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First Avenue PTA honored three volunteers for their commitment and support of children at First Avenue Middle School and their community. The three were Elizabeth Renfrew, Pat Medina, and Teri Deimel.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 15, 2003
Pages
p. 25
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 15, 2003
Pages
p. 25
Subjects
Awards
Deimel, Teri
Medina, Pat
Renfrew, Elizabeth
Volunteers
Item ID
31659AN
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Newspaper Index
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In the transition to the new federal No Child Left Behind Program, the Arcadia Board of Education is losing money and is being forced to cut the number of English language instructional aides in elementary school.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 20, 2002
Pages
p. 9
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 20, 2002
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
English Language Development (ELD)
Federal programs
No Child Left Behind Program
Item ID
30584AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia Board of Education voted to eliminate nearly nine teaching positions from next year's budget. The jobs cut are in 9th grade math and English, and in English language support in elementary schools.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 13, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 13, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Board of Education
Budget
Schools
Item ID
31349AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Janet Stephens, a special education instructional aide, has been honored by the Board of Education for her outstanding work with children who have learning disabilities.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2952
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 11, 1982
Pages
p. A-4 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 11, 1982
Pages
p. A-4 photo
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Stephens, Janet
Item ID
2879AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia resident and college student Eric Bonholtzer won two awards in the College Language Association Creative Writing and Margaret Walker Memorial Prizes. He is a 25-year-old USC student working on his master's degree in English.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 7, 2006
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 7, 2006
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Awards - honors - recognitions
Bonholtzer, Eric
Poetry
Short stories
Writers
Item ID
30202AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Among West Valley districts, the Arcadia Unified School District had the highest percentage of English-proficient students. 64% of the district's English learners scored at the "proficient" level on the English Language Development Test. That compares to 36 percent of English learners statewide who scored proficient on the test.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 24, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 24, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
English as a Second Language (ESL)
English Language Development Test
Item ID
31178AN
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Newspaper Index
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Fewer than half of the high school students statewide scheduled to graduate in 2004 have passed both the English language arts and mathematics portions of the California High School Exit Exam. Arcadia High School sophomores who took the test last year had the strongest showing in the local area with 89% of the 738 students tested passing math and 88% passing English.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 1, 2002
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 1, 2002
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
California High School Exit Exam
Item ID
24787AN
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Newspaper Index
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Alvina Reichmuth of Arcadia was honored for her volunteer work as a foster grandparent at the MacLaren Children's Center for 16 years.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 11, 1989
Pages
p. A-5 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 11, 1989
Pages
p. A-5 photo
Subjects
Reichmuth, Alvina
Item ID
2333AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Board of Supervisors has approved a request from the County Department of Public Works to take over jurisdiction on the project to seismically retrofit transit bridges on Colorado Boulevard and Huntington Drive/Second Avenue. The board declared the portion of Colorado Boulevard under the bridge, as well as portions of Huntington Drive and Second Avenue under the transit bridge, to be part of the county system of roads and highways.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 7, 2002
Pages
p. 15
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 7, 2002
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Bridges
Seismic retrofitting
Item ID
30863AN
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Newspaper Index
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Advocates of an ordinance advocating English as the official language for Arcadia squared off in heated debate with opponents before the Arcadia City Council.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2080
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 23, 1986
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 23, 1986
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Ordinances, Municipal
Item ID
2066AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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English police rescue children of Sondra Elkins from cult.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 20, 1983
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 20, 1983
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Elkins, Sondra
Item ID
1514AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia City Council will review a study of a possible ordinance pertaining to commercial signs in foreign languages at its July 2 meeting. It has been suggested that foreign language signs be translated into English.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 20 1985
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 20 1985
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Ordinances, Municipal
Item ID
2062AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Dorothy Sherrell has been waitressing at the same Arcadia restaurant for 25 years. The restaurant has had four different owners during that time. At a surprise party in her honor, friends and customers gave her a paid vacation, her first in 20 years.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 26, 1988
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 26, 1988
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Sherrell, Dorothy
Item ID
3209AN
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Newspaper Index
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John Fung, coordinator for the English-learning program at the Arcadia Public Library, works with people of all ages helping them to learn English.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27687
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 3, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 3, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library-2000-2009
English as a Second Language (ESL)
Fung, John
Item ID
27884AN
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Newspaper Index
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First Avenue zone change delayed. Owners of property at 1020-1026 First Avenue have three more months to work out a compromise for use of the property, with six condominiums in development, in an area zoned as single family residential. Arcadia staffers have found a number of areas where the city general plan and zoning map do not agree in designation.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly,
Date
August 2, 2001
Pages
"p. 1, 8"
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly,
Date
August 2, 2001
Pages
"p. 1, 8"
Subjects
Zoning
Item ID
33502AN
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Newspaper Index
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A tour bus with 53 Arcadia school children from First Avenue Middle School was involved in a five-vehicle wreck on the San Bernardino (10) Freeway. They were coming back to school from a science camp.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 21, 2006
Pages
p. News 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 21, 2006
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Accidents
First Avenue Middle School
School buses
Item ID
30440AN
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Newspaper Index
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Area school districts did better than average on the 2004 California English Language Development Test of English learning students. Sixty-six percent of students tested in Arcadia Unified School District scored in the advanced categories.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 9, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 9, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
English language tests
Arcadia Unified School District
Proficiency, skills and fluency
San Gabriel Valley schools
California English Language Development Test
Item ID
29582AN
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Newspaper Index
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Using the theme "100 Years of Good Health, Happiness and Prosperity," an Arcadia Rose Parade float commemorates the city's centennial. Riding on the float will be a doctor, a nurse, a graduate of Arcadia Methodist Hospital's neonatal program, US Army Captain Jon Shafer, a horseracing figure, and two local children. The two children will be chosen by random drawing.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2002
Pages
p. 15
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2002
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Arcadia centennial
Parade floats
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade - 2003
Item ID
30813AN
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Newspaper Index
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The City Council voted against a proposed 6-unit development of condominiums on First Avenue. This caused some conflict as applicant Hank Jong had received approval for the project until a second check showed the zoning he was relying on conflicted with the general plan.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 3, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 3, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
City Council Meetings
Agenda
Condominiums
Zoning and zones
Jong, Hank
Item ID
29610AN
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Newspaper Index
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Three women and two children picketed outside the Golden Eyes Gentlemen's Club.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 26, 2000
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 26, 2000
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Golden Eyes Gentlemen's Club
Item ID
18469AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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