Mountain Views News          Saturday, October 4, 2014

EDUCATION & YOUTH

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Mountain View News Saturday, October 4, 2014

SCHOOL DIRECTORY

CHALK4PEACE 
Day at The 
Gooden 

School

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

 More than 120 students, 
in Kindergarten through 
eighth grade, became artful 
ambassadors for peace on 
CHALK4PEACE Day, Sept. 25, 
at The Gooden School in Sierra 
Madre. 

 The students used chalk as 
their medium and pavement 
as their canvas as they created 
artworks reflecting their visions 
of peace for themselves, others 
and the world. “Peace feels like a 
warm hug,” said a third-grader. 
“Peace sounds like sizzling 
bacon,” said another student. 
Beginning as a single event in 
Arlington, Virginia, in 2003, 
CHALK4PEACE has grown into 
a multitude of events in cities 
throughout the U.S. and the 
world. chalk4peace.org. 

 

 Founded in 1975, The Gooden 
School is an independent 
Episcopal school, K-8, where 
academics and the arts come 
together. Open houses and 
orientation sessions will be held 
on October 14, November 5 and 
15, December 9 and January 
10. For more information visit 
www.goodenschool.org, or call 
626.355.2410. 


ALVERNO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE 

More than half of the student body will serve as officers in the Alverno Student Union 

Sierra Madre, CA (September 29, 2014) – More than half of the 
Alverno High School student body recently took the Oath of Office 
during Alverno’s annual Inauguration on the terrace. 

 Modeled after the government of the United States, Alverno 
High School boasts a unique system of government that allows 
for more than 50 percent of students to be involved. Rather than 
the traditional “Associated Student Body” model, Alverno High 
School’s government is overseen by the Alverno Constitution and 
students are considered citizens of the Alverno Student Union. The 
Alverno Student Union includes the federal, legislative, and judicial 
branches as well as individual state governments.

 At the federal level are the President and Vice-President, Katia 
Jauregui and Alexia Palomino, who were elected as a ticket 
at Alverno’s annual Convention in April. The federal level is 
completed with a presidential cabinet, which includes positions like 
Chief of Domestic Protocol, Secretary of Activities, Secretary of 
Campus Ministry, Secretary of Performing Arts, and many more. 
Including President Jauregui and Vice-President Palomino, twenty-
one sophomores, juniors, and seniors make up the federal level of 
the Alverno Student Union. 

 The legislative branch is composed of the Alverno Congress, which 
includes three representatives from each class, or state as they are 
known at Alverno. Congress drafts, passes, and approves bills and 
resolutions that affect the entire student body on a wide spectrum 
of policies. A judicial branch includes two Supreme Court justices 
from each state and a Chief Justice. The Supreme Court must agree 
a bill is constitutional before it may go into effect. 

 Finally, each state has its own Constitution as well as the following 
positions: Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary, Treasurer, 
Sergeant At Arms, and nine assemblywomen. These young women 
are responsible for making decisions specific to their own state. 

 “I believe that Alverno gives each and every one of its students the 
resources that we need to live to our highest potential during our 
four years here and the ones that come after,” said ASU President 
Katia Jauregui. “ASU is working hard to make this a great year for 
Alverno and together with Vice-President Palomino and our cabinet 
I know we are not only making changes for the present but for future 
years as well. ASU and I are completely dedicated to Alverno and I 
hope that we can empower other students to become involved in our 
community.”

 “Our unique student government program is a perfect example 
of the monumental role our young women play in our school 
community. Each of the young women elected has made not only 
a commitment to Alverno, but a commitment to her peers to be 
an effective, compassionate, and servant leader,” said Alverno’s 
Head of School, Julia V. Fanara. “These values are basic tenets of 
the Alverno philosophy and our leadership program is just one of 
the ways Alverno empowers each young woman to be exactly the 
person she wants to be.”

About Alverno High School

Alverno High School is a Catholic, private, college preparatory 
school for young women dedicated to preparing them to function 
in a society as informed, knowledgeable persons, who have the 
requisite skills to make and implement mature decisions about 
complex problems. Enlivened by the spirit of its Immaculate Heart 
Community sponsors, and mindful of the Franciscan roots of its 
founders, Alverno’s program—academic, spiritual, aesthetic, social, 
and physical—is shaped by the staff, trustees, and students in light 
of the world for which the students are being educated. Alverno’s 
mission is to empower each young woman to be exactly the person 
she wants to be and since 1960, Alverno has empowered more than 
4,200 women to meet that goal. For more information about Alverno 
High School, please call 626-355-3463 or visit www.alverno-hs.org. 


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THE REEL DEAL: by Ben Show

THE MAZE RUNNER REVIEW

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Yet another young 
adult, dystopian 
future movie based on 
a book. At this point, 
everyone basically 
knows what’s going 
on before they walk 
into the theater: the 
government has done 
something bad and 
the teenagers must 
save the day. How do 
they accomplish that 
monumental task in this movie? Running through a concrete maze.

 The boys of the Glade are being forced to live there and do nothing 
else but survive and try to figure a way out of the maze that traps 
them. However, when Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) arrives, everything 
these boys can remember is questioned as the game they are playing 
changes.

 At this point, everyone knows how they feel about these things, love 
‘em or hate ‘em. The only major difference between this and any other 
film adapted from a young adult books nowadays, is that this film 
has no mushy love story. That is about all this movie has going for it. 
The acting is dreadful, the directing is sloppy, and the screenwriting 
leaves so much out from the book that film feels disjointed. ‘The Maze 
Runner’ is, sadly, another dime-a-dozen, teenager focused action 
film.