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Arcadia High School students are doing well on the high school exit examinations. 89% of 10th graders taking the math exam passed and 88% passed the English exam. Comparison of test scores with Monrovia, Pasadena, and Los Angeles County.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30587
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2002
Pages
p. 5
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2002
Pages
p. 5
Subjects
Arcadia High School
Examinations
Test Scores
Item ID
30775AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A chart shows the API scores for West San Gabriel Valley schools for 2004 on page A4. 85 percent of schools in the West San Gabriel Valley maintained or increased their Academic Performance Index ranking compared to schools across the state.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29450
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 16, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 16, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Academic Performance Index (API) - 2004
Schools - San Gabriel Valley
Rankings
Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR)
California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE)
Item ID
29635AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Area school districts did better than average on the 2004 California English Language Development Test of English learning students. Sixty-six percent of students tested in Arcadia Unified School District scored in the advanced categories.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29398
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 9, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 9, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
English language tests
Arcadia Unified School District
Proficiency, skills and fluency
San Gabriel Valley schools
California English Language Development Test
Item ID
29582AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District test scores among highest in Southern California, according to new statewide test results released by California Department of Education. Arcadia scored 40% higher than the state average for math and 26% higher in English language arts/literacy.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34657
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 1, 2016
Pages
p. 17
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 1, 2016
Pages
p. 17
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP)
Test Scores
Item ID
34849AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Grades are in: San Marino Unified is still tops in state test. About 90% of San Marino Unified students met state standards in English and about 85% met state standards in math. In comparison, 79% of Arcadia Unified School District students met state standards in English and 76% met state standards in math.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34969
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 28, 2017
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 28, 2017
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
California state tests
Arcadia Unified School District
San Marino Unified School District
Test Scores
Item ID
35159AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School students did better than ever in Advanced Placement Tests they took last May.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3211
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 28, 1986
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 28, 1986
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Test Scores
Item ID
3119AN
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Newspaper Index
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All freshmen entering Arcadia High School are required to swim 50 yards and tread water for three minutes. Senior Justin Briggs was in danger of not graduating because he had not passed the swimming competency test. A doctor's excuse enabled him to graduate.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper14218
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 13, 1998
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 13, 1998
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Item ID
14794AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School student Nathan Chou earns rare perfect score on Advanced Placement (AP) Calculus BC Exam. Chou is one of just 11 students in the world that reached perfection on this test. Nathan was born and raised in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33687
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
November 16, 2013
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
November 16, 2013
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Arcadia High School students
Chou, Nathan
King, Kerry
Test Scores
Item ID
33883AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A discussion of the proposed changes in high school graduation requirements. Proposed changes include an increase from 2 to 3 years of English and a minimum of 1 year of U.S. history rather than the 3 quarters now required.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3052
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 18, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 18, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Item ID
2974AN
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Newspaper Index
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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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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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Newspaper Index
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Budget cuts have caused the Arcadia Unified School District to rely on the Arcadia Educational Foundation to provide summer classes from sports to cooking and English and Math.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28144
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 1, 2004
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 1, 2004
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Arcadia Educational Foundation
Summer enrichment programs
California State budget cuts
Summer school
Item ID
28337AN
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Newspaper Index
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Test scores of Arcadia Unified School District's seniors rose this year. The reading score was 294 (up 19 points) while math score was 333 (up 20 points). Since 1987-88, students moved from the 77th to the 85th percentile in reading and from the 89th to the 96th percentile in math statewide.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3220
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 25, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 25, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Test Scores
Item ID
3128AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia's Foothills Junior High School has been selected as one of the 1987-88 California Secondary Distinguished Schools.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3132
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 18, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 18, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Foothills Junior High School
Item ID
3048AN
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Newspaper Index
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A flag identifying Foothills Junior High as a distinguished secondary school for 1987-88 is now in place below Old Glory on the flagpole in front of the school.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3133
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 15, 1988
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 15, 1988
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Schools - Foothills Junior High School
Item ID
3049AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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New math curriculum for Arcadia High School was approved by the Board of Education at its September 11 meeting.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33322
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly,
Date
September 13, 2001
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly,
Date
September 13, 2001
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia High School--curriculum
Item ID
33518AN
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Newspaper Index
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Only 22 school districts in California honored by College Board for 7th Annual AP District Honor Roll and Arcadia High School is one of them. This means that since 2014, the qualifying school had to increase the number of students participating in AP courses while also increasing or maintaining the percentage of students earning AP exam scores of 3 or higher.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34783
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 19, 2017
Pages
p. 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 19, 2017
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Arcadia High School academics
Advanced Placement courses
Item ID
34974AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The State Department of Education has announced that Dana Junior High and Foothills Junior High have been nominated as Distinguished Schools in the 1987-88 California School Recognition Program.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3112
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 20, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 20, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Junior High Schools
Item ID
3032AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Test results for Arcadia High School seniors showed a small drop in reading scores and a slight gain in math scores for this year's California Assessment Program.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3216
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 10, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 10, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Test Scores
Item ID
3124AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School students see continued success in National Merit Scholarship Program. Twenty Arcadia High School students have earned a spot in the 2021 competition. Over the past 25 years, Arcadia High School has had more than 600 National Merit Scholar semifinalists.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35845
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 17, 2020
Pages
p. 4
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 17, 2020
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
Academic achievements
Arcadia High School students
National Merit Scholarship Program
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A video created by three Arcadia High School graduates went viral and brought people to a school board meeting alst week, in support of fired cross country coach James O'Brien. The creators of the video are Esmond Wei, Ben Hsueh, and Sergio Rodriguez. The video was posted on YouTube.com and had more than 10,000 views in three days. A week later, it had more than 16,000 views.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33556
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 29, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 29, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports--coaches
Arcadia High School teachers
Cross-country
Hsueh, Ben
O'Brien, James
Rodriguez, Sergio
Wei, Esmond
Item ID
33751AN
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Newspaper Index
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