Mountain Views News          Saturday, August 30, 2014

EDUCATION & YOUTH

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Mountain View News Saturday, August 30, 2014 

SCHOOL DIRECTORY

SIERRA MADRE LIBRARY’S SUMMER READING 
PROGRAM ENDS WITH A SPLASH 

Six thousand plus hours of reading during summer vacation!

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

Frostig School

971 N. Altadena Drive Pasadena, CA 91107

(626) 791-1255

Head of School: Chris Schnieders, PhD

Email: Jackykn@frostig.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


THE 2014 STATS

Beginners:

 201 1,914 hours

Readers:

 132 1,101.5

Challengers:

 149 3,343.5

Teens:

 54 336

Keeping children engaged during summer vacation is always a 
challenge for parents. However, the Sierra Madre Library’s summer 
reading program lent a helping hand by offering the Summer Reading 
Program. Youth were divided into 4 categories: Beginners, Readers, 
Challengers and Teens. 

The program also engaged 32 teen volunteers to assist with the 
program who served a total of 411 hours.

Above, Challenger winner Hadley Damir read a total of 277 hours 
over the summer and right, Teen winner Helena proudly displays her 
‘prizes’.

Photo credits: 

Above S. Henderson/MVNews Right: City of Sierra Madre


BOSCO TECH TO HOST FREE COLLEGE FAIR ON SEPT. 30

More than 100 Colleges and Universities Scheduled to Appear

SACRAMENTO - President Barack Obama will take his rightful place 
in California textbooks under legislation signed today by Governor 
Jerry Brown. AB 1912 authored by Assemblymember Chris Holden 
(D-Pasadena), will be the first step toward acknowledging President 
Obama’s legacy for generations to come. The measure enjoyed 
overwhelming, bi-partisan support as it made its way through the 
legislative process this year.

 “I am very grateful to Governor Brown for signing this important 
legislation and to the lawmakers on both sides of the aisle who agreed 
that this presidency should not be relegated to a footnote in textbooks,” 
said Assemblymember Holden. “We want to make sure that future 
generations understand that the election of our nation’s first African 
American President was a historic step in the effort towards equality 
and that previous elections involved intimidation and violence that 
prevented millions of African-Americans from voting.”

 AB 1912 asks the State Board of Education and the Instructional 
Quality Commission to include the significance of President Barack 
Obama’s election in the state’s history and social science standards 
for grades seven to twelve. The state’s history-social science standards 
haven’t been revised in nine years due largely to the state’s fiscal crisis. 
The next review and adoption of instructional materials will not take 
place until the 2015-2016 school year.

 “Just 145 years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, 
and only a generation removed from the civil rights struggles, President 
Obama’s election represented the moment when all things seemed 
possible,” concluded Holden. 

Telephone 626.351.8951 • www.lasallehs.org.
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Director of Communications 
Phone: 626.696.4316.
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ROSEMEAD, CA–August 28, 
2014--Don Bosco Technical 
Institute (Bosco Tech) will host 
its third annual college fair for 
high school students and their 
parents on Tuesday, September 
30, from 6 to 8 p.m. It will feature 
representatives from more than 
100 universities and colleges 
across the country including 
Harvard, Yale, West Point and 
Georgia Tech. 

 “The college fair will 
provide prospective students 
the opportunity to meet 
representatives from top colleges 
in one place,” said Roberto Dimas, 
Bosco Tech’s Director of Guidance 
and College Counseling. “It’s a 
great opportunity for young people 
and their families to explore their 
options and plan for the future in 
a convenient location.” 

 Break-out sessions on “Paying 
for College,” “ACT Versus SAT,” 
“Choosing the Right College” 
and “College Athletics” will 
be provided by College Aid 
Consulting’s Stephanie Hancock, 
The Princeton Review, the 
University of New Mexico and 
former Stanford University MVP 
and Denver Bronco Julian Jenkins, 
respectively. The college fair is free 
of charge and is sponsored by the 
Princeton Review, Wells Fargo 
and 789 Inc. 

 Interested students can register 
at www.boscotech.edu/collegefair. 
For more information, contact 
Mr. Dimas at (626) 940-2084 or 
rdimas@boscotech.edu. Bosco 
Tech is located at 1151 San Gabriel 
Boulevard in Rosemead. Gates 
open at 5:30 p.m.; gourmet food 
trucks will be on hand from 5:30 
to 8 p.m.

 Bosco Tech is an all-male 
Catholic high school, sponsored 
by the Salesians of Don Bosco, 
that uniquely combines a 
rigorous college-preparatory and 
technology-focused education. 
The innovative science, 
engineering, technology and 
math (STEM) curriculum allows 
students to exceed university 
admission requirements while 
completing extensive integrated 
coursework in one of several 
applied science and engineering 
fields. 

THE REEL DEAL: by Ben Show

IF I STAY REVIEW


Teen romance films seem to 
be getting sadder and sadder, 
and ‘If I Stay’ is definitely 
part of that trend. It 
introduces you to very likable 
characters, pushes them into 
tough and sometimes cruel 
situations, and lets you see 
their struggles. 

 However, what makes this 
film different is its ending. 
Mia Hall (Chloe Grace 
Moretz) is not used to much 
attention from boys, let alone 
the popular rocker type, like 
Adam (Jamie Blackley). 
But when the two meet, 
sparks fly, hormones rage, 
and a massively devastating 
car accident interrupts the 
young love affair. 

 ‘If I Stay’ is a truly sad movie; you just feel bad for every character 
at some point. In many ways it breaks out of the teen romance genre 
and becomes a very intriguing, dramatic character study on the 
teens who start out as unpopular and become popular. It is a rough 
yet worthwhile journey.