Home | About | e!Pasadena Newsletter | RSS | New! Pasadena EXCLUSIVE
CAMPUS LIFE
Chandler Students Bake Up Holiday Treats
Chandler School kindergarten students are joined by parents as they crack eggs, measure, pour and mix the ingredients to make pumpkin bread in this holiday slide show.
Guests Flock to Alverno High School Open House
Bad weather did not prevent more than 300 guests from attending the Alverno High School’s annual Open House on November 20. Families with girls from 6th-8th grade were provided with information about the high school and were able to visit all the departments on campus. The program started with a welcome assembly and prayer. Guests [...]
Grandparents, Special Friends Go Back to School for Special Day at Polytechnic
Reports from Polytechnic School say that the Nov. 23 Grandparents and Special Friends Day was well attended and enjoyed by all. Students delighted in showing their grandparents and special friends around the updated North Campus and many teachers guided them through special projects when they attended class. Highlights included a welcome assembly with a choral [...]
St. Francis Asks Alumni to Share Favorite Memories
This year St. Francis celebrates 65 years since the Capuchin Franciscans first opened the doors of the school to the local community. The school is asking alumni to share their memories of days gone by as part of the anniversary celebration. The first class of students began in 1946 and the school has continued to [...]
Mayfield Senior School: Joyful Spirit Enlivens Annual Christmas Luncheon
A lively group of more than 270 Mayfield Senior School mothers and senior students enjoyed sharing in the joyful spirit of the season at the annual Christmas Luncheon and Deck the Halls Boutique on Wednesday, December 7. “The Christmas Luncheon and Deck the Halls Boutique certainly lifted our spirits,” said Head of School Rita McBride. [...]
Polytechnic School: These are the Houses that First-graders Built
First grade enjoyed building and decorating their festive graham cracker houses.
Chandler School: The Missing Gingerbread Men
Mrs. Hewlett’s kindergarten class made gingerbread man cookies, but when they went to take them out of the oven, the cookies were gone. “This is a mystery,” one student proclaimed. Click play to watch the short video and see what happened.
Polytechnic’s Kindergarten Celebrates the Season
Recent holiday activities for the kindergarten class included Las Posadas (a traditional Mexican festival which concluded with a pinata) and on another day, caroling at the Upper School.
Chandler School: Leave It All in the Field
The girls A soccer team challenged the faculty to a soccer game “to the death” before school closed for holiday break. It was a well fought battle, but the faculty managed to eke out a 4-3 victory in front of a large crowd.
Chandler School: The DNA of a Berry
Seventh-graders extract the DNA from a strawberry in Mr. Calderon’s lab. Students first mashed the berry down to a liquid using–what else?–hammers, then mixed in some soapy salt solution. After the students fashioned filters and extracted the filtrate from the blend, Mr. Calderon added a ‘secret ingredient’ (ethanol) which forced the DNA to precipitate out
Polytechnic School’s Toxic Challenge
Dominika Watson recently asked her Engineering class to participate in a physical challenge using skills, imagination and limited materials. This was an exercise to develop communication skills and team work through an engineering design activity of “toxic waste” transport. Students were challenged to move a rubber ball simulating toxic waste across campus, while staying eight
Maranatha High School Alumni Swim Meet
Approximately 30 alumni swimmers joined Coach Joe Zambrano and the current Swim/Dive team on December 21 for the Maranatha’s first annual Alumni Swim Meet. Alumni ranged from 2011 graduates to 2007 graduates, who started when the Swim program officially began at Maranatha in 2005 on their new campus. Though many alumni had not swam competitively
Polytechnic School: Counting the Pennies
Eighth-graders stopped in to first grade classrooms to help count the money raised with the first grade penny drive. Later this month, first-graders will use the funds to buy socks, underwear and pajamas for the Kids Kloset in Families in Transition.
Polytechnic School: Immigration Brought to Life
As part of the Social Studies unit on immigration, third-graders participated in an experiential exercise today. Students were divided by their last names into different groups to do an art exercise. The groups were treated differently (one was given more points for each drawing and more supplies) and then the children later discussed their frustrations