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Arcadia Unified School District's First Avenue Middle School music teacher Michael Danielson is one of only 16 teachers to be recognized as a 2019-2020 Teacher of the Year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35571
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2019
Pages
p. 2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2019
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Danielson, Michael
First Avenue Middle School
Teachers
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Arcadia’s First Avenue Middle School student-actors are out of this world. The school’s Production class of 2019 has been preparing the entire fall semester for its upcoming play “Out of This World,” to be performed December 6 and 7 in the First Avenue auditorium. The theater teacher is Susi Reck. The theater program at First Avenue has four different levels.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35346
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 6, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 12
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 6, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 12
Subjects
First Avenue Middle School
Panza, Fizzy
Reck, Susi
Item ID
35536AN
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34598
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 16, 2016
Pages
p. 17
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 16, 2016
Pages
p. 17
Subjects
First Avenue Middle School
Issa, Semeen
Principals
Item ID
34790AN
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Long time resident Warren Shaw was honored for his significant contributions to the older adult community.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4573
Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
July 20, 1995
Pages
p. 7
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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
July 20, 1995
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Shaw, Warren
Item ID
4449AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District (AUSD) releases personalized learning thought exchange results. Personalized Learning is an innovative new campaign led by Arcadia Unified School District (AUSD) Superintendent David Vannasdall. In May 2017 AUSD utilized a thought-sharing platform called Thought Exchange to facilitate community and student feedback. The report covers five major principles that personalized learning should constitute: 1) Differentiated Learning 2) Class Size and Assistance 3) Individual Learning 4) Students' Current Skill Assessment 5) Parent-Teacher Communication.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35038
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 4, 2018
Pages
p. 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 4, 2018
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District (AUSD)
Education
Personalized learning
Vannasdall, David
Item ID
35229AN
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Arcadia Unified School District revives middle school athletics. In 1995, the middle school sports program was dismantled when the district transitioned junior high to the middle school model (6th-8th grades), then the focus veered heavily toward academics. On December 3, 2015, First Avenue Middle School faced off with Dana Middle School for the first time in two decades.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34463
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 18, 2016
Pages
p. 23
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 18, 2016
Pages
p. 23
Subjects
Arcadia Schools
Bramley, Scott
McDonald, Laurie
Middle school sports
Ruiz, May S.
Wilson, Jeffrey
Item ID
34655AN
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Television show “Trading Spaces” transforms teachers’ lounges at First Avenue Middle School and Holly Avenue Elementary School. Shown in photo “Trading Spaces” host Paige Davis and Arcadia Unified School District educators Karalee Nakatsuka, Megan Forbes, Regina Ringo and Teresa Oakland. The show airs on the TLC network.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35427
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 20, 2019
Pages
p. A3, A11
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 20, 2019
Pages
p. A3, A11
Subjects
Davis, Paige
First Avenue Middle School
Forbes, Megan
Holly Avenue Elementary School
Oakland, Teresa
Oosterhouse, Carter
Ringo, Regina
Television shows-Trading Spaces
Yip, Vern
Item ID
35619AN
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Newspaper Index
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Michelle Yu Zhang is Arcadia High School valedictorian for the class of 2012. Salutatorians are also listed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32991
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 7, 2012
Pages
p. 5
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 7, 2012
Pages
p. 5
Subjects
Arcadia High School students--valedictorians
Zhang, Michelle Yu
Item ID
33188AN
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The Arcadia Unified School District has embarked on a pilot breakfast program for children who might otherwise miss the first meal of the day.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper5408
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 29, 1995
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 29, 1995
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
School Board
Item ID
5271AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia Unified School District has embarked on a pilot breakfast program to reach children who frequently miss the first meal of the day. Photo.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper5394
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 5, 1995
Pages
p. 1 Hometown
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 5, 1995
Pages
p. 1 Hometown
Subjects
School Board
Item ID
5257AN
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Incumbents Maryann Gibson and Michael O. Lamb were re-elected to the Arcadia Unified School District board. They were joined by first-time candidate John McClain.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4537
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 27, 1995
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 27, 1995
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
School Board - Elections, 1995
Item ID
4413AN
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A profile on Mildred Shaw and her collection of salt and pepper shakers.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25752
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 19, 1996
Pages
p. 9
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 19, 1996
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Shaw, Mildred
Item ID
25952AN
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Spotlight on Arcadia High School girls tennis teammates Elizabeth Lieu and Michelle Zhu. They are one of the strongest doubles teams in the Pacific League.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32209
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 12, 2010
Pages
p. B3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 12, 2010
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports -- girls tennis
Arcadia High School students
Lieu, Elizabeth
Zhu, Michelle
Item ID
32408AN
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Arcadia Unified School District releases records of two teacher misconduct investigations that resulted in dismissals. The first was 48-year-old Robert Harbicht, a substitute teacher who was found drunk at work. The second was Phillip Sutliff, dismissed from the district in 2007 and sentenced to 12 years in state prison for sexual misconduct (rape) with a girl at Arcadia High School.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32885
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 21, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 21, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Harbicht, Robert
Sutliff, Phillip
Teachers--misconduct
Item ID
33082AN
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First Avenue Middle School celebrates its 110th anniversary this Saturday, December 9.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35024
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 7, 2017
Pages
p. 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 7, 2017
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Anniversaries
First Avenue Middle School
Item ID
35215AN
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Warren and Mildred Shaw hosted their own 55th wedding anniversary party at the Performing Arts Center in Duarte recently.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper94
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 9, 1992
Pages
p. A-3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 9, 1992
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Shaw, Warren
Shaw, Mildred
Item ID
94AN
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34643
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 11, 2016
Pages
p. 10
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 11, 2016
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
First Avenue Middle School
Issa, Semeen
Principals
Item ID
34835AN
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2951
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 19, 1991
Pages
p. A-1 photos
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 19, 1991
Pages
p. A-1 photos
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Spencer, Bernadine
Item ID
2878AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Mildred Shaw has been collecting salt shakers for fifty years. Her collection includes 3500 of them.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper21
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 30, 1992
Pages
p. A-3 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 30, 1992
Pages
p. A-3 photo
Subjects
Shaw, Mildred
Item ID
21AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District school board refuses to reinstate James O'Brien as the cross country coach. The school board expressed appreciation for all the individuals who shared their perspectives on the Arcadia High School cross country program at the Board of Education meetings. Mr. O'Brien continues to be employed as a teacher at Arcadia High School. Coaching assignments are made on a year-to-year basis.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33580
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 8, 2013
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 8, 2013
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports--cross country
Arcadia Unified School District Board of Education
O'Brien, James
Item ID
33775AN
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Newspaper Index
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