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Arcadia Unified School District to reconsider Apaches as mascot amid online petition drive, officials say it is on agenda. It is a revival of a 20-year-old controversy to remove Apaches name and imagery amid a nationwide movement to erase offensive emblems. Shayan Farooq, a 2013 graduate of Arcadia High School, felt the issue needed to be addressed. Farooq started a petition at Change.org. AUSD spokesperson Ryan Foran said the issue will be addressed in its list of priorities after reopening schools during the coronavirus pandemic and recent sexual assault allegations involving current and former students who were video recorded, without consent, having sex. Controversy surrounding the Apaches mascot dates back two decades when Native American activists protested the Apache Joe mascot at Arcadia school board meetings in 1999. Then Principal Martin Plourde sought the White Mountain Apache Tribe's blessing to use the imagery and tribal leaders approved, but many students at Alchesay High School (Arcadia High School's sister school on Apache reservation) found the mascot offensive and urged Plourde to change it. 2018 Arcadia High School graduate Yumei Lin is leading a Facebook group to change the emblem.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35782
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 14, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 14, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
Arcadia High School mascot
Farooq, Shayan
Lin, Yumei
Plourde, Martin
White Mountain Apache Tribe
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A member of the White Mountain Apache Tribal Council in Arizona said Friday the Council still accepts the use of the "Apache" nickname by Arcadia High School, despite a local Native American activist's request to condemn it.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18502
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 4, 2000
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 4, 2000
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Apache Nation
Arcadia High School Apaches logo
Arcadia High School - Mascot
Native American Indian Tribes
White Mountain Apache Tribal Council
Item ID
18746AN
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Newspaper Index
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An Apache tribal council in Arizona has reiterated it does not object to Arcadia High School's use of the Apache name.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18618
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 21, 2000
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 21, 2000
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Apache Nation
Arcadia High School Apaches logo
Arcadia High School - Mascot
Native American Indian Tribes
Item ID
18862AN
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Despite pressure from Native American representatives to switch mascots in the interest of cultural sensitivity, the Apache will remain as Arcadia High School's mascot, student and school leaders decided.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3254
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 29, 1997
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 29, 1997
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Apache Nation
Arcadia High School Apaches logo
Arcadia High School - Mascot
Native American Indian Tribes
Item ID
10995AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School's Student Executive council convened behind closed doors last week to cast its vote on whether the Apache mascot is insulting to American Indians or is a tradition which should remain at the school. They present their vote to the School Board on Tuesday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2039
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 26, 1997
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 26, 1997
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Apache Nation
Arcadia High School Apaches logo
Arcadia High School - Mascot
Native American Indian Tribes
Item ID
10909AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School will sent its marching band to an Apache reservation in Arizona this weekend to perform in the tribe's 75th annual festival.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper19576
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2000
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2000
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Apache Nation
Apache reservation
Arcadia High School marching band
Native American Indian Tribes
Item ID
19815AN
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Arcadia High School Principal Martin Plourde's attempts at racial sensitivity over the school's use of an Apache mascot have not only left the mascot question unsettled, they have also incensed Los Angeles' Native American community.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18503
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 1, 2000
Pages
p. B1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 1, 2000
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Apache Nation
Arcadia High School Apaches logo
Arcadia High School - Mascot
Native American Indian Tribes
Plourde, Martin
Item ID
18747AN
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Newspaper Index
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Native American activists are urging Arcadia High School to drop the Apache mascot, hinting that they might turn to a law suit as a last resort.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper10384
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 11, 1997
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 11, 1997
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Apache Nation
Arcadia High School Apaches logo
Arcadia High School - Mascot
Native American Indian Tribes
Item ID
10332AN
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Newspaper Index
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15 Arcadia High School students beat out 19 other schools to win the county competition of the Science Olympiad. The state competition is set for April 9, followed by the national competition in Arizona.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3105
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 10, 1994
Pages
p. H-3 photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 10, 1994
Pages
p. H-3 photo
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Item ID
3024AN
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After an emotional, two hour discussion, the Arcadia school board reaffirmed its support of Arcadia High School's use of the Apache nickname.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18612
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 29, 2000
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 29, 2000
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Apache Nation
Arcadia High School Apaches logo
Arcadia High School mascot
Native American Indian Tribes
Item ID
18856AN
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Article about the Arcadia High School mascot controversy.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper23231
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 28, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 28, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Apache Nation
Arcadia High School Apaches logo
Arcadia High School mascot
Native Americans
Native American Indian Tribes
Item ID
23439AN
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Rogelio Gonzalez, Arcadia High School student, was named CIF Southern Section Player of the Year for boys soccer. Four other Arcadia High School students were awarded individual honors in Division III.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29957
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 16, 2006
Pages
p. C2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 16, 2006
Pages
p. C2
Subjects
Gonzalez, Rogelio
Arcadia High School students
Athletes
Honors
Soccer
Sports
Item ID
30143AN
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Californian Assemblywoman Carol Liu visited Arcadia High School to discuss a bill banning the use of Native American mascots.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper23500
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia High School mascot
Item ID
23708AN
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The Marching bands in the 2021 Tournament of Roses Parade have been announced. Arcadia High School's Apache Marching Band and Color Guard will participate in the 2021 Rose Parade. See also Mountain Views News, p. 3, March 7, 2020.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35679
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 8, 2020
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 8, 2020
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia High School Apache Marching Band
Arcadia High School Color Guard
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade-2021
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Bobcat Fire, on its 9th day in the San Gabriel Mountains, continued to grow north of the San Gabriel Valley. It had charred 38,299 acres Monday with containment at 3%. The fire has crossed to west side of Santa Anita Canyon. On Sunday, residents in Arcadia and Sierra Madre who live north of Elkins Avenue and east of Santa Anita Avenue were ordered to evacuate. About 305 homes were in the evacuation zone. Most are in Arcadia and 32 are in Sierra Madre.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35803
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Angeles National Forest
Bobcat Fire
Fires
San Gabriel Mountains
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Arcadia High School Apache marching band will perform at President Bush's second term inaugural parade on January 20, 2005. 312 students will travel to Washington, D.C., for the event. Tom Landes is the band conductor.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29336
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 20, 2004
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 20, 2004
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arcadia High School Apache Marching Band
George W. Bush
Presidential Inaugural Parade
Landes, Tom
Presidential inauguration
Item ID
29520AN
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24596
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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Arcadia High School student Melissa Huff's stolen prosthetic legs have been returned. They were found and returned to her mother's unlocked car.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29941
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 3, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 3, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Huff, Melissa
Arcadia High School students
Prosthetics
Thefts
Item ID
30127AN
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Services were held Tuesday in Arcadia for Robert John Pierson, who died of AIDS-related illness on March 21, at the age of 41. Pierson, who grew up in Arcadia, authored "The Beach towns: A walker's guide to LA's Beach Towns" and was co-author of "LAbyrinth: A student's guide to Los Angeles." At the time of his death he was living in West Hollywood and teaching at USC.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper5821
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 28, 1996
Pages
p. A-4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 28, 1996
Pages
p. A-4
Subjects
Arcadia Authors - Pierson, Robert John
Item ID
5666AN
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Sound cards were missing from four computers in an Arcadia High School classroom. School officials suspect they were stolen by students.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper6071
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 11, 1996
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 11, 1996
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Schools - Arcadia High School
Item ID
5904AN
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Newspaper Index
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