance 
Impact-Tolerant and 
Abrasion-Resistant Materials: 
Lessons from Nature.” In it, 
he discussed his research on 
a damage-tolerant composite 
that is one of the hardest biominerals in nature, found in the tiny 
teeth of marine mollusks called chitons. 

 After graduating from Bosco Tech, Weden went on to the University 
of California at Riverside where he is completing his bachelor’s 
degree in Materials Science; he plans to pursue a doctorate in the 
field. He currently is an undergraduate researcher in the university’s 
Biomimetics and Nanomaterials Fabrication lab, run by the 
esteemed Dr. David Kisailus. Weden recently co-authored a paper 
on biomineralization that will be published later this year. 

 “Brian exemplifies our dedicated Materials Science graduates,” 
said Jim Curiel, chairman of Bosco Tech’s Materials Science, Engineering 
and Technology program. “He attributes his interest and 
early success to the education he received during his time at Bosco 
Tech. We are proud that he was able to share his knowledge on an 
international level.”

 The annual lecture competition invites students and professionals 
up to the age of 28 to deliver a short lecture on a materials, minerals, 
mining, packaging, clay technology and wood science related 
subject. 

 Bosco Tech is the only all-male Catholic high school in the state that uniquely integrates 
college-preparatory and technology education. The academic curriculum allows 
students to exceed university admission requirements while completing extensive integrated 
coursework in one of five technology and engineering-related fields: Architecture 
and Construction Engineering; Computer Science and Electrical Engineering; Integrated 
Design, Engineering and Art; Materials Science, Engineering and Technology; 
and Media Arts and Technology. For further informatiom, call (626) 940-2000