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Arcadia Unified School District school board refuses to reinstate James O'Brien as the cross country coach. The school board expressed appreciation for all the individuals who shared their perspectives on the Arcadia High School cross country program at the Board of Education meetings. Mr. O'Brien continues to be employed as a teacher at Arcadia High School. Coaching assignments are made on a year-to-year basis.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33580
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 8, 2013
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 8, 2013
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports--cross country
Arcadia Unified School District Board of Education
O'Brien, James
Item ID
33775AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District releases records of two teacher misconduct investigations that resulted in dismissals. The first was 48-year-old Robert Harbicht, a substitute teacher who was found drunk at work. The second was Phillip Sutliff, dismissed from the district in 2007 and sentenced to 12 years in state prison for sexual misconduct (rape) with a girl at Arcadia High School.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32885
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 21, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 21, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Harbicht, Robert
Sutliff, Phillip
Teachers--misconduct
Item ID
33082AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Bradley Smith is Arcadia Unified School District's 2015-2016 Teacher of the Year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34325
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 17, 2015
Pages
p. 30
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 17, 2015
Pages
p. 30
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Awards
Smith, Bradley
Teachers
Item ID
34518AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District superintendent David Vannasdall will be paid $205,000 annually, agreed to for a 3-year contract. Vannasdall, 45, was named the district's new chief after Joel Shawn retired. Vannasdall had been deputy superintendent and previously principal of Arcadia High School from 2005 through 2012. His car allowance is $850/month, $150/month for expenses, and a $1,000 annual salary increase if he completes his doctorate degree.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33892
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 10, 2014
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 10, 2014
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District employees--superintendents
Vannasdall, David
Item ID
34086AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District (AUSD) releases personalized learning thought exchange results. Personalized Learning is an innovative new campaign led by Arcadia Unified School District (AUSD) Superintendent David Vannasdall. In May 2017 AUSD utilized a thought-sharing platform called Thought Exchange to facilitate community and student feedback. The report covers five major principles that personalized learning should constitute: 1) Differentiated Learning 2) Class Size and Assistance 3) Individual Learning 4) Students' Current Skill Assessment 5) Parent-Teacher Communication.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35038
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 4, 2018
Pages
p. 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 4, 2018
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District (AUSD)
Education
Personalized learning
Vannasdall, David
Item ID
35229AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Only 22 school districts in California honored by College Board for 7th Annual AP District Honor Roll and Arcadia High School is one of them. This means that since 2014, the qualifying school had to increase the number of students participating in AP courses while also increasing or maintaining the percentage of students earning AP exam scores of 3 or higher.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34783
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 19, 2017
Pages
p. 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 19, 2017
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Arcadia High School academics
Advanced Placement courses
Item ID
34974AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Teacher of the Year for 2011-2012 is Tal Jones. He has taught in Arcadia schools for 27 years. He currently teaches Biology, Biophysical Science, Anatomy and Physiology, Leadership and Specifically Designed Academic Instruction Science at Arcadia High School.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32540
Newspaper
San Gabriel Valley Edition of the San Marino Tribune
Date
September 15, 2011
Pages
p. S1, S6
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Newspaper
San Gabriel Valley Edition of the San Marino Tribune
Date
September 15, 2011
Pages
p. S1, S6
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Educators
Jones, Tal--biography
Teachers
Item ID
32740AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District's First Avenue Middle School music teacher Michael Danielson is one of only 16 teachers to be recognized as a 2019-2020 Teacher of the Year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35571
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2019
Pages
p. 2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2019
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Danielson, Michael
First Avenue Middle School
Teachers
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Teacher of the Year for 2011-2012 is Tal Jones. He has taught in Arcadia schools for 27 years. He currently teaches Biology, Biophysical Science, Anatomy and Physiology, Leadership and Specifically Designed Academic Instruction Science at Arcadia High School (photo).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32539
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 15, 2011
Pages
p. 5
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 15, 2011
Pages
p. 5
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Educators
Jones, Tal--biography
Teachers
Item ID
32738AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District celebrates its 2018-2019 Teacher of the Year, Janice Dickson. She is a 4th grade teacher at Longley Way Elementary School.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35289
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 27, 2018
Pages
p. 13
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 27, 2018
Pages
p. 13
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Dickson, Janice
Longley Way Elementary School
Teachers
Item ID
35478AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District Superintendent Dr. David Vannasdall gives a district update each month in this column. The district celebrated Arcadia Unified Teacher of the Year Jan Dickson.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35510
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 2, 2019
Pages
p. 2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 2, 2019
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Dickson, Jan
Educators
Teachers
Vannasdall, David
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia 16-year-old Roger A. Lewis, who was struck by a car while bicycling, has died. The accident occurred over the weekend at Santa Anita Avenue and Duarte Road. The driver who struck Lewis was driving a 2008 Chrysler Sebring. Lewis was a former student at Arcadia High School.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33257
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 25, 2012
Pages
p. A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 25, 2012
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Deaths
Lewis, Roger A.
Traffic Accidents
Item ID
33454AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Local horn players join "The Four Tops" on stage at Arcadia Performing Arts Center on February 21. The local musicians are Fabio Spinella, a graduate of Arcadia High School, Matthew Murdock, who was a teacher for Arcadia High School Band Program, and Mike Danielson, Music Director at First Avenue Middle School for over 20 years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34095
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 19, 2015
Pages
p. 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 19, 2015
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Arcadia Performing Arts Center
Danielson, Mike
Four Tops, The (pop group)
Murdock, Matthew
Spinella, Fabio
Item ID
34289AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Dr. Brent Forsee, Principal of Arcadia High School for seven years now, is being recommended as next Arcadia Unified School District Assistant Superintendent. If approved, Dr. Forsee would succeed Dr. Jeff Wilson, who is being recommended as next Superintendent of San Marino Unified School District.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35449
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
May 4, 2019
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
May 4, 2019
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District employees
Forsee, Brent
Wilson, Jeff
Item ID
35641AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District announces Ashley Novak as 2017-2018 Teacher of the Year. She teaches English and is a Speech and Debate Coach.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34887
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 25, 2017
Pages
p. 14
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 25, 2017
Pages
p. 14
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Novak, Ashley
Teachers
Item ID
35077AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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District starts moving into new buildings: Dana school nears completion.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36385
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 2, 1954
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 2, 1954
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Schools-Dana Junior High School
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Brandon Landreth, a former John Muir High School (Pasadena) history teacher, was sentenced to 35 years to life, in state prison for killing Arcadia man Justo Cesar Morales, nearly 3 years ago. Authorities believed Landreth shot Morales because Morales was dating Landreth's ex-wife.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32338
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 23, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 23, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Landreth, Brandon
Morales, Justo Cesar
Murder
Item ID
32536AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Local Arcadia ice skater Mirai Nagasu, a 16-year-old who is home-schooled, is part of the United States ice skating team going to Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics. She has no aspirations for a medal, but is fulfilling a dream by just going to compete. Two years ago, when Nagasu was a freshman at Arcadia High School, she won the 2008 U.S. title in St. Paul, MN.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31894
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 9, 2010
Pages
p. B1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 9, 2010
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Athletes
Figure skating
Ice skaters
Ice skating
Nagasu, Mirai
Sports
Winter Olympic Games - 2010 - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Item ID
32091AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School wins National Quiz Bowl Championship in Chicago. Coach is Christopher Schultz, an Arcadia High School English teacher. See also Mountain Views News, p. 10, June 6, 2015.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34188
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 4, 2015
Pages
p. 17
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 4, 2015
Pages
p. 17
Subjects
Arcadia High School students--academic competitions
Leung, Andrew
Nghiem, Justin
Wang, Kevin
Zhao, Yuqiao
Item ID
34382AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District named to the 2018-2019 Educational Results Partnership Honor Roll for its high achievement in student success for the second consecutive year. Arcadia Unified School District is one of only 26 public school districts to receive this recognition.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35541
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
July 13, 2019
Pages
p. 9
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
July 13, 2019
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Awards, honors, recognitions
Collection
Newspaper Index
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