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First Avenue Middle School celebrated the 26th birthday and life of teacher Jennifer Castillo with a ceremony and the release of over 900 balloons. She taught 6th grade Algebra and introductory Spanish. She died February 8 of heart failure.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: February 27, 2003

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: February 27, 2003

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Castillo, Jennifer; Deaths; First Avenue Middle School - teachers

Item ID: 31301AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Weekly columnists: Louise Taylor, superintendent of Monrovia Schools, p. 4.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: November 6, 2003

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: November 6, 2003

Subjects: Taylor, Louise

Item ID: 31986AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Holly Avenue Elementary is the first school in Arcadia to test a year-round program for students. The year-round school began in 1995. Parents are questioning if other schools should follow.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: September 7, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: September 7, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Schools - Holly Avenue Elementary

Item ID: 27893AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Race horse Apollicee, a 4-year-old California-bred son of Apollo, is enjoying his 15 minutes of fame and occupying the same stall that famous race horse Seabiscuit did back in the 1930s.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: September 11, 2003

Pages: p. 16

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: September 11, 2003

Pages: p. 16

Subjects: Horses and horse racing

Item ID: 32916AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia City Councilman Gary Kovacic will take over as mayor at the next City Council Meeting. He will serve through October 21 and then the position will rotate to John Wuo (October 21-January 4), Mickey Segal (January 4-April 20). Gail Marshall was mayor through April 15 of this year. All council members are rotating to the position of mayor during the city's centennial.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 10, 2003

Pages: p. 13

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 10, 2003

Pages: p. 13

Subjects: Arcadia centennial; City council members; Mayors

Item ID: 31820AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Unified School District has enrolled 9,637 students this year. Enrollment numbers broken down by level: Arcadia High School: 3417 Middle Schools: 2436 Elementary Schools: 3739 New Teachers: 38 Permits from other districts: 355 The article includes other numbers as well.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: September 26, 2002

Pages: p. 14

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: September 26, 2002

Pages: p. 14

Subjects: Arcadia Schools; Enrollment; Statistics

Item ID: 30771AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

48th Annual Arcadia Festival of Bands will be held Saturday, November 17. The event, which showcases the finest high school instrumental music talent in Southern California, has been a proud tradition in Arcadia since 1953. Dennis Davies, who recently retired after serving 39 years as a music director in Arcadia Unified School District, has been named Grand Marshal.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: November 15, 2001

Pages: p. 1, 25

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: November 15, 2001

Pages: p. 1, 25

Subjects: Arcadia Festival of Bands; Davies, Dennis

Item ID: 33597AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Joyce Platt, an honored and revered educator for 39 years in the Arcadia Unified School District, and a resident of Arcadia, will be retiring in June.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: June 5, 2003

Pages: p. 4

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: June 5, 2003

Pages: p. 4

Subjects: Arcadia Unified School District; Educators; Platt, Joyce; Teachers

Item ID: 31713AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Eighty local Falun Gong practitioners go on a 268-hour vigil representing the 268 practitioners who have died from persecution in China. Three Arcadia women began a 7-day hunger strike in front of the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 30, 2001

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 30, 2001

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Falun Gong; Strikes; Protests; Chinese Consulate; Zhang, Xiuhua; Zhang, Renee; Ying, Shue Quing

Item ID: 30238AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The city has taken a second pumper truck out of service following a July 4 incident in which a water pump failed to engage on a fire truck. The two engines that malfunctioned were bought from Kovatch Mobile Equipment Fire Apparatus. David Contreras died in the July 4 incident. See related story, Arcadia Weekly, July 11, 2002, p. 8.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 18, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 18, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Contreras, David; Fire engines; Traffic Accidents

Item ID: 30670AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Weekly columnists: Mimi Hennessy, superintendent of Arcadia Schools, p. 4; Albert Ramirez, p. 12; Brian Lottman, "Seniors Page," p. 18; Ethel Mitty, "Seniors Page," p. 19; Mathy Mezey, "Seniors Page" p. 19.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 30, 2003

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 30, 2003

Subjects: Hennessy, Mimi; Lottman, Brian; Mezey, Mathy; Mitty, Ethel; Ramirez, Albert

Item ID: 31985AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Board of Education will lease 200 square feet of property at Dana Middle School to AT&T to install a cellular phone tower. The lease will be for 5 years with a minimum bid of $18,000 per year.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: December 12, 2002

Pages: p. 20

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: December 12, 2002

Pages: p. 20

Subjects: Cellular phone towers; Dana Middle School

Item ID: 30942AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

All but one regular Arcadia school ranks in the top percentile of schools across California in the API ratings. A comparison to Monrovia and Pasadena schools is included.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: February 27, 2003

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: February 27, 2003

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Academic Performance Index (API); Arcadia Schools; Test Scores

Item ID: 31302AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Sixty-four year old Fuzhi Ji and his two-year-old grandson died after a hit and run accident at Santa Anita Avenue and Bonita Street left them with fatal injuries.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: June 20, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: June 20, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Accidents; Deaths; Ji, Fuzhi

Item ID: 30576AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia City Council candidates Roger Chandler, Bob Harbicht, Gary Kovacic, Gail Marshall, and John Wuo answer the question, "What one or more issues are you interested in tackling during the next 4 years on the council?"

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: February 21, 2002

Pages: p. 1, 8

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: February 21, 2002

Pages: p. 1, 8

Subjects: Arcadia City Council elections--2002; Chandler, Roger; Harbicht, Robert; Kovacic, Gary; Marshall, Gail; Wuo, John

Item ID: 33638AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Superintendent of Schools Mimi Hennessy discusses the impact of state budget cuts proposed by Governor Gray Davis on Arcadia schools.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 3, 2003

Pages: p. 23

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 3, 2003

Pages: p. 23

Subjects: Arcadia Schools; California state budget; Hennessy, Mimi

Item ID: 31262AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A Thailand student heaps praise on the English class taught by Mr. John Fung and other volunteers at the Arcadia Public Library.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 3, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 3, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arcadia Public Library-2000-2009; English as a Second Language (ESL); Fung, John; Volunteers

Item ID: 27885AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Rosemary Harry is a volunteer who has made nearly 3000 crocheted hats in the past five years for infants at the maternity unit at Arcadia Methodist Hospital. She has arthritis but loves knitting and crocheting.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 21, 2003

Pages: p. 1, 19

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 21, 2003

Pages: p. 1, 19

Subjects: Arcadia Methodist Hospital volunteers; Crocheting; Harry, Rosemary - biography; Knitting

Item ID: 32040AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia's High School boys varsity baseball team defeats Hoover 7-4 but loses first league game.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: April 4, 2002

Pages: p. 15

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: April 4, 2002

Pages: p. 15

Subjects: Arcadia High School sports--boys varsity baseball; Bruyninckx, Nolan

Item ID: 33414AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

In Arcadia, 8 schools increased their Academic Performance Index (API) scores and two declined. Dana Middle School and First Avenue Middle School were the schools that showed declines in API scores.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 24, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 24, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Academic Performance Index (API); Schools; Test Scores

Item ID: 30840AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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First Avenue Middle School celebrated the 26th birthday and life of teacher Jennifer Castillo with a ceremony and the release of over 900 balloons. She taught 6th grade Algebra and introductory Spanish. She died February 8 of heart failure.

Arcadia Weekly columnists: Louise Taylor, superintendent of Monrovia Schools, p. 4.

Holly Avenue Elementary is the first school in Arcadia to test a year-round program for students. The year-round school began in 1995. Parents are questioning if other schools should follow.

Race horse Apollicee, a 4-year-old California-bred son of Apollo, is enjoying his 15 minutes of fame and occupying the same stall that famous race horse Seabiscuit did back in the 1930s.

The Arcadia Unified School District has enrolled 9,637 students this year. Enrollment numbers broken down by level: Arcadia High School: 3417 Middle Schools: 2436 Elementary Schools: 3739 New Teachers: 38 Permits from other districts: 355 The article includes other numbers as well.

Joyce Platt, an honored and revered educator for 39 years in the Arcadia Unified School District, and a resident of Arcadia, will be retiring in June.

Eighty local Falun Gong practitioners go on a 268-hour vigil representing the 268 practitioners who have died from persecution in China. Three Arcadia women began a 7-day hunger strike in front of the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles.

Arcadia Weekly columnists: Mimi Hennessy, superintendent of Arcadia Schools, p. 4; Albert Ramirez, p. 12; Brian Lottman, "Seniors Page," p. 18; Ethel Mitty, "Seniors Page," p. 19; Mathy Mezey, "Seniors Page" p. 19.

The Arcadia Board of Education will lease 200 square feet of property at Dana Middle School to AT&T to install a cellular phone tower. The lease will be for 5 years with a minimum bid of $18,000 per year.

All but one regular Arcadia school ranks in the top percentile of schools across California in the API ratings. A comparison to Monrovia and Pasadena schools is included.

Sixty-four year old Fuzhi Ji and his two-year-old grandson died after a hit and run accident at Santa Anita Avenue and Bonita Street left them with fatal injuries.

Arcadia City Council candidates Roger Chandler, Bob Harbicht, Gary Kovacic, Gail Marshall, and John Wuo answer the question, "What one or more issues are you interested in tackling during the next 4 years on the council?"

Superintendent of Schools Mimi Hennessy discusses the impact of state budget cuts proposed by Governor Gray Davis on Arcadia schools.

A Thailand student heaps praise on the English class taught by Mr. John Fung and other volunteers at the Arcadia Public Library.

Rosemary Harry is a volunteer who has made nearly 3000 crocheted hats in the past five years for infants at the maternity unit at Arcadia Methodist Hospital. She has arthritis but loves knitting and crocheting.

Arcadia's High School boys varsity baseball team defeats Hoover 7-4 but loses first league game.

In Arcadia, 8 schools increased their Academic Performance Index (API) scores and two declined. Dana Middle School and First Avenue Middle School were the schools that showed declines in API scores.