Mountain Views News          Saturday, September 19, 2015

EDUCATION & YOUTH

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Mountain Views-News Saturday, September 19, 2015 

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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

PRELIMINARY 
REPORT INDICATES 
NO EVIDENCE OF 
ACTIVE FAULTS 
UNDER SAN RAFAEL 
ELEMENTARY 
SCHOOL CAMPUS

PASADENA, CA – A preliminary report 
on tests to re-examine the age of the faults 
that pass under the Pasadena Unified 
School District’s (PUSD) San Rafael 
Elementary School indicate that there 
is no evidence of active faults. The full 
report is expected in late September or 
early October. 

 “The Board of Education will receive a 
briefing on the preliminary report at their 
September 24, 2015 meeting, however, no 
action on the site or the report findings 
is expected to be taken at this time,” 
said Mercy Santoro, PUSD Associate 
Superintendent of School Support 
Services.

 According to Santoro, in 2012 an 
extensive fault rupture investigation was 
conducted at the San Rafael School site in 
preparation for modernization projects 
under the Measure TT facilities bond. As 
part of the initial testing, what appeared 
to be four active earthquake faults were 
found on the school property, with an 
approximately 90 percent probability 
for each one existing and being active 
(exhibiting evidence of seismic activity 
at some point within the past 11,700 
years). With this discovery, the Board of 
Education was provided information that 
the Division of State Architect would not 
allow or approve plans to move forward 
with any modernization or upgrades on 
any school facility that was within 50 feet 
of any earthquake faults. It is important 
to note that public school sites must 
meet Field Act standards which are more 
stringent for K-12 public schools than for 
any other buildings, including homes and 
businesses. Based on these findings, the 
Board moved to surplus the property.

Subsequent to the Board’s action to 
surplus the school site, additional 
information was provided that other 
testing methods, similar to those used by 
the City of Pasadena to evaluate possible 
faults near Fire Station 39, should be used. 
No faults were found near Fire Station 39 
which is in close proximity to San Rafael 
Elementary.

 In May 2015, the PUSD Board of 
Education approved testing to re-examine 
the seismic faults under San Rafael, acting 
upon the primary recommendation 
from the 7-11 Surplus Property Advisory 
Committee that was convened in 2014. 
The committee recognized the strong 
desire in the community to maintain a 
school on the San Rafael campus, and 
recommended the continuation of seismic 
investigation to determine if the identified 
faults or anomalies were active or not. To 
complete the validation of active faults on 
the school site, trenching was done on the 
campus during summer 2015.

 The preliminary report issued by Earth 
Systems of Southern California Sept. 
11 indicates active faults are not present 
within the depth and location explored 
at San Rafael Elementary School, stated 
Santoro. The potential for surface fault 
rupture at the site during the design life of 
the existing structures is considered to be 
very low. The effects of ground shaking in 
the event of a large earthquake or a nearby 
earthquake can be mitigated by proper 
engineering design and construction in 
conformance with current building codes 
and engineering practices.

 “The district plans a school and 
community meeting in the next few weeks 
once the full report is available,” said 
Santoro. “The report will be presented at 
the regular Board of Education meeting 
scheduled October 22, and formal action 
to remove the school site from the surplus 
list expected to be taken.”

 “This is obviously great news for the 
San Rafael School community,” said Scott 
Phelps, the PUSD Board of Education 
member who represents the area. “It is 
the result of a strong, dedicated school 
community and effective leadership by 
district staff.” 


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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