Mountain Views News, Pasadena Edition [Sierra Madre] Saturday, June 10, 2017

Mountain Views-News Saturday, June 10, 2017 EDUCATION & YOUTH 7 Mountain Views-News Saturday, June 10, 2017 EDUCATION & YOUTH 7 
SCHOOL DIRECTORY 
ALVERNO HEIGHTS ACADEMY 
200 N. Michillinda Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024(626) 355-3463 Head of School: Julia V. FanaraE-mail address: jfanara@alvernoheights.org 
Arcadia High School180 Campus Drive Arcadia, CA 91007Phone: (626) 821-8370, Principal: Brent Forseebforsee@ausd.net 
Arroyo Pacific Academy41 W. Santa Clara St. Arcadia, Ca,
(626) 294-0661 Principal: Phil ClarkeE-mail address: pclarke@arroyopacific.org 
Barnhart School 
240 W. Colorado Blvd Arcadia, Ca. 91007(626) 446-5588 Head of School: Ethan WilliamsonKindergarten - 8th gradewebsite: www.barnhartschool.org 
Bethany Christian School93 N. Baldwin Ave. Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024 
(626) 355-3527Preschool-TK-8th Grade 
Principal: Dr. William Walnerwebsite: www. bcslions.org 
Clairbourn School 
8400 Huntington DriveSan Gabriel, CA 91775 
Phone: 626-286-3108 ext. 172 
FAX: 626-286-1528 
E-mail: jhawes@clairbourn.org 
Foothill Oaks Academy822 Bradbourne Ave., Duarte, CA 91010(626) 301-9809Co-Principals Nancy Lopez and Diane Kieffaberinfo@foothilloaksacademy.orgpreschool@foothilloaksacademy.org 
Frostig School971 N. Altadena Drive Pasadena, CA 91107 
(626) 791-1255Head of School: Jenny Janetzke 
Email: jenny@frostig.org 
The Gooden School 
192 N. Baldwin Ave. Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024(626) 355-2410Interim Head of School, Merrily Dunlap 
website: www.goodenschool.org 
High Point Academy1720 Kinneloa Canyon Road Pasadena, Ca. 91107 
Head of School: Gary Stern 626-798-8989 
website: www.highpointacademy.org 
La Salle High School3880 E. Sierra Madre Blvd. Pasadena, Ca. 
(626) 351-8951 website: www.lasallehs.org 
Principal Mrs. Courtney Kassakhian 
Monrovia High School325 East Huntington Drive, Monrovia, CA 91016(626) 471-2800 Principal Darvin JacksonEmail: schools@monrovia.k12.ca.us 
Odyssey Charter School725 W. Altadena Dr. Altadena, Ca. 91001(626) 229-0993 Head of School: Lauren O’Neillwebsite: www.odysseycharterschool.org 
Pasadena High School2925 E. Sierra Madre Blvd. Pasadena, Ca.
(626) 396-5880 Principal: Roberto Hernandezwebsite: http://phs.pusd.us 
St. Rita Catholic School 
322 N. Baldwin Ave. Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024Principal Joan Harabedian (626) 355-9028website: www.st-rita.org 
Sierra Madre Elementary School141 W. Highland Ave, Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024(626) 355-1428 Principal: Esther SalinasE-mail address: salinas.esther@pusd.us 
Sierra Madre Middle School 
160 N. Canon Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024(626) 836-2947 Principal: Garrett NewsomE-mail address: newsom.garrett@pusd.us 
Walden School 
74 S San Gabriel Blvd 
Pasadena, CA 91107 (626) 792-6166www.waldenschool.net 
Weizmann Day School1434 N. Altadena Dr. Pasadena, Ca. 91107(626) 797-0204Lisa Feldman: Head of School 
Wilson Middle School 
300 S. Madre St. Pasadena, Ca. 91107(626) 449-7390 Principal: Ruth EsselnE-mail address: resseln@pusd.us 
Pasadena Unified School District 
351 S. Hudson Ave., Pasadena, Ca. 91109(626) 396-3600 Website: www.pusd@pusd.usrcadia 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 
ARCADIA HIGH STUDENTS ACCEPTED INTO EVERY IVY LEAGUE 
UNIVERSITY FOR SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR 

ARCADIA-- For the second straight year, the

Stanley Yu, who will be attending Columbiagraduating class from Arcadia High School has at

University in the fall, has been named the Classleast one student accepted into every Ivy League

Valedictorian. 
University in the country. In addition to that rare

Yu was born in Arcadia and attended Baldwin 
feat, the Arcadia High Class of 2017 also has at least

Stocker Elementary School and First Avenue 
one student accepted into Stanford, Massachusetts

Middle School before matriculating to ArcadiaInstitute of Technology (MIT), and California

High. All through middle and high school, he hasInstitute of Technology (Caltech).

earned straight A’s in every class on his way to a 4.0Three Apaches were accepted into Harvard 

cumulative GPA. In addition to being a prestigiousUniversity, four to Yale University, seven to Cornell

National Merit Scholarship winner, he participatedUniversity, two to Columbia University, five to

in numerous extracurriculars. Yu played water poloUniversity of Pennsylvania, two to Princeton 

for three years, was on the swim team, Speech andUniversity, two to Brown University, three to

Debate, U.S Constitution and Government team 
Dartmouth College, two to Stanford University, three

which qualified for the national championships theto Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and two to

past three years, captain of the Physics team, foundedCalifornia Institute of Technology.the Arcadia High Coding Club, and has volunteeredArcadia High Class of 2017 By the Numbers:for the Foundation of Disabled Youths for the past

Stanley Yu 

Class Valedictorian 


Graduates: 883 
Graduation rate: 99.2% (national average: 82%)
GPA: 3.29 (meets minimum requirement for all UC schools)
Average SAT (2400 is top score): 1924 (national average: 1497)
Average New SAT (1600 is top score): 1300 (national average: 1080)
Colleges applied to: 382College most applied to: UC Irvine 368Private college most applied to: USC 187College most accepted: UC Riverside 229Accepted to UCLA: 55Accepted to USC: 48Scholarships and Grant funding: $5.2 million 

three years.

Arcadia High will also be recognizing 64 
Salutatorians, which requires a minimum GPA of 3.93, at itsgraduation.

Arcadia High School will have its Commencement Ceremony forthe Class of 2017 on Thursday, June 8 at 6:30 p.m. at the Santa AnitaRace Track. 

Earlier this year, Arcadia High School was ranked among the top 2percent of the best public high schools in the entire state. Accordingto Niche’s 2017 Best Public High Schools in California rankings,
Arcadia is number 30 out of more than 1,300 public high schools inThe Golden State. 

PASADENA SUMMER YOUTH 
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA 


“PSYCO” 


Conductor: Fung Ho 

PRESENTS 

THE YOUNG ARTIST’S CONCERT 


Camille Lin, Violist 
Katie Chen, Violinist 
Erica Delos Santos, Violinist 
Angela Tran, Pianist 


SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 2017 at 7:30 PM 
PASADENA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 
585 E.COLORADO BLVD., PASADENA 
Program 


Overture to “L’Italiana in Algeri”, by Rossini 
Romance in F, Op. 85 for Viola,by Bruch 
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, for violin, by Saint-Saens 
1st movement of Violin Concerto in e minor, by Mendelssohn 
Concerto #23 for piano, by Mozart 


Concert made possible by funds received from 
The Pasadena Tournament of Roses Foundation 
admission free 
Email: manager@psycochamberorch.org 
Web site: psycochamberorch.org Phone: Roberta Wilcox, manager at (626) 797-1994 


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