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Mountain Views News, Sierra Madre Edition [Pasadena] Saturday, January 13, 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Mountain Views-News Saturday, January 13, 2018 EDUCATION & YOUTH 7 Mountain Views-News Saturday, January 13, 2018 EDUCATION & YOUTH 7 GOLDENWORDS: Dr. Dan’s College Corner “EVERYBODY CAN BE GREAT... BECAUSE ANYBODY CAN SERVE” Seems appropriate to entitle this week’s column with a fragment of one of Dr. King’s insights, since the national celebration of MLK’s birthday is coming up on Monday in all 50 states (though MIssissippi and Alabama continue to simultaneously celebrate Robert E. Lee day as well). High School and College Students sometimes heed the call to serving others because of their institutional ethos, personal spiritual heritage or as a requirement of graduation. This last motivator to serve others is, as you might imagine, an invitation to grumbling and resentment as students fulfill their “hours” like court-mandated felons, rather than embracing an extraordinary chance to help weave the fabric of civic engagement and civilized society. Then again, Americans often do community work in delivering services of all kinds that, in other nations, are embedded in the social contract that governments have with their people. Without a viable and affordable national health care program for all, for instance, we find our medical professionals and civilians providing all kinds of health care on an improvised or voluntary basis, always subject to the limitations of funding resources. Pick almost any complex social issue in our society and you discover that we have crafted vast and admirable volunteer nets to put underneath the forgotten and abandoned of America--the lost, the last, the least. My thought is that students need regular doses of direct service to others to begin the training they should undergo to prepare to lead society toward eradicating the need to serve itself. Maybe it all starts with the eye-opener of volunteering at the Midnight Mission, or with Homeboy Industries, or after-school mentoring young boys with absent fathers? These activities can teach us crucial lessons about what we stand for, can ennoble us, flush us with what service-learning professionals call the “giver’s high” of inner sense of self-worth and, most importantly, force us to confront the existence of large social issues on a massive scale. If a student reflects on the complicated circumstances, for instance, of the 60,000 homeless men, women and children in greater Los Angeles, he or she is beginning to understand the systemic repairs that need to be made far beyond one’s individual community work. In fact, the homelessness crisis in LA, or the challenge of resolving child and adult illiteracy, or many other issues demand that the creative energy and idealism of all be applied to learning the tools of politics, budgeting, law-making, marketing and publicity and more. It is complicated stuff, for sure, but our nation is not about to rewrite its social contract quickly enough to rescue us from our ethical deficits. As a student, you can learn about yourself by serving others, of course. You can go from that building block of experience towards pursuing further service, and constructing scholarly and relational skills that will help you to take a significant role in perhaps eliminating the need for social welfare services provided by volunteerism. As the team that runs the important Midnight Mission would tell you, if you serve in their programs, observe and listen to their clients, you will get a tangled education about what makes people homeless. War-traumatized veterans, citizens now often over 30 years removed from mental health services because of policy and funding choices, families priced out of the inequitable LA rental housing market, or in flight from domestic abuse--these and many other clients need our help now, for sure. But our nation needs to awaken some day to a time when the Mission doesn’t have a reason to exist, doesn’t have a desperate client base to serve and we can move forward to confront other pressing needs as a country. As Dr. King’s quotation continues, “You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.” Dr. Dan Golden was the founding director of Life Planning at the Vistamar School in El Segundo. He was a professor, program director and Dean for Work & Service-Learning at Wheaton College (MA), and now consults with individuals, schools and educational districts on college access, postgraduate study and career planning issues. He can be reached at dangolden0@gmail.com. SCHOOL DIRECTORY Alverno Heights Academy200 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) 446-5588Head of School: Ethan Williamson Kindergarten - 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) 355-2410Head of School, Carl Parke website: www.goodenschool.org High Point Academy1720 Kinneloa Canyon RoadPasadena, 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: Lindsay LewisE-mail address: lewis.lindsay@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.us Arcadia 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) 471-2000Website: www.monroviaschools.net Duarte Unified School District 1620 Huntington Dr., Duarte, Ca. 91010 (626)599-5000Website: www.duarte.k12.ca.us BOSCO TECH’S ADMISSIONS INFORMATION NIGHT IS JAN 25 ROSEMEAD, CA. – January 9, 2017 - Don Bosco Technical Institute (Bosco Tech) will host an admissions information night for prospective students and their families on Thursday, January 25, from 5 to 8 p.m. Interested middle and elementary school studentsare invited to tour the school’s extensive engineeringand applied science labs and classrooms, andmeet instructors and current students during theevent. Information about shadow visits and tuition assistance will be available. “Bosco Tech offers a unique and well-rounded college-readiness, STEM-focused curriculum,” said Principal Xavier Jimenez. “This informational evening is a great opportunity to learn more about what our students are accomplishing and to hear from them about the Tech.” For information about the event or about the school, contact Director of Admissions John Garcia at jgarcia@boscotech.edu or 626-940-2009. Bosco Tech is an all-male Catholic high school that combines a rigorous college-preparatory program with a technology-focused education. The innovative curriculum allows students to exceed university admissions requirements while completing extensive integrated coursework in one of several applied science and engineering fields. The school boasts a four-year college acceptance rate of 100 percent and approximately 75 percent of Bosco Tech graduates have careers in STEM- related fields. Visit www.boscotech.edu or call 626940- 2000 for more information. Mountain Views News 80 W Sierra Madre Blvd. No. 327 Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024 Office: 626.355.2737 Fax: 626.609.3285 Email: editor@mtnviewsnews.com Website: www.mtnviewsnews.com | ||||||||||||||||||||