Mountain Views News          Saturday, September 12, 2015

EDUCATION & YOUTH

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Mountain Views-News Saturday, September 12, 2015 

SCHOOL

NEWS

BRIEFS

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: Dr. William Walner

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: Jenny Janetzke

Email: jenny@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

ATTENTION 
SIERRA MADRE 
TEENAGERS

Have you applied for a position 
on the Sierra Madre Rose Float 
Association Royal Court? Don’t 
wait for the last minute deadline. 
You won’t want to miss out on the 
chance to be a part of this exciting 
experience.

Applications may be downloaded 
from the SMRFA website (www.
smrosefloat.org) and mailed to the 
association. They must be received 
by September 25th.

If you need more information, 
you may call Donna Sutcliffe at 
626-355-8579.

FALL YOUTH 
SPORTS 
PROGRAM 
REGISTRATION 
BEGINS


The Monrovia Public Services 
Department Fall Youth Sports 
program is currently accepting 
registrations. On-line registration 
is available on the City website 
at www.cityofmonrovia.org. The 
fall program offers flag football 
and cheerleading to 4th and 5th 
grade boys and girls of Bradoaks, 
Mayflower, Monroe, Plymouth and 
Wild Rose Elementary Schools. 
Plymouth Elementary School is a 
new addition to this year’s program 
and they’re looking forward to the 
season ahead. The youth sports 
program is designed to teach boys 
and girls fundamental sports skills, 
teamwork, sportsmanship and 
character building. The program 
fee is $35 per participant with a 
maximum participation of 25 per 
team.

THE PASADENA 
UNIFIED SCHOOLS

 2015 STATE OF THE 
SCHOOLS EVENT 
WILL BE HELD ON 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2015, 
9:30 - 11:30 A.M.

You are cordially invited to attend 
the 2015 State of the Schools event 
on Tuesday, September 22nd from 
9:30 - 11:30 a.m. at Eliot Arts Magnet 
Academy located in the beautiful 
town of Altadena. The State of the 
Schools event will be held in the 
Carl D. Roeder Auditorium, 2184 
North Lake Avenue.

 

There will be art exhibits on display, 
Eliot Arts Magnet programs will be 
showcased, and light refreshments 
will be served by the Blair Culinary 
Arts Academy students. 

 

We welcome you to come celebrate 
our many successes and hear about 
how we are moving the district 
forward in Altadena, Pasadena, and 
Sierra Madre.

 

Please mark your calendars. We 
look forward to seeing you there.


PASADENA 
EDUCATIONAL 
FOUNDATION PUMPS 
UP THE VOLUME

IN SUPPORT OF MUSIC 
EDUCATION WITH 
TWO COMMUNITY 
EVENTS

PASADENA, CA – The Pasadena 
Educational Foundation (PEF) is 
gearing up for its second annual 
Rock 4 PEF community events to 
support music education programs 
in Pasadena, Altadena, and Sierra 
Madre public schools. Starting 
with the youth Battle of the 
Bands competition taking place 
at the beautiful Levitt Pavilion 
in Pasadena’s Memorial Park on 
September 20, 2015, at 2 PM. More 
than 50 local students, in 13 bands, 
will be competing for their chance 
to join America’s Got Talent’s Taylor 
Mathews, actor/musician Jacob 
Davich, and more at the Rock 4 
PEF Benefit Concert on Sunday, 
October 4, at the Farnsworth Park 
Amphitheater in Altadena.

Battle of the Bands features 13 
unique bands from more than 15 
different schools. Musicians range in 
age from 7-18. The top five finalists 
are chosen by a combination of a 
community-wide online voting 
campaign and a special panel of 
online judges comprised of music 
industry professionals. Finalists 
will be announced by Wednesday, 
September 15.

Find out more about the Battle of the 
Bands contestants http://rock4pef.
com/meet-the-bands.html


THE REEL DEAL: 

by Ben Show

THE TRANSPORTER REFUELED REVIEW

Every so often, franchises that had faded into obscurity in your mind 
seem to be brought back from the dead. Most of the time it seems like 
there is no good reason for it (do we really need a Ghostbusters remake 
with Melissa McCarthy?); however, there is the occasional remake 
that manages to surpass the original (the live-action Cinderella, for 
example). Can Luc Besson resurrect his action-thriller franchise or 
has it been in obscurity for too long?

 Frank Martin (Ed Skrein) is a transporter: he takes important 
packages from one point to another without asking any questions. His 
packages usually consist of important letters, legal documents, and 
large sums of money; however, this all changes when four identical 
looking women lure him into a life and death game with Russian 
crime lord.

 ‘Transporter Refueled’ is laughably bad, it’s that simple. The plot, 
which is extremely uninteresting, goes back and forth between either 
being shoved down your throat, with characters repeating plot points 
several times, or is just nonexistent at times. The dialogue is terrible and 
the actors’ accents are so strong half the time you cannot understand 
what they are saying. The acting is stiff, the cinematography is bland, 
and, overall, this remake is not worth your time or money. 

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