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Education & Youth

Mountain Views News Saturday, June 15, 2013

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EDUCATION & YOUTH

Mountain Views News Saturday, June 15, 2013

SCHOOL DIRECTORY

BETHANY TEACHER
SHOWS OFF TALENTS AT
ART WALK

Perhaps you have been in Bean Town lately and had the pleasure of viewing
Mrs. Robin M. White-Patterson’s abstract oil paintings on large stretched
canvas. The Bethany Christian School art teacher is happy to have her work
on display for three months as Bean Town’s locally featured artist. Mrs.
White-Patterson’s abstract paintings use a technique called “Impasto,” where
oil paint is thickly applied and a palette knife is used. The style is considered
abstract expressionism. When asked about the inspiration of this installation,
Mrs. White-Patterson said her influences are abstract expressionists
such as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Gerhard Richter.

These same masters as well as many others are studied by her students at
Bethany Christian School. Over the past ten years, Mrs. White-Patterson
has taught art to children from pre-school through 8th grade; she uses famous
artists to inspire her talented students with more challenging techniques
in their own art.

Not only is Mrs. White-Patterson an experienced artist, she is also a professional
photographer who earned a photography degree from the world-
renowned Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara. Mrs. White-Patterson knows
her material, challenges her students, and is a gifted and loving teacher to all
the BCS students and their parents.

Mrs. White-Patterson's artwork was also displayed last Friday at Sierra
Madre's Art Walk. Her work is available for purchase, and she can be commissioned
for photography projects as well.

For more information about Bethany Christian School please visit their

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

LA SALLE’S TORREZ SIGNS NATION LETTERS OF INTENT TO
BRYANT UNIVERSITY Photo and Story by John Blackstock

Pasadena, CA –La Salle senior, Samantha
Torrez, signed a National Letter of Intent
to swim for Bryant University, a private
Liberal Arts University in Rhode Island.
Bryant is an NCAA Division I university
participating in the Northeast Conference.
Torrez committed to the university two
weeks before graduation on May 24, 2013.

Samantha was a key member of
the first ever girls swim Division IV CIF
championship in 2012. She was a three
event winner at the 2012 CIF Finals (100
Fly, 100 Back, 400 Free Relay) and was
the 2013 Del Rey League Champion in
the 100 fly, 100 Back and 400 Free Relay.
She was recently inducted into the La Salle
Athletics Hall of Fame.

“We are very proud of Samantha,”
commented Athletic Director Anthony
Harris at the signing. He cautions that only
two of 100 high school athletes will ever
play in college and just one out of every
1000 high school athletes will receive a
Division I scholarship. “Samantha has
accomplished something very special here
at La Salle,” he said.

La Salle to Host Decade of
the ’70s Reunion

Pasadena, CA – The La
Salle High School Alumni
Association is hosting the

Return of the Decade of the
‘70s Reunion on campus
on Saturday, June 22, 2013
starting at 6:00pm. This party
is for the Classes of 1970
through 1979.

For more information
contact the Alumni Office
at 626.696.4362 or go
to www.lancernetwork.
com/70sReunion.

SIERRA MADRE YOUTH GYMNASTICS CLASS

The Sierra Madre Community Services Department is offering a new gymnastic class for youths!
Charter Oak Gymnastics has been in business for over 30 years and teaches all levels of gymnastic
classes. Classes in Sierra Madre are geared for beginners from ages 2 all the way up to 12 years of
age. Pre-registration is required with classes beginning on Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Registration
is available online at www.cityofsierramadre.com/onlineregistration or at the Community Services
Office located at 611 E. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre, CA 91024.

Parent and Me

In this class the student, with the aid of the parent will learn to develop their balance, coordination
and motor skills. Low beam, small spring board, blocks, cones and landing mats are used as part of
this class. Open to ages 2-3 years. Session is $39 per child.

Session: June 19 – July 24 (5 class dates, does not meet on July 3)

Time: 9:45-10:25am

Kiddie

This class challenges students to perform skills that require strength, balance and speed. The class
utilizes a variety of gymnastic apparatuses to perform fun and coordinated movements. Open to ages
4-5 years. Session is $39 per child.

Session: June 19 – July 24 (5 class dates, does not meet on July 3)

Time: 10:30-11:10am

Beginners (6-8 years)

Various beginner levels skills are taught in this class. Bars, vault, tumbling and mini-trampoline
apparatuses are used to aid in the training. Students learn roll, handstands, cartwheels, and swings
on the equipment. Instructor focus on improving strength and flexibility. Session is $39 per child.

Session: June 19 – July 24 (5 class dates, does not meet on July 3)

Time: 5:00-5:40pm

Beginners (9-12 years)

Session: June 19 – July 24 (5 class dates, does not meet on July 3)

Time: 5:45-6:25pm

For information on any of these classes, please contact the Community Services Department at
626.355.5278.

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OPTIONS WILL
OFFER HEAD
START SERVICES IN
PASADENA AND
ALTADENA

Options – A Child Care
and Human Services Agency
announces that the federal Office
of Head Start has chosen Options
to provide Head Start services
in Pasadena, Altadena, Sierra
Madre, Arcadia, San Marino
and South Pasadena. Services
are currently concentrated in the
northwest quarter of Pasadena
and western Altadena.

Options is a charitable, non-
profit agency concentrating
on child development and
Head Start services. It will be
providing services to 700 low
income three- and four-year-old
children through three program
models. It expects to serve 420
children in the traditional half-
day/school year Head Start
classroom program; 220 children
in a full-day/full-year program
designed to meet the needs of
low income working parents or
parents in vocational training;
and 60 children in a Home Based
version of Head Start. In Home
Based Head Start a teacher
meets with the parent and child
weekly in their home, focusing
on educating the parent to be
an effective teacher for their
child, and planning activities
the parent will do with the child
during the coming week. There
are also twice monthly meetings
of the parents and children for
parent education workshops
and group activities for the
children. Options is adding the
Home Based program to reach
low income families in eastern
and southern Pasadena, eastern
Altadena and the other four
cities.

Head Start services in
Pasadena, Altadena and Glendale
were formerly provided by the
Center for Community and
Family Services, which closed its
Head Start program in October,
2011 and relinquished its federal
Head Start grant. The centers
were re-opened by Community
Development Institute Head
Start, an organization that
provides Head Start services
on an interim basis, anywhere
in the nation, when an agency
suddenly is closed. Options
will now be the ongoing federal
“grantee” for Head Start in the
six communities.

Another agency has been
selected to provide Head Start
services in Glendale and to
provide Early Head Start services
throughout the area. Early Head
Start provides home based or
center based services to low-
income families with children
from birth to age three, and
expecting parents.

The Head Start grant
will be $6,566,806 annually,
and Options will provide an
additional $1,641,702 in state
funds and local contributions
of time, materials and funds.
The California Department
of Education is providing
approximately $300,000 to fund
a portion of the services to full-
day/full-year children.

Options expects to operate
classrooms in all six of the
existing Head Start centers in
Pasadena and Altadena, and
will be reaching out to parents,
landlords and community
partners to continue existing
services.

Options has provided Head
Start and child development
services in the San Gabriel
Valley, Whittier and Pomona
areas since it was founded in
1981. Options currently serves
9,000 children throughout its
service area, including hundreds
of children in Pasadena and
Altadena. It operates an office
in Pasadena at 2465 E. Walnut
St. Options is an existing
Head Start grantee serving San
Gabriel, Monrovia, Covina,
West Covina, South El Monte
and other valley communities.
It also offers its Early Head
Start program in the Rowland
and West Covina communities;
Child Development Centers for
working and student parents
of preschool age children;
California State Preschool for
preschool children in many
valley communities, Surround
Care before and after school
program at over 45 local
elementary schools; Enrichment
Program for after school
enrichment at 15 elementary and
middle schools; and its Child
Care Services programs from
its office in Baldwin Park. Child
Care Services provides free
referrals to child care through
much of the San Gabriel Valley
(626-856-5900), a voucher based
child care program for working
parents and parents preparing
to work their way off of welfare,
and child care through a network
of several hundred educational,
high-quality and licensed family
child care providers.

Options will be reaching out
to existing parents served by
CDI, to new parents interested in
enrolling children, community
leaders and others in the next
several weeks. Parents interested
in adding their names to an
enrollment list can initially
sign up through Options’ main
office telephone number, 626-
967-7848. They should specify
that they are calling for the
Pasadena and Altadena Head
Start program.

THE REEL DEAL: by Ben Show

THE INTERNSHIP

Having seen several
Vince Vaughn movies
before, I kind of knew what
to expect when going to see
this movie. That being said,
this one didn’t stick out to
me as being one of his better
films and, in my opinion, I
was sadly correct.

When friends Billy
(Vince Vaughn) and Nick
(Owen Wilson) find out that
they are out of jobs, they
struggle to find new ones.
An opportunity presents
itself where both of them get
the chance to compete for
internships, which would
lead to jobs, at Google.
However, once there, they
find that a group of kids
might need even more help
than they do.

My main problem with this movie is that it tried to appeal
to both older and younger people and failed miserably. The jokes
fell completely flat and, rather than enchanting you, the two main
characters get so caught up in overused, decade old metaphors
that they loose sight of what they were there to do in the first
place which is to make you laugh.