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Education & Youth

Mountain Views News Saturday, May 25, 2013

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EDUCATION & YOUTH

Mountain Views News Saturday, May 25, 2013

SCHOOL DIRECTORY

The winner has been selected
in the Mount Wilson Trail
Race Kid’s Fun Run T-shirt
Design Contest. The winning
artwork is titled “Kid’s Run”
and was submitted by Sierra
Madre Elementary School
student Christine Manoukian.

Christine’s artwork will be
featured on the back of the
MWTR Kid’s Fun Run T-shirt.
She will be recognized for her
accomplishment on Saturday,
May 25th at the Mount
Wilson Trail Race prior to the
Kids’ Fun Run.

Approximately 20 youth
submitted their artwork for
the second year of the contest
held by the City of Sierra
Madre’s Mount Wilson Trail
Race Committee. Submitted
pieces of artwork had to
include a depiction of Mount
Wilson in their design.

For more information on the
Mount Wilson Trail Race
and activities please contact
the Community Services
Department at 626-355-5278.

CHRISTINE
MANOUKIAN
WINS

2013 FUN RUN
T-SHIRT DESIGN
CONTEST

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

ST. RITA ELEMENTARY
SPEECH TEAM SHINES AT
YEAR-END TOURNAMENT

Sierra Madre, CA, The Elementary Speech Team
closed out the year with a strong showing at the
St. Rita Elementary Speech & Debate Invitational
Tournament last week. Dominating in Duo
Interpretation, the teams of Hillary Howard and
Emerson Gohrick, Cassandra Pichardo and Charlotte
Hardy, Alex De La Mora and Jade Gustafson, and
Giana Froio and Tess Fundter finished first through
fourth respectively. Nicolas Froio and Robert
Nardoni placed sixth in their first tournament and
Anna Link took first place in Poetry. The team had
a strong showing in Storytelling as well with Erin
Simone taking third place, Isabella Zuniga, fourth
place, Catherine Mansour, fifth place, and Catherine
Bauer, Natalie Bax and Mark Challita finishing in the
top ten.

Both the Elementary and Varsity Speech and Debate
teams from St. Rita’s competed in six tournaments
this year and came away with more than 20 trophies and medals for their outstanding efforts in the events of Storytelling, Original
Oratory, Impromptu Speaking, and Duo, Thematic, Dramatic, Poetry, Humorous and Prose Interpretations.

The Speech and Debate participants from St. Rita are clearly on a road to success. A recent Wall Street Journal study regarding
high school students found that “dedicated participation in drama and debate has significantly increased the success rate of college
applicants by more than 60% compared with the rest of the pool…” It also cited that “those students have a 22% to 30% higher
acceptance rate at top tier colleges.”

St. Rita School, located at 322 N. Baldwin Ave. in Sierra Madre, is a Catholic parish school ranked fourth in the Los Angeles Diocese,
with a focus on faith, stewardship and academic excellence. For more information, call (626) 355-6114.

THE PASADENALEARNS
“STEP
UP TO SUMMER
PROGRAM” WILL
TAKE PLACE
FROM TUESDAY,
JUNE 11, 2013
THROUGH

FRIDAY, JULY 12,
2013.

The program is FREE Monday
- Thursday to all PUSD
students at schools with
PasadenaLEARNs.

If students want to attend the
Friday field trips, the cost is
$85 for the entire summer
(all 4 trips).

LEARNs is also hiring PUSD
credentialed teachers to
teach the language arts and
mathematics portion of our
program.

Help spread the word about
this enriching, fun-filled
summer program which includes
math, art, science, language
arts, performing arts,
and more.

Visit www.gopusd.com/
learns for more details.

THE REEL DEAL: by Ben Show

STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS

After seeing
Abrams’ first Star Trek in
2009, I was eager to see
what he would do next
with the series. I am proud
to say that ‘Into Darkness’
is a triumph.

Starfleet is facing
a threat unlike any it has
seen before: an enemy
from within. James T.
Kirk (Chris Pine), Spock
(Zachary Quinto) and
Commander Uhura (Zoe
Saldana) now face what
could be their greatest
fight ever in the form of
John Harrison (Benedict
Cumberbatch). As they
chase him to the Klingon
home world, however, they
discover that his he is more
than meets the eye and that
he may spell the end for not only Starfleet, but the galaxy as well.

Abrams brings back everything that worked in ‘Star Trek’,
the fast plot, interesting character development, and quite a bit
of humor, and puts all of it on a grander scale. Everything about
this movie feels bigger, from the Enterprise itself to the immense
threat it and its crew face.

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to hear
from you!

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