ParentNewsletter THE LA SALLE
FOR PARENTS AND FRIENDS OF LA SALLE HIGH SCHOOL • PASADENA • CALIFORNIA • SEPTEMBER 2017
Principal Ideas Learn•Serve•Lead
H e l l o p a re n t s a n d friends. Our 2017-2018 school year is well underway! Each new school year brings new people and changes to a school, so I’d like to take this opportunity to welcome new faculty and staff to our community and to tell you about some of the exciting changes taking place this year. We are blessed to have some wonderful new people joining our community this year: Charlie Guillen '94 joins our Arts and Media Department as a new Film and Television instructor. Mr. Guillen comes to us with professional experience as an actor and a videographer, writer, editor, producer, and director for film and broadcast. Howard Hernandez will be teaching all levels of physics as part of our Science Department. Although new to La Salle, he is not new to the Lasallian world, having previously taught at Cathedral High School in Los Angeles. Marc Hernandez has lengthy experience working in Catholic schools. He has previously worked at St. Paul High School (his alma mater), Salesian, and Cathedral. He joins our English Department where he is teaching freshmen and
sophomores. Daniella Laset ’10 is returning to her alma mater after spending the last year teaching in the Santa Cruz area. She joins the Science Department and will be teaching chemistry. Tim Lewis ’06 joins La Salle as our new French teacher. He has experience teaching both at local schools, such as Maranatha, and overseas, including in Russia. Zare Manoukian joined La Salle last year as a long term sub in the Math Department. We are happy to now welcome him as a regular full-time faculty member teaching geometry for the 2017-2018 school year. Silvia Mendez y Margalef is our new Spanish 1 instructor. A native Spanish speaker, she has more than 14 years experience teaching Spanish and French throughout the United States and Mexico. Elizabeth Parga joins our Science Department where she is teaching biology and human anatomy. Ms. Parga most recently taught at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy. Rebekah Schaller ’97 is another alumna we are happy to be welcoming back into the Lancer Principal Ideas Continued on page 2
In the Words of Saint John Baptist de La Salle "You should manifest courage and intrepidity in teaching...your zeal and your faith being strengthened by the thought that you are Gods ministers and you act in His name.." Saint John Baptist de La Salle Patron Saint of Teachers, c1705 Meditations for Retreat 1:1
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