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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.