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CELEBRATING 50 YEARSCELEBRATING 50 YEARS

 Mountain Views News Saturday, June 7, 2025 

 
Founded in Sierra Madre on May 12, 1975, The 
Gooden School kicked off a year of celebrating its 
50th anniversary with a community-wide birthday 
celebration honoring five decades of academic 
excellence, tradition, and service. The event brought 
together past and present students, educators, and 
leaders to launch a yearlong series of commemorative 
events that will culminate in the 50th Anniversary 
Gala on April 25, 2026, at NOOR in Pasadena. 

Gooden School students, families, faculty, staff, board 
trustees, and alumni celebrated an event that included, 
students, faculty and staff on May 12, 2025, including 
special guests 

• Maggie Heflin Sabbag ’83 and Robert Ell – 
Founding Students

• Kathryn Barger – Chair, Los Angeles County 
Board of Supervisors

• Kristine Lowe ’88 – Mayor Pro Tem, City of Sierra 
Madre

• Darla J. Dyson – District Representative, 
Office of Senator Sasha Renée Pérez

• Adriana Perez – Deputy, Office of 
Assemblymember John Harabedian (District 
41);

As visitors toured the campus they also had 
the opportunity to see the works of students, 
under the direction of Olivia Rameriz the 
Art Teacher. 

The students work included quilts that they 
made depicting their response to the Eaton 
Fire, along with several other art forms that 
were initially displayed at the school’s Open 
House a few days before. 

Photos Top Left Students 2025/Lower 1975.

Art Phots by MVNews


CONGRATULATIONS LASALLE SENIORSCONGRATULATIONS LASALLE SENIORS


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