Mountain Views News          Saturday, October 24, 2015

EDUCATION & YOUTH

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Mountain Views-News Saturday, October 24, 2015 

SCHOOL DIRECTORY

RECENT BOSCO TECH GRADUATE PLACES IN GLOBAL 
TRAJECTORY OPTIMIZATION COMPETITION

Competes in ‘America’s Cup of Rocket Science’

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

ROSEMEAD, CA–October 21, 2015— Christopher 
Andre, a 2014 graduate of Don Bosco Technical Institute 
(Bosco Tech), has earned a place in the 8th annual 
Global Trajectory Optimization Competition (GTOC), 
also called “the America’s Cup of Rocket Science.”

 The GTOC is a competition drawing leading 
aerospace engineers and mathematicians worldwide 
who challenge themselves to solve an open-ended 
interplanetary trajectory design problem. This year’s 
problem was devised and judged by the Outer Planets 
Mission Analysis Group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory 
in Pasadena. 

Andre’s GTOC entree surpassed those of teams lead by 
aeronautics and astronautics experts, ranking 15/18 for 
teams that submitted solutions (of 36 entrants). Already 
considered a junior in his second year at Rensselaer 
Polytechnic Institute, Andre studied Computer Science 
& Electrical Engineering while at Bosco Tech. 

“We’re incredibly proud of Christopher,” said Bosco 
Tech President Xavier Jimenez. “His extraordinary 
grasp of the nearly-impossible problem posed and 
his complex solution earned him a spot alongside 
experienced aeronautic and engineering professionals. 
We’re expecting to see many more great things from this 
gifted young man.”

 “It was relieving to find that my solution had even 
passed the validation stage,” Andre said. “A valid 
solution is not easy to construct or verify, no matter 
how simple it is. Even some of the advanced teams 
have had trouble with this and have occasionally 
been disqualified for it. Even though most of the 
competitors were beyond me in skill and experience, 
I’m still proud that I was able to put together a solution 
with no issues.” Andre plans to pursue a degree in 
either aeronautical or mechanical engineering and 
is considering graduate school for optimization and 
controls systems engineering.

 Celebrating its sixtieth year, Bosco Tech is 
an all-male Catholic high school that combines 
a rigorous college-preparatory program with a 
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. Each year for the past several 
years, one hundred percent of the graduating class has 
earned college acceptances. Visit www.boscotech.edu 
for more information. 


Christopher Andre


RETIRED TEACHERS’ 
WEEK TO BE 
CELEBRATED 
NOVEMBER 1-7

The California Retired Teachers’ Association 
(CalRTA) has good reason to celebrate 
Retired Teachers’ Week, November 1-7. This 
organization has been going strong since its 
beginnings and is now celebrating its 86th 
Anniversary! CalRTA was founded in 1929 
(known as CRTA then) through the efforts of 
Laura Settle, a retired Pasadena educator, with 
five or six people. Now the state organization 
numbers over 45,000 members! 

 Although retired from teaching, members 
of CalRTA stay vital and active as volunteers. 
This past year CalRTA members contributed 
more than 2.1 million hours of volunteer 
service to schools and to the community in 
general with only 11 percent of the membership 
reporting their hours. That number translates 
to $55 million! Besides that, members donated 
$600,000 in grants to schools and scholarships 
to future teachers.

 Of equal importance is that CalRTA 
members, like other public employees, give 
back to their communities and to the state 
economically through pension spending. A 
Pensionomics 2014 report states that California 
saw $60.3 billion in total economic benefit in 
2012 from pension benefits paid out by state 
and local pension plans, leading to $10.9 billion 
paid out in federal, state, and local tax revenues! 
Finally, pension spending by retirees supported 
almost 380,000 jobs that paid $20.8 billion in 
wages and salaries. 

 Membership in CalRTA is open to all 
retired educators and to any others interested 
in joining. For information about CalRTA 
#71(SGV), please call Marietta Watkins at (323) 
258-9615 or Patricia Dietrich at (626) 446-8437.

COMMUNITY: AN 
AVERAGE OF 11 
TEENS DIE EVERY DAY 
IN CAR CRASHES 
IN THE U.S. IN 
CALIFORNIA ALONE, 
349 WERE KILLED 

IN 2013.

Los Angeles, California. – Traffic collisions are 
the number one killer of teenagers in the United 
States, ending more young lives every day 
than cancer, homicide, and suicide combined. 
An average of 11 teens in the U.S. die every 
day in car crashes. The National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration found that in 
California alone, traffic collisions killed 349 
young people in 2013, a headcount comparable 
to the capacity of more than two 737 Jets. 
“Although national data shows a decline 
in the number of young drivers involved 
in vehicle crashes over recent years, they 
are still at greater risk than any other age 
group. The CHP will always be dedicated 
to promoting safe habits for California’s 
young drivers,” Commissioner Farrow said. 
The CHP offers free “Start Smart” teen 
driver education classes to help reduce these 
tragedies. Parents and teenagers can sign 
up for a free Start Smart class by contacting 
their local CHP office. To locate a CHP office 
near you, visit www.chp.ca.gov and find 
out how this two-hour class can save a life. 
Start Smart is taught by CHP officers and 
promoted within 146 high schools across 
California. It is offered by 46 traffic courts as 
an alternative sentencing method for juvenile 
traffic offenders.

 This week is National Teen Driver Safe Week. 
Join us in raising awareness. 


THE REEL DEAL: 

by Ben Show

BRIDGE OF SPIES REVIEW

To say that I had little to no interest in this film is unfair; it was just 
not at the top of my ‘to see’ list this weekend. I would have rather seen 
‘Crimson Peak’; however, after seeing this, I can say that I am happy 
with my decision.

 The height of the Cold War. Spies from America and Russia are trying 
to gain as much information about their enemy as they can. When 
Rudolf Abel (Mark Rylance) is discovered as a Soviet spy in America, 
he is arrested and given James Donovan (Tom Hanks) as his defense 
lawyer. Soon after, American spy Gary Powers (Austin Stowell) is shot 
down over Russia and, in an ever growing web of lies, Donovan must 
negotiate a deal between America, Russia, and Germany.

 Spielberg takes his time in developing the characters here. The cinematography, 
coupled with deep and meaningful performances by the 
entire cast, make ‘Bridge of Spies’ a poetic masterpiece. It makes small 
moments important, using subtle nuances to make bold statements 
about America and Russia’s actions during this time period, as well as 
the morals and motives for each side. ‘Bridge of Spies’ is a strong point 
in the already legendary career of one of the greatest directors in the 
history of film, and it is film that everyone should see. 


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