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EDUCATION AND YOUTH & MORE

Mountain View News Saturday, April 6, 2024 

SCHOOL DIRECTORY

Alverno Heights Academy

200 N. Michillinda Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024

(626) 355-3463 

Head of School: Joanne Harabedian

E-mail address: jharabedian@alvernoheights.org

Arcadia Christian School

1900 S. Santa Anita Avenue Arcadia, CA 91006

Preschool - TK - 8th Grade

626-574-8229/626-574-0805

Email:inquiry@acslions.com

Principal: Cindy Harmon

website: www.acslions.com

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

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary School

Ms. Rose Navarro, Principal

2660 East Orange Grove Blvd.

Pasadena, Ca 91107

626-793-2089

https://school.abvmpasadena.org/

Barnhart School

240 W. Colorado Blvd Arcadia, Ca. 91007

(626) 446-5588 

Head of School: Tonya Beilstein

Kindergarten - 8th grade

website: www.barnhartschool.org

Bethany Christian School

93 N. Baldwin Ave. Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024

(626) 355-3527 

Preschool-TK-8th Grade

Principal: Jonathon Hawes

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 E. Bradbourne Ave., Duarte, CA 91010

(626) 301-9809

Principal: Nancy Lopez

www.foothilloaksacademy.org

office@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, Jo-Anne Woolner

website: www.goodenschool.org

High Point Academy

1720 Kinneloa Canyon Road 

Pasadena, Ca. 91107 

Head of School: Gary Stern 626-798-8989

website: www.highpointacademy.org

La Salle College Preparatory

3880 E. Sierra Madre Blvd. Pasadena, Ca. 

(626) 351-8951 website: www.lasallehs.org

Interim Principal Ernest Siy

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: Mathew Kodama

website: http://phs.pusd.us

St. Rita Catholic School

322 N. Baldwin Ave. Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024

Principal: Adela Solis (626) 355-6114 

solis@st-ritaschool.org

Website: www.st-ritaschool.org

Sierra Madre Elementary School

141 W. Highland Ave, Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024

(626) 355-1428 

Principal: Dr. Jodi Marchesso

E-mail address: marchesso.jodi@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

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) 471-2000 

Website: www.monroviaschools.net

Duarte Unified School District

1620 Huntington Dr., Duarte, Ca. 91010

(626)599-5000 

Website: www.duarte.k12.ca.us

ADVICE FOR 2024 PROMGOERS

Social media is driving up the cost of proms, as 
promgoers are under intense pressure to post 
glamourous prom photos on their feeds, reports 
the Wall Street Journal.

Some girls are spending $2,000 or more on their 
custom prom dresses. A typical cost for boys is 
$700 or more.

I offer some advice to 2024 promgoers, based on 
my own prom experience in 1980.

I didn’t know my date very well. She was in my 
photography class, pretty and, more importantly, 
available.

We arranged a pre-prom date to get to know each 
other. We played tennis on a blistering-hot day, 
then headed back to her house for something cold 
to drink. After she berated her sister for drinking 
all the Tang, she turned her turret on me.

“I heard about you, a regular class clown,” she 
said. “You better not show up in a limo, wear a top 
hat or cane or do anything else to embarrass me.”

I knew right away things were going to work out 
fine.

Still, I wanted to impress her. I was running a 
stone-masonry business in those years and was 
making a lot of money for a teen. I figured I’d use 
some of that hard-earned dough to win her praise.

I bought her the finest corsage in our high school. 
I bought a box of expensive steaks, snacks and 
other refreshments for the after-prom party. But 
my investments turned out to be bad ones.

On the afternoon of the prom, my friend Gigs and 
I — we double dated — took a drive to the prom 
hall to make sure we wouldn’t get lost later.

Later that evening, we picked up our girls for 
photos and false enthusiasm. We were late for 
dinner (we got lost) and the awful night was under 
way.

I’m certain my date didn’t spend hundreds of 
dollars on her dress as girls do now, though I 
remember she looked great.

The truth is, I can’t remember what she was 
wearing because I hardly saw her all night long. 
She and the girl Gigs came with spent most of the 
night in the ladies’ room, while Gigs and I counted 
how many times the low-budget rock band played 
“Cocaine” (nine).

Finally, around 11:30 p.m., the dance was over. 
Unlike teens these days, we didn’t use our credit 
cards to retire to the honeymoon suite. We 
took the girls home. But our suffering was just 
beginning.

We picked up our dates early the next morning 
and drove to a country cabin where my friend 
Cook was having an after-prom party. The cabin 
was a two-hour drive, but it took us five (we got 
lost).

My date didn’t utter a word until about 2 p.m., 
when she challenged Gigs and me to a tennis 
match. I took it as a good sign. It wasn’t.

Gigs is an outstanding athlete and I’m no slouch 
myself. Once the game got under way, our 
testosterone got inflamed. Every time we scored, 
Gigs and I high-fived each other, laughing loudly. 
We creamed the girls, and after the match they 
refused to talk to us.

Gigs and I spent the rest of the day tossing a 
football and eating steaks. Around dusk, the 
girls found us and told us it was time to leave. 
We got home five hours later (we got lost) and the 
torturous affair was finally over.

So, I have some advice for 2024 promgoers: 
Spend as little money as possible on fancy duds to 
impress your social-media followers.

Be content that you’re about to have one of the 
most miserable experiences of your life!


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