Mountain Views News, Combined Edition Saturday, August 29, 2020

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EDUCATION AND YOUTH

Mountain Views-News Saturday, August 29, 2020 

SIERRA MADRE MIDDLE SCHOOL

HONOR ROLL SPRING SEMESTER 2020

EDITORS NOTE: 

Congratulations to these pioneering students! COVID-19 disrupted 
their Spring Semester and yet they managed to excel while adjusting 
to Virtual Classrooms in the midst of a Pandemic!

SCHOOL DIRECTORY

Alverno Heights Academy

200 N. Michillinda Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024

(626) 355-3463 Head of School: Julia V. Fanara

E-mail address: jfanara@alvernoheights.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 

Preschool-TK-8th Grade

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 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

Principal Mrs. Courtney Kassakhian

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: Roberto Hernandez

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: Lindsay LUIS

E-mail address: LUIS.lindsay@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

Arcadia Christian School

1900 S. Santa Anita Avenue Arcadia, CA 91006

Preschool - and TK - 8th Grade

626-574-8229/626-574-0805

Email: inquiry@acslions.com

Principal: Cindy Harmon

website: www.acslions.com

8TH GRADE

4.0 GRADE POINT AVERAGE

Avery Aldoroty, John Andrianopoulos, Patrick 
Andrianopoulos, Chloe Badoyan, Sallie 
Berentsen, Samantha Chiang, Victoria 
Crowder, Paloma Lucy Dabatos, Kenadie Daniels, 
Elijah Descallar, Cole Ding, Valeria Espinoza-
Garcia, Zachary Fargo, Joshua Griffiths, 
Martin Harbeck, Elisha Himsl, Elijah Huo-
Stevens, Adam Iptchilar, Audrey Jones, Colin 
Kirk, Anja Krause, Warren Kwok, Conway 
Lau, Megan Lee, Jocelyn Leong, Jared Levine, 
Sienna Liston, Jasmine Liu, Georgia Longhurst, 
Olivia Lopez, Keira Mann, Nathan Margolis, 
Anabel Mastrobuono, Farrah McGarry, 
Madison Morales, Tvene Murphy, Zoe Nelson, 
Sienna Ng, Kaylani Parker, Cecilia Pauli, Riley 
Posser de Andrade, Cera Rabideau, Jade Riley, 
Emma Rispin, Nicholas Rogers, Andie Shamlian, 
Ainsley Siglock, Noah Sim, Tristan Tan, 
Landon Taylor, Chloe Tubbs, Kaila Vachani, 
Aidan Vazquez, Helen Vellanoweth, Zalan 
Volkan-Kacso, Evan Wilson, Summer Yang, 
Millicent Yocum-Surfas, Isaac Zhang

3.5 GPA OR HIGHER

Jadyn Addicott, Brooklyn Ahrens, Tyler Aldana, 
Audrey Alpuche, Evan Anderson, Chloe 
Atallah, Alan Avalos, Aidan Ayala, Henry 
Barna, Violet Beach, Kaylee Best, Magnus 
Bjorgum, De’Mille Brown, Kayla Buchok, 
Kendra Buchok, Faye Cardella, Maggie Chen, 
Joe Cooper, Janae Davis, Samantha Dudley, 
Adam Eliyahu, Desmond Every, Camille Gilli, 
Lola Gomez, Lila Gorman, Gianna Gregory, 
Nina Gutierrez, Rogan Harper, Matthew Hart, 
Eric Homer, Juliana Jimenez, Joshua Ke, Michael 
Khoury, Steven Koroghlian, William 
Lievense, Jacob Loesel, Jorge Lopez, Celeste 
Lorenzo-Funes, Aiden Marker, Misha Melnik, 
Ryder Miller-Wackerman, Edmund Monsour, 
Martin Moran, Gabrielle Murdock, Francesca 
Navarro, Ineware Oyake, Elisabeth Pauli, 
Thorson Pearson, Emily Pogosyan, Ian Reel 
Cook, Cassidy Reitman, Delilah Romero, Nolan 
Romero, David Schriefer, Emily Schwartz, 
Maxine Scott, Vincent Shaw, Sidney Smith, 
Caleb Thatcher, Emma Thatcher, Julian Timmons, 
Anna Timon-Hill, Sequoia Trott, Ian 
Van Zyl, Hannah Wong, Charlize Zambrano

7TH GRADE 

4.0 GRADE POINT AVERAGE

Peipei Alexander, Sierra Alva, Noah An, Ryan 
Backstrom, Siri Baldrica, Marcus Barnett, 
Anastasia Besoli, Jackson Bradley, Yemaya 
Bruce, Mia Bugarin, Katerina Carr, Danica 
Chen, Hailey Chen, Jayden Cheng, Rylan Cho, 
Emma Cruz, Kyla Dancel, Daniel De la Torre, 
Miriam Elghefari, Frances Farnam, Matthew 
Floresca Tom, Emily Fong, Justin Garcia, Cade 
Garlett, Scarlett Glick, Dylan Hoang, Jonathan 
Hong, Layla Huang, Lucy Hunt, Carter Johns, 
Maria Karapetyan, Hanhui Kim, Mackenzie 
Kish, Caleb Kodama, Ava Lamond, Alyssa 
Lewis Trinity Liang, Aaron Lim, Michael Manoukian, 
Ryan Manzanero, Kaiya Masuda, Ava 
McGarry, Jack McWade, Ian Ng, Zalea Nunes, 
Jungae Park, Andreas Peterson, Ian Prabhu, 
Nathan Reaves, Westley Revero, Ella Rogokos, 
Philomena Schmidt, Robert Shema, Megan 
Sinclair, Jaya Swamy, Maliha Syeed-Miller, 
Cayden Tai, Annika Tamppari, Harley Toshikian, 
Alessa Sofia Velasco, Michael Vu, Jake 
Walkup, Carolyn Wang, Aiden Welch, Nathan 
Yang, Kevin Yeretzian, Alexander Yiakoumatos, 
Nicholas Yiakoumatos, Jonathan Yoon

3.5 GPA OR HIGHER

Braden Ahrens, Kaeden Alkhadra, Sophia 
Alpuche, Abigail Altruz, Emma Anderson, 
Gavin Bird, Sebastian Boiles, Nicholas Boyadjian, 
Francis Braden, Jordan Bryant, Selvin 
Caceres, Ethan Chang-Johnson, Skylar Chen, 
Zoe Chiu, Payton Chung, Evyn Clayton, Gabriel 
Danon, Alexandros Darlas, Nathan 
Decker, Adrien Eades, Diego Espana, Chance 
Espinoza, Siena Fisher, Madeline Fluckey, Peyton 
Fox, Matthew Gonzalez, Jane Graff, Ryan 
Guerra, Paolo Gutierrez, Harrison Gwaltney, 
Henry Hegger, Jonas Hellings, Brenna-Marie 
Henley, Peter Herb, Amanda Hernandez, Toby 
Hom, Yunmei Hu, Ezra Huang, Zhurong Jin, 
Dayton Johansen, Gwendolyn Kathol, Annabella 
Kellerman, Reece Kennedy, Beatrix Khachaturian, 
Hakyeom Kim, Nicholas Kriebs, 
Julian Kuo, Sydney Li, Serene Licea- Nunez, 
Nathaniel Llana, Leo Luster, Sofia Manacker, 
Vivian Mesquit, Harout Mitilian, Noah 
Moore, Finneas Moser, Paloma Murga, Kyler 
Nesbitt, David Ouch, Justus Pannell, Mia Perez, 
Anne Perkins, Eleni Portillo, Lucca Road, 
Mark-Anthony Rodriguez, Scarlett Romero, 
Zarah Schieffelin, William Shema, Samari Singleton, 
Jack Steinberg, Lilian Su, Dhiren Swamy, 
Aiden Thomas, Milania Thomas, Sydney 
Thomas, Aniyah Tiggle, Charlevoix Torrence, 
Alicia Uriarte, Matthew Vasquez, Olivia Walters, 
Da’Shana White, Ethan Wiles, Taylor Wu, 
Karla Yacoub, Olivia Yuba


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TIPS AND REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS FOR PUSD 
PARENTS TO SUPPORT THEIR CHILDREN IN 
DISTANCE LEARNING

“We’re stressed out. Distance learning is new and both of us are working.” said PUSD parent 
James Farr, who has an active son in kindergarten and a daughter in eighth grade. He and his 
wife do their best to stay on top of the emails between her son’s teacher and ensuring his son 
is prepared for the next day’s lessons. “I’m not a teacher. I only know dad,“ said Farr. Pasadena 
Unified third grade teacher, Dr. Leakana Nhem said, "I can’t be there for students physically to 
see what they need and adjust my teaching methods in the moment." Dr. Nhem considers parents 
key partners in students' education during distance learning. “We're all just going along as 
fast as we can. It's not our fault the plane is being built while we're trying to fly!,” said Dr. Nhem.

Pasadena Unified 2020-2021 fall term began with full distance learning on Monday Aug. 17, 
2020. The district uses the online learning program, Canvas. Based on a study done by Canvas 
which surveyed 1000 parents, Canvas created the video, “Tips and Tools for Parents to Help 
Kids Learn at Home,” which is on the Canvas’s website www.instructure.com. 

Some of the highlights include:

1) Kids love routine. Set a minute by minute schedule. The predictability gives 
children comfort.

2) Set up an area in the home that is “the school room.” For example, designating 
a specific desk or portion of the dinner table.

3) Some students need a little more help than others in order to catch up. Parents 
and students should ask the teacher for help when needed. Don’t keep quiet 
about it.

4) A student’s attention span is about 2-5 minutes per year of age. Younger kids 
need shorter instruction and shorter periods of work. Take a break. Go for a 
walk. Fresh air and physical activity helps our brains work. 

Based on an active PUSD parent Facebook group, “Allies for Public Education”, the bulk of the 
first week’s challenges with distance learning involved the technical setup, login issues, and error 
messages with Canvas, Chromebooks, and WebEx. Setting up a Parent Observer account 
in Canvas helps me monitor the progress of my 5th grade daughter. PUSD offers technical support 
to students and parents. Students can submit their own support tickets by visiting gopusd.
com/helpdesk while logged in to their PUSD accounts. Families can also reach the HelpDesk at 
626-396-3699 or go to https://www.pusd.us/Page/8416 Despite initial challenges, PUSD parent, 
Andrew Vasicek said, “Basically, we've come to a place where we appreciate the work the 
teachers are putting in and assuming it is all going to work out.”

Tina Wu Fredericks is a PUSD parent, former teacher, and candidate for Pasadena Unified Board 
of Education, District 6. www.Tina4pusd.com


COVID-19 CHILDCARE FUNDING 

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors allocated $15 million in CARES Act funding 
for childcare vouchers to serve essential workers and low-income families in the County. The 
Office for the Advancement of Early Care and Education is contracting with the Child Care 
Alliance, a network of LA County Resource and Referral /Alternative Payment agencies, to 
distribute vouchers. 

Families seeking early care and education services may call 888-92-CHILD (888-922-4453). 
Eligibility for these vouchers is set by the state. 

At this time, Child Care Alliance are still in the process of implementing the program in partnership 
with LA County. Interested families are encouraged to call Child Care Alliance and 
provide contact information and zip code. The zip code will help them search their database 
for a Resource and Referral agency, which is where they will forward the family’s information. 
Once the program is implemented, a local Resource and Referral agency will reach out 
to the families to provide further details. 

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