Paradise Canyon Founders Day Recipients

Laura Campobasso

Laura is a wonderful PCY parent who has given much of her time to enrich the lives of our children. She has served on the PTA Executive Board for the past five years. Currently she is the historian. She previously was the vice president of membership and the financial secretary. Last year she chaired the most profitable Medieval Faire ever and was responsible for the development and launch of the enriching Music Docent program. One of her favorite positions was being the room rep for three of her son’s classes.

Laura has two children, Paul, in the sixth grade, and 4 year old Sofia. She loves writing, hiking, biking, tennis and her kids! Amazingly, she also owns her own company, Progressive Strategies, a management consulting firm that assists in organizational development, strategic planning and executive coaching and training for non-profits and for profit clients. She is the executive director of Whitecap Foundation, a non-profit that gives grants to support education and family development in the inner city. She serves on two environmental boards in La Cañada, is the chairperson for the Southern California Grantmakers Management Committee and has published articles on non-profit management and development.

Lisa Davidson

Lisa, a wonderful, energetic, person has been a very active and involved parent at Paradise Canyon. Lisa has served on the PTA Executive Board for the past six years. She is currently the executive vice president and prior to that was the president. In 2004-2005 she was a member of the Bond Oversight Committee at PCY and a board member of the LCHS Music Parents Association. At PCY she has been the PTA recording secretary and vice president of programs. Lisa launched the Chess program and was able to purchase a second set of text books for the fifth and sixth graders. She has chaired the Back to School Picnic, been an art docent and music docent and is a Jr. Great Books trained leader.

Lisa has two sons, Sam, a fourth grader, and Charlie, a ninth grader and has been a Cub Scout leader from 1998 to the present. In addition to all of her contributions to PCY she just finished getting her teaching credentials and is now a certified teacher, single subject in English. And, whenever she gets the chance she loves sailing!

Robin Levra

Through her years as a Paradise Canyon parent, Robin has been actively involved in both the school and the district level. She has been on the PCY PTA Executive Board for the past four years, is currently the parliamentarian and was the vice president of volunteers. She has worked on or chaired committees for the Back to School Picnic, the Book Fair, Harvest Festival, Staff Luncheon, Holiday Luncheon, New Family Orientation and various Medieval Faire committees. She has been on the Passive Fund Raising Committee and served on the Nominating Committee twice. She chaired the PCY Spirit Rally for Distinguished School Award presentation. She also has enjoyed being a room rep or assistant room rep for four years in her children’s classes.

For the district, Robin has served as a PTA Council delegate, was on the PTA Council Nominating Committee and served on the Educational Foundation Board of Directors. Robin has also been involved in the La Cañada Juniors’ Women’s organization, serving in the executive board for three years. She loves to read, run and spend time with her husband, Craig, and sixth grade twins, Samantha and Chase.

Ingrid James

A treasured member of the Paradise Canyon family, Ingrid is the resource specialist. For the past 10 years, Ingrid has done an outstanding job of teaching our special education children. She spends many hours outside of school time making sure that our students have the best educational program possible. She provides training, ideas and materials to the regular education teachers, helping them serve the needs of our students. Ingrid has made a profound, positive impact on the PCY community, providing support and encouragement to all students, parents and colleagues. She has a gift for recognizing and fostering each individual’s growth and development. She is very involved in the school and attends the PTA sponsored events.

Ingrid is also the mother or two boys. Her son Raffa is a high school student at St. Francis High School and her son Manny is a student at Palm Crest Elementary.

Javier Rocha

A truly dedicated, hardworking and conscientious member of the Paradise Canyon staff, Javier Rocha is our lead day custodian. He has worked for LCUSD for 15 years, at La Cañada High School and now at PCY. He takes great pride in his and job and goes above and beyond the call of duty. There is nothing he will not do and he looks for extra ways to keep PCY clean, safe and beautiful, even the Lost and Found room! He does extra work for the PTA when there is a special event, being flexible, patient and always with a smile. All members of the PCY family agree that the campus has never looked better that it does now with Javier taking care of it. Javier is well-loved by all students and teachers because he is such a cheerful, thoughtful member of the PCY staff. Paradise Canyon is truly blessed to have him!

When not taking care of the school, he is home with his wife Socorro. They have two daughters and recently became grandparents to a beautiful new granddaughter. TO BE HONORED -- Founders Day award recipients, from left, Javier Rocha, Lisa Davidson, Laura Campobasso and Robin Levra. Not pictured is Ingrid James.Laura CampobassoLisa DavidsonRobin LevraIngrid JamesJavier Rocha20060202itz9zfnc(LA)20060202itza0nnc(LA)20060202itza10nc(LA)20060202itz9yrnc(LA)20060202itza0dnc(LA)20060202itza0jnc(LA)