Students and teachers at La Salle High School in Pasadena were recently honored for various artistic skills and endeavors.

"Tap Roots: The Early History of Tap Dancing,," written by La Salle dance instructor Mark Knowles, received the American Library Association's Choice Award for Outstanding Academic Title. Published by McFarland and Co. (2002), "Tap Roots traces the development of tap dancing from ancient India to the Broadway stage; it is available at Vroman's in Pasadena, among other stores.

The school's Jazz Band and Jazz Combo programs, under the direction of Megan Foley, placed fourth and third, respectively, in the La Mirada Jazz festival held May 1. Sam Broderick, a La Salle junior bass guitarist who plays in the ensemble, was awarded the school's first Joseph Antonisamy Memorial Scholarship for Music. The scholarship was named on behalf of the school's longtime music and math teacher who passed away in 2003.