Mountain Views News          Saturday, March 16, 2013

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EDUCATION & YOUTH

 Mountain Views-News Saturday, March 16, 2013 

PASADENA UNIFIED SCHOOL 
DISTRICT NEWS

At its meeting March 12, the Pasadena Unified School District 
(PUSD) Board of Education approved the issuing of an additional 
12 reduction in force notices to certificated employees, many at 
the district’s central office. The board also approved a resolution 
recognizing Cesar Chavez Day, the charter petition for Pasadena 
Rosebud Academy Middle School and the process for adjusting 
school attendance boundaries starting in the 2014-2015 school 
year.

There will be a runoff election for PUSD Board of Education 
District 3 between Ruben Hueso and Tyron Hampton. Hueso, a 
classroom teacher and a PUSD parent, will face project manager 
and PUSD alumnus Tyron Hampton in a runoff election on April 
16 in a district that includes northwest Pasadena.

On March 13, PUSD celebrated the cost avoidance of over $1.1 
million from its energy savings initiative. Because of this program, 
money has been freed up to spend in the classroom instead of 
paying utility bills. At an event at Eliot Middle School, the district 
was also presented the Award for Environmental Stewardship by 
Cenergistic for reducing the district’s carbon footprint by 36,022 
MMBTU which is the equivalent of 2,461 metric tons of carbon 
emissions, comparable to removing 442 cars from the road or 
growing 62,938 pine trees for 10 years.

Marshall Fundamental School is the recipient of two grants in 
support of its music education programs. The Mr. Holland’s Opus 
Foundation has graciously donated more than $22,000 worth 
of musical instruments to the school. The concert snare drums, 
trumpets, saxophones, violins and keyboard will be used in the 
school’s music education programs. In addition, the Los Angeles 
Chapter of the American Composers Forum has donated $5,000 
to provide technology and training to help Marshall students 
compose music and is also interested in establishing a permanent 
joint venture with the school.

PUSD congratulates the overall winning teams of the March 
9 Math Field Day. The four-person teams from grades 4-8 will 
represent PUSD at the L.A. County competition April 27, 2013. 
Students are tested in computational and procedural skill, 
conceptual understanding and problem-solving. Overall winning 
teams are:

4th Grade - McKinley School, Team A

5th Grade - Washington Accelerated Elementary School, Team B

6th Grade - Marshall Fundamental Secondary School, Team A

7th Grade - Sierra Madre Middle School, Team A

8th Grade - McKinley School, Team A

9th Grade – Pasadena High School, Team A

The PUSD Gifted and Talented 
Education (GATE) office is 
offering a free Web 2.0 workshop 
for GATE middle and high school students during Spring Break. 
The four-day workshop will give students the opportunity to 
build new technology and productivity skills they can use both 
for school and personal projects. Students will be introduced to a 
collection of free Web 2.0 online software tools including: Digital 
Citizenship, blogging, avatars, photo/images-copyright issues and 
creative commons, tools to create your own images, animations 
and videos plus much more. Contact Kathleen Saldana at saldana.
kathleen@pusd.us or 626-396-3600, ext. 88462 for questions and 
to receive a registration form.

The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens 
invites families with children in PUSD’s first grade classes to visit 
free of charge on three upcoming Saturdays: March 16, April 20, and 
May 18. Admission flyers were sent home with students. The flyer 
must be presented at the admission desk. For more information 
contact Jennifer Olson at the Pasadena Educational Foundation 
(PEF) at (626) 396-3600 x88372 or jolson@pasedfoundation.org.

PasadenaLEARNs presents "College Week" during spring break, 
March 25 - 29. Students from Blair, Pasadena High School and 
Marshall High School will have an opportunity to attend free 
college tours at Pepperdine University, Cal State Los Angeles, 
San Diego State University, University of Southern California, 
Cal State University San Marcos, and other local colleges and 
universities. Students will learn more about admissions, financial 
aid, student housing, and college life. Space is limited, please visit 
the LEARNs office on your campus or call the LEARNs central 
office at (626) 396-3614 for more information.

To assist approximately 25 families, including several PUSD 
students who were displaced after the devastating Feb. 24 
apartment complex fire in Pasadena, PUSD is launching a food 
drive to collect donations of non-perishable food than can be 
easily prepared in microwave ovens. Items to be donated can be 
brought to any PUSD school or the Families in Transition office 
at district headquarters. 25 students have been affected by the fire. 
Among the schools that these students attend include Madison 
Elementary School, Don Benito Fundamental School, Washington 
Accelerated School, Washington Middle School, Wilson Middle 
School, Muir High School, Blair High School, three Head Start 
Centers and Learning Works Charter School. Monetary donations 
are also needed. To make a donation, contact PEF at (626) 396-3625 
or email pef@pasedfoundation.org. Gift cards for restaurants and 
other local retail establishments will also be accepted by PUSD’s 
Families in Transition located at 351 South Hudson Avenue in 
Pasadena or call (626) 396-3600 ext. 88250.

Open enrollment results have been mailed home and are available 
at www.openenrollment.info. Parents can access results online 
with a student ID number or the temporary ID number assigned 
when the application was submitted. Open Enrollment registration 
must be completed by April 4. Please call 626-396-2600, extension 
88340 with questions.

SCHOOL DIRECTORY

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


BOSCO TECH 
HOSTS MATH 
COMPETITION 
FOR MIDDLE 
SCHOOL 
STUDENTS

& PROBLEM-
SOLVING 
WORKSHOP FOR 
TEACHERS 

Don Bosco Technical Institute 
(Bosco Tech) will host a 
mathematics competition 
for seventh and eighth grade 
students on Saturday, April 
27. The 41st annual event 
will challenge students’ 
creativity and analytical skills 
in problem solving, offering 
prizes for highest individual 
and school team scores. 

During the competition, a 
workshop will be provided 
for middle school teachers, 
examining each problem 
used on the test, to facilitate 
classroom discussion of the 
concepts. The workshop will 
be led by instructional expert 
and textbook author Michael 
Hattar, a longtime Bosco Tech 
math teacher. 

“The math competition is a fun 
opportunity for middle-school 
students to showcase their 
computational and critical 
thinking abilities,” says Bosco 
Tech’s Math Department 
Chairman James Shafiyoon. 
“As a STEM-based high 
school, Bosco Tech supports 
the instruction of advanced 
mathematics in science and 
engineering fields. Through 
the competition and the 
teacher seminar, the school is 
encouraging the development 
of excellent math skills among 
young students.”

The competition begins at 
8:00 a.m. on the Bosco Tech 
campus. The cost is $3 per 
person. Contact Mr. James 
Shafiyoon at (626) 940-2128 
or jshafiyoon@boscotech.edu 
for more information. Online 
registration and sample tests 
with solutions are available 
on the school’s website, www.
boscotech.edu. The deadline 
for registration is April 15.

Bosco Tech is the only 
all-male Catholic high 
school in the state that 
uniquely integrates college-
preparatory curriculum with 
a comprehensive, four-year, 
project-based science and 
technology program. 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 information about 
Bosco Tech, please call (626) 
940-2000 or visit www.
boscotech.edu.


THE REEL DEAL: by Ben Show

Movie Reviews Especially for Teens & ‘Tweens

OZ: The Great and Powerful

 3880 E. Sierra Madre Boulevard Pasadena, CA. 91107 Telephone 626.696.4300wwwlasallehs.orgLa SaLLe HigH ScHooLCollEgE PrEPArATorySummer Academic Institute and Sports CampJune 24 - July 25AD INFO 
La Salle High SchoolAttn: 2013Learn • Serve • Lead 
After seeing the several 
different trailers for this movie, 
I decided to go into the theater 
with no expectations. It could be 
amazing or it could flop. What I 
found was the first Disney-feeling 
movie in years.

 Oscar (James Franco) or 
as his friends call him, Oz, has a 
job as a magician in a traveling 
circus. With great dreams he 
finds himself being swept off in a 
tornado to the magical land of Oz. 
After meeting Theodora the Good 
(Mila Kunis) and a flying monkey, 
Finley (Zach Braff), they make 
their way to the Emerald City, 
where Oz discovers his destiny in 
the future of the great land.

 This story is so fill of magic it’s astounding. Disney took 
every ounce of effort, imagination, and pixie dust, and poured it 
into ‘Oz’. While the world did feel like ‘Alice in Wonderland’, there 
were aspects of Oz that distinguished itself from Wonderland. 
For example, the Witches, which are used in an extremely clever 
plot twist. In conclusion, I would recommend this movie to 
anyone; it is excellent. 


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