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Mountain View News Saturday, May 17, 2025

EDUCATION AND YOUTH 

 
MOUNTAIN VIEWS NEWS TO 

HONOR 2025 GRADUATES

The June 1st edition of this paper will be dedicated to the Class of 2025! In order to be 
included, please send your graduates picture, full name, age, school and a line or 2 about 
the graduate. The Class of 2025 - tomorrow's leaders - deserve to be honored! 

Send to: editor@mtnviewsnews.com Subject: Class of 2025

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

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: Dr. Eric Barba

website: http://phs.pusd.us

St. Rita Catholic School

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

Principal: Jon McMaster (626) 355-6114 

mcmaster@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

PUSD PROVIDES UPDATE ON SOIL TESTING AT 
SCHOOL SITES: SOME SCHOOLS CLEARED FOR 
FULL REOPENING, TESTING CONTINUES AT OTHERS

PASADENA, Calif. – As part of Pasadena Unified School District’s (PUSD) commitment to 
student and staff safety, the district completed soil testing at its school sites. Working with 
a State-licensed environmental consulting firm, the testing was conducted following the 
recent Eaton Fire and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health’s (LACDPH) 
recent findings of impacted soil. 

PUSD is pleased to report that several schools have been fully cleared, with no elevated 
levels of harmful fire-related substances detected in soil samples. The full list of schools can 
be found here pusd.us/firerelief-safety. These schools are safe for students and employees, 
and as a result, outdoor playfields and bare dirt areas at those campuses will fully reopen. 
Normal operations – including recess, PE classes, and athletic team practices – will resume 
immediately at these locations.

However, in the spirit of full transparency, some school sites did show elevated levels of 
certain substances in the soil at specific outdoor areas. The district is taking immediate, 
proactive steps to address them.

Key actions underway include:

• Continued restriction of access to affected outdoor areas until further investigation, 
and if necessary, remediation is complete.

• Ongoing collaboration with local and state health and environmental agencies, including 
the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and the Pasadena Public 
Health Department, to review test results and, if necessary, develop safe, science-based remediation 
plans that will protect our students and employees.

• Conduct additional soil testing and remediation where needed to maintain and ensure 
safety.

• Provide individual school notifications, which will include summaries of findings, 
maps of affected areas, and clear timelines for resolution.

While the results for heavy metals like lead are in, other results may take longer. Maps will 
be updated as new data becomes available. Updates will be posted at pusd.us/firerelief-
safety as soon as they are ready. 

“We want to be abundantly clear: safety is not negotiable,” PUSD Superintendent Dr. Elizabeth 
Blanco said. “That’s why we’re moving forward with both urgency and care. We are 
grateful to our school communities for their patience as we work to ensure that every student 
and employee has a safe environment to learn and grow.”

Families will continue to receive regular updates. Individual school maps will be posted on 
the district website, with the final soil testing reports posted in the coming days. For the 
latest information and FAQs, please visit pusd.us/firerelief-safety. 

PUZZLE FOR YOU

May 3, 2025 Solutions


THE 1950s

ACROSS

1. Deals a death blow

5. Large edible mushroom

8. Food safety agency, acr.

11. Auditioner’s hope

12. Closing act

13. *Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, 
supposedly

15. Corset rod

16. Therefore

17. *”Lord of the Flies” shell

18. *Ed of TV

20. Sty sound

21. Pillow filler

22. Gastrointestinal tract

23. *Pooch on a 1950s skirt

26. Most cautious

30. Go wrong

31. Camels’ relatives

34. Lake north of Cleveland

35. Wide open

37. Kind of conifer

38. Spectrum maker

39. Better than never

40. Portable stairs

42. Headdress

43. Tennis shoe

45. Triage nurse’s measurements

47. Old horse

48. Film director Sergio

50. Band’s work-related trip

52. *Slicked men’s hairstyle

55. Does like a hot dog

56. Rod for a hot rod

57. Winter forecast

59. Be

60. Measurement, abbr.

61. U2 guitarist

62. *Clearasil target

63. Ballpark fig.

64. Wine choice

DOWN

1. Roman goddess of fertility

2. *Domino’s nickname

3. German Mrs.

4. Coiffed

5. Turn pumpkin into Jack-o-Lantern

6. “Pomp and Circumstance” 
composer

7. Low-ranking worker

8. Certain Scandinavian

9. 52 cards

10. Fireplace mess

12. Beer mug

13. Use elbow grease

14. *First Black nominee of Oscar for 
Best Actor

19. City in Northern France

22. Neon or radon, e.g.

23. Church bell sounds

24. Liturgy instrument

25. Speak like Pericles

26. *June Cleaver’s husband

27. “Fear of Flying” author Jong

28. Type of rug

29. Christmas help, pl.

32. Way, way off

33. *___-Century Modern

36. *Charles Schulz creation

38. Newspapers and such

40. Chicken order

41. Calls forth

44. Eroded limestone landscape

46. Movie trailer, e.g.

48. Lumen per square meter, pl.

49. “Bravo! Bravo!”, e.g.

50. Yellow ride

51. The Fonz: “Sit ____ ____!”

52. Female equivalent of sir

53. ____-European language

54. Fireplace fodder

55. *Candy in dispenser

58. Itsy-bitsy

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