Mountain Views News          Saturday, December 21, 2013

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EDUCATION & YOUTH

Mountain Views-News Saturday, December 21, 2013 

SCHOOL DIRECTORY

LA SALLE STUDENTS CREATE CARDS TO SEND TO JUVENILE HALL


Pasadena, CA - Under the direction 
of La Salle High School’s Librarian, 
Delia Swanner, the December Café 
Bibliothèque, (student library social) in 
the Blakeslee Library, had students create 
Holiday cards for the young adults in 
Juvenile Hall.

 For the past 25 years, Just People 
has visited kids in Sylmar Juvenile Hall 
on Christmas Day and passed-out 
over 2,000 handmade Holiday cards. 
“We appreciated La Salle’s contribution 
since the giving of your time and spirit 
by making these cards helps the teens 
in juvenile hall, some of whom never 
get visitors except from our group 
on Christmas Day,” said a Just People 
spokesperson. La Salle, a participant since 
2005, contributed 70 cards made by over 
55 students in December. Just People is 
a non-profit group that tries to offer some 
hope and encouragement to some of the 
many boys and girls currently detained in 
our area’s juvenile detention centers.

Photo by John Blackstock

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


PASADENA UNIFIED 
INVITES COMMUNITY 
TO FIRST CHOICE 
FESTIVAL

Families encouraged to explore 
options, find best educational fit 

 

Pasadena, CA --- Making the choice 
on where to send a child to school 
can be a daunting and stressful task 
for families. To make this decision 
a little easier, the Pasadena Unified 
School District (PUSD) will be hosting 
the inaugural First Choice Festival 
January 14, 2014 from 4:30 p.m. 
to 7:30 p.m. at the PUSD Education 
Center, 351 South Hudson Avenue 
(Corner of Hudson Avenue and Del 
Mar Boulevard), in Pasadena. The 
First Choice Festival will be a one 
stop shop for parents and the community 
to meet and speak to representatives 
from every PUSD school. 

 Whether families are considering a 
PUSD signature program school or 
simply want to learn more about the 
campus down the block, this festival 
is an opportunity to find the best 
educational fit for each individual 
family.

“I would like to invite residents 
of Altadena, Pasadena and Sierra 
Madre to the festival to learn more 
about their public schools and the 
exciting programs that are being offered,” 
said PUSD Superintendent 
Jon R. Gundry. “The First Choice 
Festival will showcase the multitude 
of educational options in PUSD, including 
programs that prepare students 
with global and enduring skills 
for the 21st century.”

At the festival there will be information 
and presentations about PUSD 
signature programs such as Mandarin 
and Spanish Dual Language Immersion, 
International Baccalaureate, 
College & Career Pathways, and 
the district’s new magnet schools. 
There will also be activities for kids, 
information about preschool and 
afterschool programs, and free immunizations 
required for students 
to attend school (for uninsured or 
Medi-Cal eligible children). Festival 
attendees can enter a raffle to win 
a family membership to Kidspace 
Museum or a full scholarship to the 
Pasadena Educational Foundation 
Summer Enrichment Program.

The timing of the festival coincides 
with the district’s Open Enrollment 
process which runs from January 
9-February 6. Open Enrollment is 
an opportunity for district students 
to apply to a school other than the 
one they attended in 2013-2014 or 
for those enrolling in PUSD for the 
first time and interested in applying 
to a school other than their neighborhood 
school. Staff will be available 
at the festival to help parents 
complete the online Open Enrollment 
application. Open Enrollment 
applications can also be submitted 
online at openenrollment.info.

More information about the festival 
will be posted at gopusd.com/firstchoice 
or call 626-396-3606.

HUGO REID 

ELEMENTARY STUDENT 
WINS 4TH GRADE 
SECTION 2013 K-12 
NATIONAL CHESS 
CHAMPIONSHIPS

Joaquin Perkins of Hugo Reid Elementary in 
Arcadia won the 4th grade section of the 2013 
K-12 National Championships held in Lake 
Buena Vista, Florida, according to the Arcadia 
Unified School District.

It was his seventh national scholastic chess 
championship.

The following are links to articles about his 
successes this year and last:

Tournament results, 4th grade Championship 
(CAARHR = California/Arcadia/HugoReid)

Perkins is a Candidate Master according to 
FIDE, the world chess federation.

He is also the 7th-youngest player to defeat a 
master in a regular-rated US Chess Federation 
game.


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THE REEL DEAL: by Ben Show

A MADEA CHRISTMAS

 While this was definitely not 
high on my to-see list of movies 
this holiday season, I’m glad that 
I saw it. Not all Madea movies 
do the best at delivering a strong, 
emotional point but this one 
does it very well. 

 When her daughter Lacey 
(Tika Sumpter) won’t come 
home for Christmas, the overprotective 
mother Eileen (Anna 
Maria Horsford) enlists the help 
of Madea (Tyler Perry) to get 
her down to her country home. 
When she arrives unexpectedly, 
she adds stress to an already 
nerve racking situation that has 
been building in the town: their 
annual Christmas jubilee may 
not happen and the only was to get the money to save it, the local 
school, and the town is to get money from Lacey’s old boyfriend. 

 This movie handles a very delicate topic (racism in the 
modern age) very well. It looks the practice right in the face and 
says ‘This is not good. Stop it.’ Madea’s straightforward and brutally 
honest approach to situations not only progresses the plot 
at a good pace but also keeps annoying characters in line and the 
audience laughing. While it’s not the best comedy ever, A Madea 
Christmas is a charming holiday movie that has a message of acceptance 
with a nice and warm Christmas theme at its heart.