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Pasadena to host athletes for Special Olympics World Games LA2015
-Photo by Terry Miller
City officials joined members of the Special Olympics World Games Los Angeles 2015 (LA2015) and Special Olympics Southern California (SOSC) formally
announced the City of Pasadena’s participation in Host Town Program for the Special Olympics World Games LA2015. The City of Pasadena
is participating in the Special Olympics World Games (2015) Organizing Committee’s three-day Host Town Program. Pasadena will welcome
and celebrate athletes from around the world and will help raise awareness about the challenges people with intellectual disabilities face. During their stay next
Controversial aquatics coach’s contract not renewed at TCHS
Arcadia Teacher of Year could shake up the teacher tenure debate
BY TERRY MILLER
BY SHEL SEGAL As this year’s Teach- this decision is made. I just er of the Year recipient don’t know if that’s time for the Arcadia Unified enough.” School District, Patrick Tierney added the adTierney has an idea that vice he gives to new teachwould shake up the teach- ers isn’t always what they er tenure debate that is go- are used to hearing. ing on throughout the state “When I talk to young currently. teachers, I tell them, ‘Be “With new teachers, comfortable in what you I would want to make do. Don’t be afraid to them untouchable for five ask how do you do someyears,” said Tierney, who is thing,’” Tierney said a longtime Spanish teacher Tierney grew up in at Arcadia High School. Pennsylvania where his “Learn the craft in five father was a newspaper years. Then we’ll make man. He remembers meeta decision. Now, some of ing baseball star Roberto these guys are saying just Clemente as a youth and 16 months and you’ve got interviewing him because tenure. In March of your second year, that’s when Please see page 4
-Photo by Terry Miller
In May of last year we ran a story regarding alleged bullying in the Aquatics program at TCHS. The focus of the story was on a teacher who was coaching the aquatics program, Linda Simons. Sources have told us that the School
district has not renewed her ( Simons’) coaching contract but will, however, remain a teacher at the High School. Students of the Temple City High School aquatPlease see page 7
year, the City will introduce the athletes to community members and officials, familiarize the athletes with Pasadena’s cultural activities and allow the athletes to
practice and rest at City facilities ahead of the July 25, 2015 Opening Ceremony. An estimated 500,000 Please see page 6
KinderPiano class prepares young children for music lessons
Temple City sisters Ashley and Kristen Mok study stringed instruments at the Pascale Music Institute in South Pasadena. They recently participated in the 2013 Schoenfeld International String Competition in Hong Kong. -Courtesy Photo
Classes are forming now in South Pasadena for KinderPiano for Little Fingers®. The five-week program launches preschoolers through first graders into musical instrument studies. Susan Pascale,
director of the Pascale Music Institute (formerly the South Pasadena Strings Program), discovered through years of experience that the perfect Please see page 5