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Jason Koh, 13, a student at First Avenue Junior High School, was named Los Angeles Theater Organ Society Organist of the Year for his performance at the Sexson Auditorium at Pasadena City College.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1894
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 18, 1990
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 18, 1990
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p. A-1
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Koh, Jason
Item ID
1893AN
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First Avenue Junior High was one of 3 area schools to receive the state Dept. of Education's Distinguished High School and Middle School Awards. Arcadia's Foothill Jr. High received the award in 1988. The other winners included San Marino High School and the L. A. County High School for the Arts at Cal State Los Angeles.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3128
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 22, 1990
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 22, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - First Avenue Junior High School
Item ID
3045AN
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Arcadia High School junior Brian Whitten won a first-place award in the prestigious Music Teachers Association of California competition.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3623
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 28, 1991
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 28, 1991
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p. A-1 photo
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Whitten, Brian
Item ID
3498AN
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Rebecca Switzer, a math instructor at Arcadia High School, was one of 10 Los Angeles County teachers selected as a finalist in the Jaime Escalante Mathematics Teacher Awards program.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2955
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 21, 1990
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 21, 1990
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Switzer, Rebecca
Item ID
2882AN
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Joseph I, 15, a 9th-grader at Foothills Junior High School has been named one of 15 semifinalists in the instrumental music category for the Music Center's Second Annual Spotlight Award. The Spotlight Award Ceremony and Dinner will be held March 5 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Mr. I has also been invited to attend master classes given by the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1867
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 17, 1990
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 17, 1990
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p. A-1 photo
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I, Joseph
Item ID
1866AN
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Arcadia High School student Asha Jayasinghe is known for her astonishing speed. She won the National Jesse Owens Championship in the 400 meters and was inducted into the Jesse Owens Hall of Fame as a junior athlete. She is profiled.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 26, 1992
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p. A-8 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 26, 1992
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p. A-8 photo
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Jayasinghe, Asha
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53AN
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Items regarding First Avenue Junior High School

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4348
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 13, 1933 p. 1 (buildings declared unsafe)
January 26, 1934 p. 1 (building vacated)
August 8, 1938 p. 1 (Federal funds)
June 21, 1951 p. 1 (first graduating class)
February 18, 1957 p. 1 (renovation)
May 8, 1958 p. 3 (band award)
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Arcadia Tribune
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October 13, 1933 p. 1 (buildings declared unsafe)
January 26, 1934 p. 1 (building vacated)
August 8, 1938 p. 1 (Federal funds)
June 21, 1951 p. 1 (first graduating class)
February 18, 1957 p. 1 (renovation)
May 8, 1958 p. 3 (band award)
Subjects
Schools - First Avenue Junior High School
Item ID
4224AN
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General items regarding junior high schools

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4347
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 30, 1936 p. 1 (land appropriated)
January 6, 1938 p. 1 (discussion of growth and future)
May 18, 1957 p. 1 (bond issue)
January 20, 1958 p. 1 (site)
May 26, 1958 p. 1 (purchase of Oberly site)
June 9, 1958 p. 1
June 12, 1958 p. 1
September 8, 1958 p. 1
September 22, 1958 p. 1
December 18, 1958 p. 1 (change)
December 22, 1958 p. 1 ( " )
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Arcadia Tribune
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November 30, 1936 p. 1 (land appropriated)
January 6, 1938 p. 1 (discussion of growth and future)
May 18, 1957 p. 1 (bond issue)
January 20, 1958 p. 1 (site)
May 26, 1958 p. 1 (purchase of Oberly site)
June 9, 1958 p. 1
June 12, 1958 p. 1
September 8, 1958 p. 1
September 22, 1958 p. 1
December 18, 1958 p. 1 (change)
December 22, 1958 p. 1 ( " )
Subjects
Schools - Junior High Schools
Item ID
4223AN
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28854
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 28, 1991
Pages
p. D1
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Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 28, 1991
Pages
p. D1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Retter, Lucile B.
Wilhite, John Fielding
Item ID
29045AN
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Volunteers constructed a replica of a Shoshone shelter, called a WICKIUP, at the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper463
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 30, 1991
Pages
p. A-3 photo related story
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 30, 1991
Pages
p. A-3 photo related story
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Arboretum
Item ID
463AN
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The Board of Education welcomed Beverly Rodriguez, assistant principal at Roosevelt Junior High School in Glendale, as the new principal for First Avenue School.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2939
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 10, 1990
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 10, 1990
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p. A-1
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Schools - Employees - Rodriguez, Beverly
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2866AN
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The Arcadia Unified School District Board of Education chose Karen M. Cline, assistant principal at Ramona Intermediate School in Bonita, to be the new principal for First Avenue Junior High School.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2897
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 13, 1990
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 13, 1990
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p. A-1
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Schools - Employees - Cline, Karen M.
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2824AN
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Leonard Rodriguez, executive vice principal at St. Francis School in La Canada-Flintridge, has been named Assistant Principal of First Avenue Junior High School.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2940
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 26, 1990
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 26, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Rodriguez, Leonard
Item ID
2867AN
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A series of winter storms has returned the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum's lower lake to its more picturesque self.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper12
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 9, 1992
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p. 1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 9, 1992
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p. 1 photo
Subjects
Arboretum
Item ID
12AN
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A request from a group of parents that the play "Secrets", dealing with AIDS and birth control, be cancelled at Foothills Junior High has been unanimously denied by the Arcadia Board of Education. Sponsored by Kaiser Permanente and performed throughout the state, the play was requested by parents at the junior high level after it was shown last year at Arcadia High School.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3174
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 30, 1991
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 30, 1991
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Race Relations
Item ID
3085AN
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Arcadia High School chemistry teacher George Stapleton's Advanced Placement chemistry class won first place in the Southern California Chemical Society Competition.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3081
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 2, 1991
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 2, 1991
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Stapleton, George
Item ID
3003AN
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Members of the Arcadia chapter of the Los Angeles Church of Christ gathered at Arcadia Park for a day of picnicking and cleaning up. This congregation is new to Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper5814
Newspaper
Arcadia News
Date
April 4, 1996
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia News
Date
April 4, 1996
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Churches - The Los Angeles Church of Christ
Item ID
5659AN
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19 year old Arcadia resident Julia I performed Mozart's Concerto in G for piano and orchestra with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1868
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 16, 1991
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 16, 1991
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
I, Julia
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1867AN
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Genevieve Perchlak, 63, a survivor of a Nazi labor camp, speaks to eighth graders at Foothills Junior High School every year when they are reading "The Diary of Anne Frank."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2183
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 17, 1991
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 17, 1991
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Perchlak, Genevieve
Item ID
2160AN
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Retired Arcadia physician Edward Hayes died in a scuba diving accident Saturday as the result of drowning according to officials from the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper79
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 14, 1992
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 14, 1992
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p. A-1
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Hayes, Edward
Item ID
79AN
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