Mountain Views News          Saturday, February 23, 2013

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EDUCATION & YOUTH

 Mountain Views-News Saturday, February 23, 2013 

SIERRA MADRE SCHOOL CELEBRATES CHINESE NEW YEAR

SCHOOL DIRECTORY


On February 13th and 15th, 
Sierra Madre School celebrated 
Chinese New Year 
with Shaolin Kung-fu performances 
by the kung-fu masters 
from the Shaolin Cultural 
Center of America (shaolinus.
com). Spontaneous gasps of 
amazement erupted from 
the audience as the Shaolin 
Kung-fu masters, Shi Yanxu, 
Shi Yanyue, Shi Yanji, and 
Shi Yanyi dazzled students 
and teachers with martial 
arts forms of over 1,500 years' 
tradition. SMS students, Celeste 
Tan (Gr 6), Tristan Tan 
(K), and Ian Monroy (K), and 
parent Jennie See also demonstrated 
Shaolin kung-fu. 
During the brief question and 
answer session, the kung-fu 
masters emphasized the goals 
of martial arts for teaching focus, 
self-control, and self-defense. 
The entire audience was 
up on their feet as the masters 
concluded their spectacular 
performance with a dynamic 
Kung-fu lesson. 

SMS parents, Jennie See and Dr. Amy Peng, organized the assemblies to share the joy and festivity of the Chinese New Year holiday with 
the SMS community. Fellow parent Fred Thomas served as the master of ceremonies and provided audio-visual and lighting expertise for 
the assemblies while parent Izumi Kusabuka helped with the stage set. 

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: Brent Forsee

bforsee@ausd.net

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: Ethan Williamson

Kindergarten - 8th grade

website: www.barnhartschool.org

Bethany Christian School

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

(626) 355-3527 Principal: James Lugenbuehl

E-mail address: jml@bcslions.org

website: www. bcslions.org

Clairbourn School

8400 Huntington Drive

San Gabriel, CA 91775

Phone: 626-286-3108 ext. 172

FAX: 626-286-1528

E-mail: jhawes@clairbourn.org

Foothill Oaks Academy

822 Bradbourne Ave., Duarte, CA 91010

(626) 301-9809 

Co-Principals Nancy Lopez and Diane Kieffaber

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 

Headmaster John Higgins

626-798-8989

website: www.highpointacademy.org

LaSalle High School

3880 E. Sierra Madre Blvd. Pasadena, Ca. 

(626) 351-8951 website: www.lasallehs.org

Principal Bro. Christopher Brady, FSC

Monrovia High School

325 East Huntington Drive, Monrovia, CA 91016 

(626) 471-2800 Principal Darvin Jackson

Email: schools@monrovia.k12.ca.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: Gilbert Barraza

website: www.pasadenahigh.org

St. Rita Catholic School

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

Principal Joan Harabedian

(626) 355-9028 website: www.st-rita.org

Sierra Madre Elementary School

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

(626) 355-1428 Principal: Esther Salinas

E-mail address: salinas.esther@pusd.us

Sierra Madre Middle School 

160 N. Canon Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024

(626) 836-2947 Principal: Garrett Newsom

E-mail address: newsom.garrett@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

ARCADIA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

234 Campus Dr., Arcadia, Ca. 91007

(626) 821-8300 Website: www.ausd.net

MONROVIA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

325 E. Huntington Dr., Monrovia, Ca. 91016

(626) 471-2000 Website: www.monroviaschools.net

DUARTE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

1620 Huntington Dr., Duarte, Ca. 91010

(626)599-5000 Website: www.duarte.k12.ca.us

LOCAL STUDENT STARS IN INDEPENDENT FILM

Sierra Madre Middle School’s Miles Elliot stars in “CAMP”

On Friday, Miles 
Elliot had a really 
big day. It was the 
premiere of the 
independent film 
CAMP which - as 
displayed on the 
screen says, "introducing 
Miles Elliot" 
in his first starring 
lead role.

 Elliot plays "Eli", 
a troubled/abused 
youth sent to a 
summer camp only 
to be matched up 
with a reluctant 
volunteer councilor. 
Both Eli and 
the counselor are 
transformed as they 
battle through their 
relationship and 
discover the power 
of unconditional 
love. 

The movie is based on real events and rated PG-13. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Royal Family Kids, Inc., a non-profit, is 
the nation’s leading network of camps for abused, neglected and abandoned children. By mobilizing local churches to sponsor a one-week 
camp for abused and neglected children ages 7-11 in their local community, RFKC gets caring adults involved in the lives of children 
who need them most. Each camp has two very simple goals: make positive childhood memories for the kids and let them experience 
unconditional love from an adult. Many volunteers who go to camp are inspired to become mentors, become foster parents and even 
adopt children who need a loving, caring family. Founded by Orange County natives Wayne and Diane Tesch over 25 years ago, Royal 
Family Kids is now a network of over 150 churches across the country that provide camps, clubs and mentorship programs for abused 
and neglected kids.

The !lm, a sophomore project for Roebuck 
Media, will be released in more than 100 
theaters in select markets over two months. 
“CAMP” is a !sh-out-of-water story about 
investment advisor Ken Matthews (Michael 
Mattera), who volunteers to go to camp to 
impress a client, but !nds himself paired 
with an angry, troubled 10 yearold camper 
named Eli (Miles Elliot, “The Mentalist”). 
“The movie shares the story of hope on the 
big screen that camps provide to these forgotten 
children,” said writer/director Jacob 
Roebuck, who thought of the idea for the 
script when volunteering at a Royal Family 
Kids camp. “It’s wild to see 25 years of heartache 
and hope captured and woven into a 
movie,” said Glenn Garvin, Vice President 
of camps for RFK. “‘CAMP’ transports you 
to a place where good people want to help

children who have to deal with the collateral 
damage of adult’s bad decisions.” “It’s a powerful 
drama that really captures the heart of 
what we do at camp,” said Tamara Wolf, volunteer 
director for the Pasadena Lake Avenue 
Church Royal Family Kids camp, one 
of the camps that will bene!t from the !lm.

“To be able to host more kids from the 
system, camps need more volunteers and 
funds,” said Emily Shubin, ‘CAMP’ producer. 
“We hope this !lm inspires people to 
volunteer a week of their time to counsel a 
kid at camp. To help with the !nances, we 
are donating 40 percent of our revenue from 
all the showings Los Angeles to the local 
RFK and ten percent to the national office 
to start new camps.“ In addition to Mattera 
and Elliot, the ensemble cast includes adults 
Asante Jones (Parenthood), Grace Johnston 
(Beaches), Meredith Thomas (Nip/Tuck), 
Casey Leet, Janet Wood (“Law & Order: 
LA”), Elissa Kapneck (“Marley & Me”), Michael 
Otis (“The Young and The Restless”), 
Michael Kenyon, Josh Berry (“Crash”), 
Betsy Roth (“The Trivial Pursuits of Arthur 
Banks”). The movie features child actors 
Matthew

Jacob Wayne (“New Girl”), Elizabeth Tripp 
(“The League”), Gianna Gomez (“Pop 
Star”), Conrad Bluth (“Criminal Minds”) 
and Taylar Holloman (“The Office”).

NOW PLAYING in Burbank, February 
22-27 AMC 6 (818) 562-1401


Looking for spiritual answers to help your children?

Explore God’s presence and the positive direction it will provide for parenting

WHY: In our lives today, parents long for much more than demands, uncertainties and fears for our children. Many 
people are discovering there is a way to know a connectedness to a very present, higher Source, who is intelligently and 
clearly guiding. International speaker, Suzanne Riedel, says, “You should never believe you can’t hear God speaking to 
your consciousness. It is more than possible, it is happening. We need only to gain a more spiritual view of ourselves and 
our children, in order to hear the biblical ‘still, small voice’ and its healing answers for their lives and ours.”

WHAT: In Ms. Riedel’s talk, “A spiritual answer for parents,” she shares ideas based on the book Science and 
Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, a book that gives confident responses for daily challenges and 
opportunities for parenting.

 In this talk audiences will discuss ideas on: 

· How to recognize God’s presence and care, bringing answers for your children’s welfare 
· How to practice effective prayer to positively direct parental guidance and realize healing 


WHEN: Sunday, February 24, 2013 at 2 p.m.

WHERE: Christian Science Church

 80 South Oakland Ave.

 Pasadena, CA

WHO: Suzanne Riedel, a practitioner and teacher of Christian Science healing, was introduced to this healing system when 
she was in college. Then immediately healed in an emergency, she found a closeness to God she had been searching for 
which radically altered her view of spiritual possibilities. While teaching public school for 20 years and raising five children, 
she relied on Christian Science to heal everything from broken bones to contagion, found protection from robbers to 
rattlesnakes, and found how practical the understanding of God’s influence in her life actually was. 

 Ms. Riedel earned a masters degree at the University of Texas-Austin. After teaching secondary school English, 
math, and history, she worked six years in national communications work in Boston, Massachusetts. Ms. Riedel has been 
published in Christian Science periodicals, on www.spirituality.com, and in local newspapers. Ms Riedel speaks internationally 
as a member of The Christian Science Board of Lectureship.

For an interview or more information contact (Barbara Rocha, 626-792-8075).

THE REEL DEAL: by Ben Show

Movie Reviews Especially for Teens & ‘Tweens

BEAUTIFUL CREATURES


Movie Review:

 I loved this book and 
was skeptical about the movie. 
How would they keep the 
massive plot intact, as well as 
maintain the characters and 
their development? This is the 
question posed to all crews who 
attempt to turn a book into a 
movie, and I felt the people who 
worked on this stayed as true to 
the book as they could.

 The plot is essentially 
the same: Lena Duchannes 
(Alice Englert) enters the small 
town of Gatlin, South Carolina 
already hated because of her 
uncle, Macon Ravenwood 
(Jeremy Irons). Ethan Wate 
(Alden Ehrenreich), a local boy, 
immediately knows that he’s 
seen her before and they embark 
on a dangerous journey into 
Lena’s unknown past, and the 
South’s dark future.

 There were many things 
that were changed from the 
book. Some characters were 
gone and some events were not 
there. However, I felt that the 
basic themes from the book 
were upheld, as well as the plot 
being basically the same. ‘The 
Lightning Thief’ is the perfect 
example of bad book-to-screen 
work and it is very fortunate that 
‘Beautiful Creatures’ did not end 
up that terrible.