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Arcadia schools fared very will on the Performance Report for California schools, grade 8, according to a report received by the Arcadia Board of Education. All 3 Arcadia junior high schools meet or exceed all statewide targets.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 28, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 28, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Test Scores

Item ID: 3115AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 20, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 20, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Junior High Schools

Item ID: 3032AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia High School seniors earned $40,403 for their district because they improved their scores on the statewide California Assessment Program. The money was awarded by the state under the Education Improvement Program.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 25, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 25, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Test Scores

Item ID: 3116AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 10, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 10, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Test Scores

Item ID: 3124AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Playing fields at 2 Arcadia Schools (Dana Junior High and Longley Way Elementary) are unavailable for public use this summer due to renovation.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 8, 1987

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 8, 1987

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: Schools

Item ID: 2617AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Unified School District again ranked among the top 10% of statewide districts in the latest California Assessment Program (CAP) results. CAP scores were based on tests given to 3rd and 6th grade students last May in math, reading, and writing as well as tests given to 8th-graders in reading, math, history and science.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 8, 1989

Pages: "p. A-1, 2"

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 8, 1989

Pages: "p. A-1, 2"

Subjects: Schools - Test Scores

Item ID: 3127AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Although Arcadia students slipped in their 1983-84 California Assessment Program scores compared to their own performance last year, they still scored well above the average compared to schools statewide. According to figures released by the Arcadia School District and the State Department of Education, Arcadia students in grades 3, 6, 8 and 12 did well above average in all areas tested.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 2, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 2, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Test Scores

Item ID: 3113AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Policeman on Campus program will be reinstated in the city's three junior high schools. The program has been inactive for two years due to Proposition 13 cutbacks The city will pay the entire cost of the program - approximately $53,000 for the school year.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 24, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 24, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Junior High Schools

Item ID: 3031AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Bruce Polay is the Arcadia High School orchestra conductor and the district's representative to the elementary schools for their part in the instrumental program. Biographical notes included.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 12, 1981

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 12, 1981

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Schools - Employees - Polay, Bruce

Item ID: 2865AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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

Article reports on California Assessment Program test scores for Arcadia students.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 28, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 28, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Test Scores

Item ID: 3123AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia's Foothills Junior High School has been selected as one of the 1987-88 California Secondary Distinguished Schools.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 18, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 18, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Foothills Junior High School

Item ID: 3048AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Results of the 1985-86 California Assessment Program show test scores that were "the highest since these current tests have been administered" in Arcadia's 3rd, 6th and 8th grades.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 24,1986

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 24,1986

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Test Scores

Item ID: 3117AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

California Assessment Program's test scores show that Arcadia's 3rd and 6th graders did not do as well as last year.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 18, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 18, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Test Scores

Item ID: 3122AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Test scores for the 1986-87 California Assessment Program examinations for 8th graders have been revised.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 3, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 3, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Test Scores

Item ID: 3125AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Four area districts, Arcadia among them, scored above the state average, according to 1982 California Assessment Program test results. CAP test scores are given for Arcadia Unified and surrounding school districts for 1981 and 1982.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 17, 1983

Pages: p. C-6

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 17, 1983

Pages: p. C-6

Subjects: Schools - Test Scores

Item ID: 3112AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The city of Arcadia will spend an estimated $108,875 to renovate playing fields at 3 public elementary schools: Hugo Reid, Highland Oaks and Holly Avenue, all used by the city's Recreation Department.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 29, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 29, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Elementary Schools; Schools-Hugo Reid; Schools-Highland Oaks; Schools-Holly Avenue

Item ID: 2697AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Board of Education has authorized the administration to enter into an agreement with Performing Tree Inc. to provide Arts-in-Education programs for all schools within the district during the 1983-84 school year. Supt. Elb Souders said he would ask the Arcadia Auditorium Foundation to pick up the $2000 cost.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 20, 1983

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 20, 1983

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools

Item ID: 2613AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia High School's counseling program has been selected as a model program by the L.A. County Office of Education for its improvements during the past 2 years.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 9, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 9, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Arcadia High School

Item ID: 2992AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The school board has begun studying the proposed $17.4 million budget. It does not include salary increases. The budget includes all eight elementary schools. Depending on the election, two schools may be closed.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 14, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 14, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Budget

Item ID: 2638AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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Arcadia schools fared very will on the Performance Report for California schools, grade 8, according to a report received by the Arcadia Board of Education. All 3 Arcadia junior high schools meet or exceed all statewide targets.

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.

Arcadia High School seniors earned $40,403 for their district because they improved their scores on the statewide California Assessment Program. The money was awarded by the state under the Education Improvement Program.

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.

Playing fields at 2 Arcadia Schools (Dana Junior High and Longley Way Elementary) are unavailable for public use this summer due to renovation.

The Policeman on Campus program will be reinstated in the city's three junior high schools. The program has been inactive for two years due to Proposition 13 cutbacks The city will pay the entire cost of the program - approximately $53,000 for the school year.

Bruce Polay is the Arcadia High School orchestra conductor and the district's representative to the elementary schools for their part in the instrumental program. Biographical notes included.

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.

Article reports on California Assessment Program test scores for Arcadia students.

Arcadia's Foothills Junior High School has been selected as one of the 1987-88 California Secondary Distinguished Schools.

Results of the 1985-86 California Assessment Program show test scores that were "the highest since these current tests have been administered" in Arcadia's 3rd, 6th and 8th grades.

California Assessment Program's test scores show that Arcadia's 3rd and 6th graders did not do as well as last year.

Test scores for the 1986-87 California Assessment Program examinations for 8th graders have been revised.

Four area districts, Arcadia among them, scored above the state average, according to 1982 California Assessment Program test results. CAP test scores are given for Arcadia Unified and surrounding school districts for 1981 and 1982.

The city of Arcadia will spend an estimated $108,875 to renovate playing fields at 3 public elementary schools: Hugo Reid, Highland Oaks and Holly Avenue, all used by the city's Recreation Department.

Arcadia High School's counseling program has been selected as a model program by the L.A. County Office of Education for its improvements during the past 2 years.

The school board has begun studying the proposed $17.4 million budget. It does not include salary increases. The budget includes all eight elementary schools. Depending on the election, two schools may be closed.