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Four people standing in front of palm tree and other tree. They are, L-R: Elmer Westerhouse, superindentent of schools; Ellison Leake, first graduate of Arcadia School; Mary Robelard, first teacher; and Walter G. Coombs, principal.

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Date: c.1949

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Date: c.1949

Subjects: Schools-History-1880's-1950; Schools-Employees-Westerhouse, Elmer; Schools-Employees-Robelard, Mary; Schools-Employees-Coombs, WalterG; Leake, Ellison O.

Physical Description: 3x5 b&w

ID: 709

Collection: Photographs

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Dr. Semeen Issa selected as First Avenue Middle School principal. She has been assistant principal and a teacher at First Avenue Middle School.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: June 16, 2016

Pages: p. 17

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: June 16, 2016

Pages: p. 17

Subjects: First Avenue Middle School; Issa, Semeen; Principals

Item ID: 34790AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

First Avenue Middle School welcomes new principal Semeen Issa. Dr. Issa had been assistant principal at the school for the past 6 years and this will be her 17th year at First Avenue Middle School.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 11, 2016

Pages: p. 10

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 11, 2016

Pages: p. 10

Subjects: First Avenue Middle School; Issa, Semeen; Principals

Item ID: 34835AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. (Denny) Coombs, Aug. 28.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Bulletin

Date: September 25, 1950

Pages: p. 4

Announcement Type: Birth

Newspaper: Arcadia Bulletin

Date: September 25, 1950

Pages: p. 4

Announcement Type: Birth

Subjects: Coombs, Deborrah Anne

Item ID: 10311AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Jack Sonnhalter, principal of First Avenue Junior High School, will take an early retirement at the end of the current school year.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 18, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 18, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - First Avenue Junior High School

Item ID: 3042AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

First Avenue School class picture of teacher and students. No identification.

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Date: circa 1940s

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Date: circa 1940s

Subjects: First Avenue School

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 1724

Collection: Photographs

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First Avenue School class picture of teacher and students. No identification.

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Date: circa 1940s

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Date: circa 1940s

Subjects: First Avenue School

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 1725

Collection: Photographs

Images

First Avenue School class picture of teacher and students. No identification.

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Date: circa 1940s

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Date: circa 1940s

Subjects: First Avenue School

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 1726

Collection: Photographs

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First Avenue School class picture of teacher and students. No identification.

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Date: circa 1940s

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Date: circa 1940s

Subjects: First Avenue School

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 1727

Collection: Photographs

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Group of 16 faculty members from First Avenue School pictured. Front row, L-R: Fannig Duvall, Elvira Orsburn, Faye Penny, Genevieve McMahon, Virna Ruth, Ethel Flory, unknown, Dorothy May Butts, and Thelma Johnson. Back row, L-R: unknown, Walter Coombs, Etta Russell White, Helen Rinde Diedrich, Agnes McInturff, unknown, Miriam Haddox Wibeck, unknown, unknown, unknown, Frank Boyer, unknown, Elmer E. Westerhouse, unknown, Constance Ellison Rose, unknown.

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Date: c.1938

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Date: c.1938

Subjects: First Avenue School; Duvall, Fannig; Orsburn, Elvira; Penney, Faye; McMahon, Genevieve; Ruth, Virna; Flory, Ethel; Butts, Dorothy May; Johnson, Thelma; Coombs, Walter; White, Etta Russell; Diedrich, Helen Rinde; Musgrave, Agnes McInturff; Wibeck,Miriam Haddox; Boyer, Frank; Westerhouse, Elmer E.; Rose, Constance Ellison

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 1156

Collection: Photographs

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Entrance to First Avenue Junior High School (later known as First Avenue Middle School).

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Date: 1979

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Date: 1979

Subjects: First Avenue Junior High School; First Avenue Middle School

Physical Description: 4x5 color

ID: 1234

Collection: Photographs

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Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Coombs.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 28, 1950

Pages: p. 5

Announcement Type: Birth

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 28, 1950

Pages: p. 5

Announcement Type: Birth

Subjects: Coombs, Stephen Thomas

Item ID: 10483AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

First Avenue Middle School, 301 South 1st Avenue, Arcadia, CA. Photograph by Terry Miller.

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Date: 2001

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Date: 2001

Subjects: Middle schools; First Avenue Middle School

Physical Description: 4x6 b&w

ID: 2240

Collection: Photographs

Images

Items regarding First Avenue Junior High School

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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)

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)

Subjects: Schools - First Avenue Junior High School

Item ID: 4224AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

First Avenue Jr. High School, taken from in front of the school. Address is 301 S. First Ave.

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Date: July 8, 1987

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Date: July 8, 1987

Subjects: First Avenue Junior High School

Physical Description: 4x6 color

ID: 1188

Collection: Photographs

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First Avenue class picture with no identification of the students. There is a row of boys sitting Indian-style in the front row, then two rows of girls and a fourth row of boys at the top.

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Date: c.1938

1 image

Date: c.1938

Subjects: First Avenue School

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 1427

Collection: Photographs

Images

First Avenue Junior High has been nominated as a 1990 California Distinguished School by the State Department of Education. First Avenue will be one of six schools in Los Angeles County to be so nominated.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 13, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 13, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - First Avenue Junior High School

Item ID: 3044AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

First Avenue Middle School celebrates its 110th anniversary this Saturday, December 9.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: December 7, 2017

Pages: p. 12

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: December 7, 2017

Pages: p. 12

Subjects: Anniversaries; First Avenue Middle School

Item ID: 35215AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia City Council voted to authorize closure of California St. between Santa Anita and First Avenue so that the Arcadia School District can install temporary classrooms while First Avenue School is being rebuilt.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 9, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 9, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - First Avenue Junior High School

Item ID: 2608AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Midwinter graduation class at First Avenue School on January 27, 1944. Includes teacher and students. Published on p. 112 of VISIONS OF ARCADIA, A CENTENNIAL ANTHOLOGY.

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Date: January 27, 1944

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Date: January 27, 1944

Subjects: First Avenue School

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 1723

Collection: Photographs

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Four people standing in front of palm tree and other tree. They are, L-R: Elmer Westerhouse, superindentent of schools; Ellison Leake, first graduate of Arcadia School; Mary Robelard, first teacher; and Walter G. Coombs, principal.

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Dr. Semeen Issa selected as First Avenue Middle School principal. She has been assistant principal and a teacher at First Avenue Middle School.

First Avenue Middle School welcomes new principal Semeen Issa. Dr. Issa had been assistant principal at the school for the past 6 years and this will be her 17th year at First Avenue Middle School.

Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. (Denny) Coombs, Aug. 28.

Jack Sonnhalter, principal of First Avenue Junior High School, will take an early retirement at the end of the current school year.

First Avenue School class picture of teacher and students. No identification.

Images

First Avenue School class picture of teacher and students. No identification.

Images

First Avenue School class picture of teacher and students. No identification.

Images

First Avenue School class picture of teacher and students. No identification.

Images

Images

Entrance to First Avenue Junior High School (later known as First Avenue Middle School).

Images

Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Coombs.

First Avenue Middle School, 301 South 1st Avenue, Arcadia, CA. Photograph by Terry Miller.

Images

Items regarding First Avenue Junior High School

First Avenue Jr. High School, taken from in front of the school. Address is 301 S. First Ave.

Images

First Avenue class picture with no identification of the students. There is a row of boys sitting Indian-style in the front row, then two rows of girls and a fourth row of boys at the top.

Images

First Avenue Junior High has been nominated as a 1990 California Distinguished School by the State Department of Education. First Avenue will be one of six schools in Los Angeles County to be so nominated.

First Avenue Middle School celebrates its 110th anniversary this Saturday, December 9.

The Arcadia City Council voted to authorize closure of California St. between Santa Anita and First Avenue so that the Arcadia School District can install temporary classrooms while First Avenue School is being rebuilt.

Midwinter graduation class at First Avenue School on January 27, 1944. Includes teacher and students. Published on p. 112 of VISIONS OF ARCADIA, A CENTENNIAL ANTHOLOGY.

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