Mountain Views News          Saturday, September 13, 2014

EDUCATION & YOUTH

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Mountain View News Saturday, September 13, 2014


SCHOOL DIRECTORY

LANCERS ON THE GRIDIRON


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

PASADENA UNIFIED PARTNERS WITH HUNTINGTON MEDICAL RESEARCH 
INSTITUTES TO SAVE LIVES OF STUDENT ATHLETES

Potentially life-saving head and heart scans will be offered to PUSD high school student athletes free of charge

 This fall, every high school student athlete in the Pasadena Unified School 
District (PUSD) will be eligible to receive a free head and heart Magnetic 
Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan. PUSD has partnered with the Huntington 
Medical Research Institutes (HMRI) to conduct a cutting-edge research 
program focused on diagnosis and prevention of sudden cardiac death 
and traumatic brain injury in student athletes. This program is motivated 
by increased public recognition of traumatic brain injuries by the National 
Football League and others and the deaths of students across the country due 
to sudden cardiac death. This study is a first for Pasadena high school athletes.

 �I am extremely excited to partner with the Huntington Research Institute 
to provide this service to PUSD students and I believe this program is beneficial 
for our athletes,� said PUSD Interim Superintendent Dr. Brian McDonald. 
�As someone who witnessed the sudden heart related death of a childhood 
friend immediately after a soccer game, I understand the importance of 
preventative care to protect our student athletes. We are grateful to the HMRI 
for their willingness to include us in this important endeavor.�

 Student athletes will be eligible to receive a free cardiac MRI designed 
to identify an inherited heart condition that predisposes a student to 
sudden cardiac death (SCD), a non-traumatic, non-violent, unexpected 
event resulting from the cessation of the heart beating within six hours of a 
previously witnessed state of normal health. People at risk for SCD are usually 
without symptoms and unaware that they have a predisposing condition. An 
Altadena resident and former PUSD student who was attending Harvard-
Westlake succumbed to SCD last year. Devastating events such as this could 
potentially be prevented by the simple scan offered to PUSD athletes.

 �I am excited to be able to offer this new benefit to our PUSD athletes,� 
said Ann Rector, PUSD Coordinator of Health Programs. �This study has the 
potential of not only saving a life, but also helping researchers understand 
sports-related trauma.�

 PUSD athletes can also receive brain scans designed to diagnosis and 
prevent brain injuries resulting from a concussion. Concussions are traumatic 
brain injuries that can lead to chronic cognitive and neurobehavioral 
difficulties especially if the concussions are recurrent. Although the majority 
of athletes who experience a concussion are likely to recover, an unknown 
number of these individuals may experience difficulties related to recurrent 
injury, commonly referred to as Post-Concussion Syndrome.

 Two MRI head screening exams, an initial screening early in the school 
year and a follow-up at the end of the school year, are available to student 
athletes free of charge. Any athlete who experiences a concussion while 
participating in a PUSD sporting event will also receive a follow-up scan to 
see how the injury has affected the brain. Participation in both the brain and 
heart scans is optional and will supplement the annual physical exam that 
athletes receive. An MRI does not involve radiation exposure and the scans 
are very safe.

 �HMRI�s expertise in non-invasive imaging is an important resource 
for PUSD and we are pleased to offer these normally expensive studies to 
young athletes at no cost to the student or the district,� said HMRI�s Chief 
Scientific Officer, Marie Csete MD, PhD. �HMRI scientists will also benefit 
from studying students because there is insufficient data about the incidence 
of cardiac abnormalities that could lead to SCD. Importantly, HMRI is at the 
forefront of understanding how imaging can be used to diagnose and follow 
patients after they sustain a head injury, but we have focused on older patients 
to date, so important information about trauma to young brains can help fill 
in the scientific picture and, we hope, help future athletes.� 

 For more information about these programs, contact Ann Rector at rector.
ann@pusd.us.

PATRICK TIERNEY NAMED AUSD TEACHER OF THE YEAR

ARCADIA-- The Arcadia Unified School District is pleased to announce 
Patrick Tierney as its Teacher of the Year for the 2014-2015 school year. 
Tierney, who speaks fluent Spanish, Latin, and Portuguese, has been a 
Spanish and literature teacher at Arcadia High School since 1987.

 �Patrick represents everything that is right about public education and the 
consummate professionals who educate our children each day,� said Arcadia 
Unified School District Superintendent David Vannasdall.

 Tierney was a college professor before a profound visit to a high school 
campus changed his career path and life forever.

 �I was all set to continue my career as a college instructor in 1977 when 
I arrived in California,� Tierney said. �While visiting a friend at a local 
high school, I was caught in a hallway as the bell rang to end class. I had 
never before been aware of such passion, agitation and movement all in one 
cramped space. I jettisoned my college career immediately to be a part of this 
environment, and you might say that the educational community has never 
been the same. I certainly haven�t.�

 Tierney, who established the Advanced Placement (AP) Spanish Literature 
program at Arcadia High School, has been teaching for 38 years. He graduated 
with a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Pittsburgh, and also 
earned Masters Degrees in Spanish and Portuguese, and in Latin Literature.

 �We are thrilled for Patrick to receive this worthy distinction,� Arcadia 
High School Principal

 Dr. Brent Forsee said. �Considering we have some of the most innovative 
and best teachers in the country in our district, it�s high praise to be named 
Teacher of the Year in Arcadia Unified.�

 Arcadia Unified School District employs more than 400 teachers. Arcadia 
High School has been named a Gold Medal School for the past three years by 
U.S. News and World Report on its annual Best High Schools Rankings list. 
Less than three percent of the more than 19,000 schools that were evaluated 
nationwide in 2014 earned the gold medal distinction.


BOSCO TECH 

TO HOST 

FREE HIGH 
SCHOOL NIGHT 
ON OCT. 1
AREA HIGH 
SCHOOL 
REPRESENTATIVES 
TO MEET WITH 
PROSPECTIVE 
STUDENTS

ROSEMEAD, CA�September 
10, 2014--Don Bosco Technical 
Institute (Bosco Tech) will 
host a free high school fair for 
elementary and middle school 
students and their parents on 
Wednesday, October 1, from 
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. 

 The fair, Gear Up for 
High School, will feature 
representatives from 25 area 
Catholic schools who will 
provide information about 
their school�s curriculum and 
programs. The evening will 
feature a performance by the 
Bosco Tech marching band 
followed by table presentations 
by school representatives.

 �The fair will gather several 
local high schools in one place 
for the convenience of families 
in the community,� said Bosco 
Tech Principal Xavier Jimenez. 
�It will provide an excellent 
opportunity for elementary and 
middle school students to learn 
more about quality Catholic 
high schools throughout the 
area and what each one has to 
offer.�

 For more information about 
the high school fair, call (626) 
940-2011 or email vdeluna@
boscotech.edu. 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

AS ABOVE SO BELOW REVIEW

 
Nowadays, horror movies 
are a dime a dozen. They 
all involve demons of some 
sort, stupid characters, and 
derivative plots that get 
recycled every movie. So, what 
makes �As Above So Below� 
special in the horror genre? 
Absolutely nothing.

 Scarlett (Perdita Weeks) 
is looking for the fabled 
philosopher�s stone. It if 
rumored to be somewhere 
in Paris, but she has no idea 
where. After tracking down 
several key clues, she discovers 
the stone lies in the catacombs, 
and she and a team of guides 
go down into the ancient 
tunnels to find it.

 This is like �Indiana Jones� gone wrong. Weak, whiny, and downright 
stupid characters make the movie funny. What makes this film 
hilarious is the fact that there are almost no demons/ ghosts/evil 
spirits. Ninety-nine percent of the deaths come from the characters� 
own negligence. The only thing that makes this film any good is a very 
impressive technical trick used at the end of the movie. See �As Above 
So Below� if you are looking for a good laugh.