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EDUCATION & YOUTH
Mountain Views-News Saturday, May 23, 2015
CIVIC CLUB PRESENTS EDUCATIONAL AWARDS
AND PHILANTHROPY GRANTS
SCHOOL DIRECTORY
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) 396-5880 Principal: Gilbert Barraza
website: http://phs.pusd.us
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) 396-3600 Website: www.pusd@pusd.us
rcadia 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
On April 11 O’Malley Hall at St. Rita Church was turned into a
celestial paradise when the theme of the Sierra Madre Civic Club’s
major fundraiser was “The Sky’s the Limit”.
More than two hundred fifty members and friends enjoyed a
delicious luncheon, placed silent auction bids, bought tickets for
opportunity drawings, and participated in a sometimes hilarious
Chinese auction. The luncheon, in addition to selling confetti eggs
on the Fourth of July, Civic Club Shoppe sales, our booth at the City’s
Yard Sale, and Eat Out evenings raised thousands of dollars this Club
year.
Civic Club’s May general meeting was what has become one of
members’ favorite meetings because that’s the time when we give away
the money we’ve worked all year to raise. On May 14 the Educational
Awards Committee introduced eight exceptional local high school
seniors who were receiving awards for outstanding scholarship and
community service. Honorees included Christopher “Ryan” Adams,
Annabelle Bardenheier, Sophia Kownatski, Ellery McGregor, Aoife
Megaw, Alec Mena, Jackson Torres, and Alexi Zate. That same
evening the Philanthropy Committee announced that we’d raised
enough money to fully fund the requests made by twelve local non-
profit organizations. These organizations submit requests for funds
for special projects and members vote to determine which requests
are funded. By evening’s end Civic Club had given away close to
fifteen thousand dollars in educational awards and philanthropy
grants amidst much clapping and laughter.
Following the announcements of the educational awards recipients
and the philanthropy grants, the 2015-16 Civic Club Board was
elected. The new officers are Karma Bell, president, Nancy Beckham,
first vice-president, Geri Wright, second vice-president, Prudence
Levine and Jan Greteman, co-third vice-presidents, Meegan Tosh,
recording secretary, Alice Clark, corresponding secretary, Darlene
Traxler, treasurer, and Anita Thompson, parliamentarian. These
officers will be installed at the Installation Dinner to be held at the
Monrovian Restaurant on May 21.
The Sierra Madre Civic Club is a civic and philanthropic
organization. We meet the second Thursday of every month at 7:30
PM in the Hart Park House.
DUARTE UNIFIED BOARD OF EDUCATION APPOINTS
DR. ALLAN MUCERINO AS NEXT SUPERINTENDENT
(Duarte, CA) – At the Regular Meeting held on Thursday, May
14, 2015, the Board of Education voted unanimously to appoint
Dr. Allan Mucerino Superintendent of the Duarte Unified School
District. Following a statewide search, Dr. Mucerino was selected as
a finalist from among 28 applicants for the position.
“As we interviewed candidates from across the region it became
apparent that Dr. Mucerino was a distinctive leader in public
education who has the respect of students, families, teachers and
administrators,” said Board President Reverend Douglas Edwards.
“The entire Board spent a morning meeting with the staff and Board
of Centinela Valley Union High School District where our insights
about his skills, knowledge and compassion were confirmed by all
we met. We heard people describe to us the innovative programs he
introduced to attract students, his work in collective bargaining, his
presence among students and families, his knowledge of Common
Core and his fiscal management skills. We drove home deeply
impressed and grateful to have selected such a gifted person to
become the next superintendent.”
Dr. Mucerino is currently the Assistant Superintendent of
Educational Services at Centinela Valley Union High School District.
Previously, Dr. Mucerino was a principal for 17 years and held
positions at El Toro High School and La Paz Intermediate School
in Saddleback Valley Unified, and Ensign Intermediate School in
Newport-Mesa Unified. Under his leadership, all three of these
schools became California Distinguished Schools and one became
a National Blue Ribbon School. Prior to his administrative work, Dr.
Mucerino taught for five years at Millikan High School and Hoover
Middle School in the Long Beach Unified School District.
He is also an instructor in the Education Leadership Doctoral
Program at California State University, Fullerton where he teaches
Applications of Research: Forecasting and Planning, Ethical and
Legal Dimensions of Leadership, and Methods of Collection and
Analysis of Assessment Data.
Dr. Mucerino received his Doctorate in Educational Leadership
from Nova Southeastern University, his Masters in Educational
Administration from the California State University, Dominguez
Hills, and his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the California
State University, Long Beach.
He presently lives in South Orange County with his wife, Deborah,
and two sons, Matthew and Kyle.
Dr. Mucerino will officially begin as Superintendent of the Duarte
Unified School District July 1, 2015.
PASADENA UNIFIED CELEBRATES
CLASSIFIED SCHOOL EMPLOYEES WEEK
Pasadena, CA – Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) classified
school employees were recognized for their service and dedication to
area students as part of Classified School Employees Week May 17-
23. Classified employees are the backbone of a school district serving
in diverse rolls such as instructional aides, front office personnel,
custodians and many more essential roles. To better appreciate the
work, PUSD administrators and school board members shadowed
classified employees as part of the Appreciating Classified Employees
(ACE) program.
“The experience of shadowing district classified employees was
wonderful and enlightening for me and my fellow administrators,” said
PUSD Superintendent Brian McDonald. “Classified employees bring so
much to our schools that help our students thrive and keep our schools
safe.”
The ACE program is a collaborative effort between the school district
and its classified unions that includes job shadowing of classified
school employees by district administrators, principals, board of
education members and district
level administrators who witness
first-hand what custodians, food
service workers, paraeducators
and other classified employees do
on a daily basis. The event built
understanding within the district
and acknowledged the hard work
classified employees do to take care
of students every day.
“Coming together was our
beginning, staying together is a
process and working together is
SUCCESS,” said California School
Employees Association (CSEA)
Chapter 434 President Rosemarie
Riley.
The PUSD Board of Education
recently recognized the importance of
classified employees to the district by
approving a historic agreement with
CSEA that brought their medical
and dental benefits in line with those
of the district’s teachers, resulting
in dramatic out of pocket savings to
classified employees.
SaLLe HigH ScHooL
www.lasallehs.orgLa SaLLe HigH ScHooLCollege PreParatoryCongratulates the
Class of 2015
Dedicated to Student Success
and Academic Excellence
THE REEL DEAL: by Ben Show
PITCH PERFECT 2
The first ‘Pitch Perfect’ found itself in a
perfect situation: it didn’t cost much to make and
made a fortune, as well as having the possibility
to become a new and interesting franchise for
Universal Studios. It also helped women in Hollywood
by giving them strong roles; however, all
this meant that the sequel had a lot to live up to.
‘Pitch Perfect 2’ begins with the Bellas
performing for the President’s birthday at the
Lincoln Center. But after that performance ends
in complete embarrassment, they are banned
from competing in any acapella competitions.
Their only chance is to win at the International Acapella competition
and regain their lost glory.
This film had so much potential to do well. The characters
from the first film were very fun and entertaining to watch, and
they seemed to never run out of jokes. In the sequel, however, the
jokes had dried up with the material. The movie felt like a long
episode of the TV show ‘Glee’, with perhaps the most recycled plot
in comedy movie history, as well as jokes that barely made people
giggle in the theater I saw it in. ‘Pitch Perfect 2’ may be succeeding
at the box office, but it utterly fails when it comes to trying anything
new and original.
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