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23 "heroes and heroines" in the Arcadia Unified School District were honored by the Board of Education in the first "Profiles in Excellence" awards. The awards were presented to "individuals who maintain a standard of excellence in their work and who represent those values and qualities which make Arcadia a special place for students." Names and positions of winners are given.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 29, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 29, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: School Board

Item ID: 2480AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

23 Arcadia High School students capped third-place honors in the California State Finals of the National Bicentennial Competition. The students, in Ron Morris' advanced placement government class, last month won first place in the 22nd Congressional District contest, which included five local schools. Photo.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 31, 1990

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 31, 1990

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: Schools - Arcadia High School; Morris, Ron

Item ID: 2999AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The school district will re-structure its alternative education program at the Huntington High School beginning next school year.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 31, 1992

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 31, 1992

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools-Huntington High School

Item ID: 74AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 18, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 18, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Koh, Jason

Item ID: 1893AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Exactly a year after the Sierra Madre earthquake, the Arcadia Post Office remains shored up by wooden beams. Renovation of the structure may begin soon.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 28, 1992

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 28, 1992

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Earthquakes

Item ID: 92AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Mark Linnecke earned the first volunteer-of-the-month award as one of the first to volunteer for the 1991 U.S. Olympic Festival, the largest multisport event in the United States next to the Olympics.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 21, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 21, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Linnecke, Mark

Item ID: 1957AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Bernadine Spencer, a teacher at First Avenue Jr. High, was honored as the District's Teacher of the Year by the Board of Education last week.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 19, 1991

Pages: p. A-1 photos

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 19, 1991

Pages: p. A-1 photos

Subjects: Schools - Employees - Spencer, Bernadine

Item ID: 2878AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

John Winn, 1978 graduate of Arcadia High School visited his hometown last week after returning from seven months in the Persian Gulf.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 4, 1991

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 4, 1991

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Persian Gulf War; Winn John

Item ID: 2163AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia High School junior Brian Whitten won a first-place award in the prestigious Music Teachers Association of California competition.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 28, 1991

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 28, 1991

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Whitten, Brian

Item ID: 3498AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The City Council approved funding for a new guardrail along Santa Anita Canyon Road, where a motorist drove over a mountainside last year. Federal funds will cover 90% of the new guardrail costs, and the new guardrail could be in place as early as spring.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 23, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 23, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Streets - Chantry Flat Road

Item ID: 3283AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia High School chemistry teacher George Stapleton's Advanced Placement chemistry class won first place in the Southern California Chemical Society Competition.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 2, 1991

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 2, 1991

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Schools - Arcadia High School; Stapleton, George

Item ID: 3003AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The City Council reviewed the general plan which was revised in December 1990, the first revision since the 1970's. This was the first time the City reviewed its progress in meeting the new plan's goals.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 20. 1992

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 20. 1992

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: City Planning

Item ID: 31AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

As of last week 8,188 students were enrolled in the Arcadia Unified School District. This figure is a 68 student increase over the 8,120 students enrolled in the district at the end of last year. Class sizes are hovering around 29.8.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 19, 1991

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 19, 1991

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Enrollment

Item ID: 2911AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia police arrested two Arcadia High School students 16, and 15, in connection with a December 11 racial incident in which a cross was burned and anti-Asian epithets were scrawled on the front yard of a home in the 200 block of Arbolada Drive. The two boys were booked for damaging property based on ethnic origin and were released to the custody of their parents.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 10, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 10, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1395AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia High School has placed first in the statewide Bicentennial Competition, a test of student's knowledge of the U.S. Constitution.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 20, 1991

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 20, 1991

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Arcadia High School

Item ID: 3002AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Francis Ching, 60, a native Hawaiian, is retiring after 20 years as supervisor of the Los Angeles County Dept. of Arboreta and Botanic Gardens, which includes the LA County Arboretum in Arcadia.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 1, 1990

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 1, 1990

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Arboretum

Item ID: 466AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Redevelopment Agency voted unanimously to begin condemnation proceedings of a property at 156 Santa Clara Street. The agency wants to claim the land for retail stores and office buildings. Eminent domain proceedings were begun since the city and the owners of the property have not been able to agree on the value of the property.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 7, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 7, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Community Redevelopment

Item ID: 1342AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Post 247 American Legion members will be leaving their home of 69 years to move to a new meeting place sometime in the next few months. Faced with dwindling funds to finance much-needed repairs for their 2-story hall, the group has sold their property to a development firm that wants to build 40 homes in the area.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 10, 1990

Pages: p. A-1 photos p

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 10, 1990

Pages: p. A-1 photos p

Subjects: Organizations - American Legion Glenn Dyer Post #247

Item ID: 2081AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Unified School District Board of Education backed the idea of a resolution calling for an immediate halt to aerial spraying of malathion. The board's actions came less than a week after the Arcadia City Council unanimously passed a resolution asking for a halt to the spraying.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 28, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 28, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Pesticides

Item ID: 2170AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

First of 2 articles about the increasing Asian student population in the Arcadia Unified School District, where over the past 10 years the Asian student population has grown from 9 to 39%. This article focuses on meeting the challenge of getting Asian parents involved.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 16, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 16, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Asian Students

Item ID: 2631AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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The school district will re-structure its alternative education program at the Huntington High School beginning next school year.

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.

Exactly a year after the Sierra Madre earthquake, the Arcadia Post Office remains shored up by wooden beams. Renovation of the structure may begin soon.

Mark Linnecke earned the first volunteer-of-the-month award as one of the first to volunteer for the 1991 U.S. Olympic Festival, the largest multisport event in the United States next to the Olympics.

Bernadine Spencer, a teacher at First Avenue Jr. High, was honored as the District's Teacher of the Year by the Board of Education last week.

John Winn, 1978 graduate of Arcadia High School visited his hometown last week after returning from seven months in the Persian Gulf.

Arcadia High School junior Brian Whitten won a first-place award in the prestigious Music Teachers Association of California competition.

The City Council approved funding for a new guardrail along Santa Anita Canyon Road, where a motorist drove over a mountainside last year. Federal funds will cover 90% of the new guardrail costs, and the new guardrail could be in place as early as spring.

Arcadia High School chemistry teacher George Stapleton's Advanced Placement chemistry class won first place in the Southern California Chemical Society Competition.

The City Council reviewed the general plan which was revised in December 1990, the first revision since the 1970's. This was the first time the City reviewed its progress in meeting the new plan's goals.

As of last week 8,188 students were enrolled in the Arcadia Unified School District. This figure is a 68 student increase over the 8,120 students enrolled in the district at the end of last year. Class sizes are hovering around 29.8.

Arcadia High School has placed first in the statewide Bicentennial Competition, a test of student's knowledge of the U.S. Constitution.

Francis Ching, 60, a native Hawaiian, is retiring after 20 years as supervisor of the Los Angeles County Dept. of Arboreta and Botanic Gardens, which includes the LA County Arboretum in Arcadia.

The Arcadia Unified School District Board of Education backed the idea of a resolution calling for an immediate halt to aerial spraying of malathion. The board's actions came less than a week after the Arcadia City Council unanimously passed a resolution asking for a halt to the spraying.

First of 2 articles about the increasing Asian student population in the Arcadia Unified School District, where over the past 10 years the Asian student population has grown from 9 to 39%. This article focuses on meeting the challenge of getting Asian parents involved.