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Fourth graders in Dodie Gregg's class at Highland Oaks Elementary School created an 8 - page newspaper after interviewing friends and relatives in honor of the school's Generations Day.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 1, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 1, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Schools - Highland Oaks
Newspapers
Gregg, Dodie
Item ID
24978AN
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Newspaper Index
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A $218 million school bond measure will go to voters in November, 2006. The Arcadia Board of Education voted to approve it for the ballot. The money will go to improvements and new facilities at all Arcadia schools.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 9, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 9, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Bond measures
Schools - History - 2001-2010
Item ID
30356AN
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Newspaper Index
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Monrovia High School students write a book about the school district's history called "The Schools in Our Town", edited by Louise Orbrink.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29263
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 16, 2004
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 16, 2004
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Monrovia School District
The Schools in Our Town
Monrovia
History
Osbrink, Louise
Item ID
29448AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Billy McLellan writes movie reviews for the Arcadia Weekly. The page number varies by the issue.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 15, 2003
Pages
p. 18
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 15, 2003
Pages
p. 18
Subjects
Films
Journalists
McLellan, Bill
Movie reviews
Writers
Item ID
31653AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia High School Class of 2001 graduated 780 students at the Santa Anita Park race track. Valedictorian Vincent Auyeung gave a speech. This was the second year the graduation was held at the race track.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 21, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 21, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia High School
Graduations - Class of 2001
Item ID
30000AN
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Newspaper Index
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2004 Graduation ceremony will be held on June 11 at 4:30 pm at Santa Anita Park Park race track. An estimated 850 students will graduate. The article also lists graduation ceremony information for other local schools.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 16, 2004
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 16, 2004
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Arcadia High School
2004 graduation ceremonies
Item ID
28503AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School graduates some 800 students at the commencement held at Santa Anita Park.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 14, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 14, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Item ID
25840AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District Board of Education candidates discuss issues and answer questions posed by The Arcadia Weekly. Two articles are on this page.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 3, 2003
Pages
p. 18
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 3, 2003
Pages
p. 18
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District - Board of Education - Elections - 2003
Candidates
Gibson, Maryann
Haste, Daniel J.
McClain, John R.
Peritore, Fred
Romo, James C.
Sonnenberg, Roger
Item ID
31412AN
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Newspaper Index
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Greg Aragon writes a fairly regular travel column in Arcadia Weekly. The page number varies by the issue. His column is called "Greg's Getaway."

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 15, 2003
Pages
p. 14
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 15, 2003
Pages
p. 14
Subjects
Aragon, Greg
Journalists
Travel writing
Writers
Item ID
31651AN
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Newspaper Index
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Methodist Hospital is currently displaying an exhibit honoring its School of Nursing that operated for 43 years, from 1915 until 1958. The school had graduated about 1500 students. Estella Parker Quist, 92, class of 1931, is shown in a photo.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 24, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 24, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Exhibits
Nursing schools
Nurses
Methodist Hospital
Item ID
29895AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Local cub scouts retire a United States flag at Highland Oaks Elementary School.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 30, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 30, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Cub Scouts Pack 122
Highland Oaks Elementary School
Flags
Graham, Wyatt
Chang, Li-Xing
DeBellis, Nick
Beckley, Thomas
Item ID
29501AN
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Newspaper Index
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Student dropout numbers are mixed in the area schools. Arcadia had a higher percentage of graduating seniors than the county and state as a whole.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 24, 2003
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 24, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School Dropout rate
Item ID
25631AN
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Newspaper Index
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Joe Miller writes a semi-regular column called Rotary Corner in Arcadia Weekly. It covers activities of the Arcadia Rotary Club and Rotary International. The page number varies by the issue.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 1, 2003
Pages
p. 10
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 1, 2003
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
Arcadia Rotary Club
Miller, Joe
Rotary International
Item ID
31642AN
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Newspaper Index
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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
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 7, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Schools - Holly Avenue Elementary
Item ID
27893AN
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Construction begins on Anoakia luxury housing development, on the former site of Anoakia, Anita Baldwin's mansion, on the corner of Baldwin Avenue and Foothill Boulevard in Arcadia. The Anoakia Mansion was demolished last August to make way for 31 homes to be built by Hover Development Inc. of Newport Beach. Anita Baldwin, daughter of Lucky Baldwin, lived there until her death in 1939. It was used as a girls' school from 1941 to the late 1970s. The new housing development is 19 acres.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 16, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 16, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Anoakia housing development
Anoakia Mansion--history
Anoakia School
Baldwin, Anita
Item ID
33514AN
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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
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 24, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Academic Performance Index (API)
Schools
Test Scores
Item ID
30840AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia board reaffirms use of Apache name. The school board revisited the issue of the use of the Apache name and symbol by Arcadia High School. Native Americans spoke against using the name Apache but the board concluded that it will retain "Apaches," a name AHS has used since the early 1950s.Article by Ed Spielman

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 30, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 30, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Apache Nation
Arcadia High School Apaches logo
Arcadia High School mascot
Native American Indian Tribes
School Board
Spielman, Ed
Item ID
27654AN
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Newspaper Index
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Photos of children at Highland Oaks Elementary School in Arcadia show them performing holiday songs. Will Atkinson acted as Santa Claus.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 22, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 22, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Highland Oaks Elementary School
Schools
Holiday programs
Atkinson, Will
Item ID
30010AN
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"Good Old Days" in Arcadia schools. Superintendent Mimi Hennessy presented her State of the District report to the Arcadia Rotary. She said Arcadia is sending 98% of graduates on to higher education, and gives other figures and statistics.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly,
Date
October 16, 2003
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly,
Date
October 16, 2003
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia Schools
Hennessy, Mimi
Item ID
33403AN
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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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