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1."Make your voice heard" mailed to residents calling for attendance at the November 16, 2005 City Council meeting.

2. "The devil is in the details: the fine print. What is the racetrack's developer hiding from Arcadia?" mailed to residents discussing differences in what the developer Caruso Affiliated promises and Arcadia's reality if The Shops at Santa Anita are built.

3. Introduction to Arcadia First!, key concerns of the organization, and vision statement. Printed from the World Wide Web, February 23, 2006, URL: http://www.arcadiafirst.org

4. Letter from Arcadia First! sent to Arcadia residents, dated June 20, 2005. Regarding race track development proposal. Signed by Rouben Jardemian, Ann Durgerian, Efrain Cabrera. Includes Chinese translation, vision statement, key concerns of the group, and a response form.

5. Information/membership packet for Arcadia First! Includes clipping "Racetrack mall concerns Arcadia First! group" from Arcadia Weekly, April 13, 2006; press release "Arcadians sound off on concerns over racetrack development" by Bernetta K. Reade, March 2, 2005; Letter to Mayor John Wuo and City Council regarding "Racetrack development-breaking the cycle of failure" and attachments, January 23, 2006.

6. "Arcadia Voter Turnout Success" mailer from Arcadia First!

7. "Guest [sic] What? A New Proposal-Same Problems!" mailer from Arcadia First!

8. Urgent Response Needed: make your voice heard on the race track project. Call for residents to attend public hearing November 28, 2006.

9. Letter to residents signed by Willie Xue and Sonia B. Williams. Calls for comments on the Revised Draft Environmental Impact Report (RDEIR) on the "Shops at Santa Anita" project. With enclosures A) Comments form letter and B) Shops at Santa Anita Regional Mall Proposal Revised Draft Environmental Report Outstanding Questions, December 1, 2006.

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Arcadia First! A Coalition for Sensible Growth

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277AF

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1. Thomas A. Grant and Helen Grant Scrapbook Newspaper Clippings: c. 1931-1944

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Thomas A. Grant and Helen Grant Scrapbook

Location

History Room

Box Number

Box 15

Shelf Number

Shelf A1

Item ID

324AF

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1. State test scores. Arcadia Tribune December 15, 1971.

2. Arcadia schools' test scores high. Arcadia Tribune March 24, 1974.

3. School reading scores drop in most of County. Los Angeles Times April 1, 1974.

4. State school testing input factors bared. Arcadia Tribune March 28, 1974.

5. County releases reading readiness scores. Arcadia Tribune August 8, 1974.

6. State school tests. Arcadia Tribune December 15, 1974.

7. How students fared on tests. Arcadia Tribune November 25, 1976.

8. Arcadia students score above average on state given tests. Arcadia Tribune November 23, 1980.

9. State tests: how local students scored. Arcadia Tribune February 17, 1983.

10. California Assessment Program 1984-1985.

11. Area CAP scores results in mixed bag. Monrovia News-Post May 4, 1986.

12. California Assessment Program. 1985-1986.

13. California Assessment Program. 1986-1987.

14. California Assessment Program. 1987-1988.

15. California School Surveys, vol. 2, Los Angeles County Public Schools. "How are they doing 1991."

16. California Department of Education District Performance Report, 1992-1993. Arcadia Unified.

17. 2008 Academic Performance Index (API) Report including all Arcadia Unified School District schools. Shows population and ethnic breakdown.

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Schools - Test Scores

Item ID

229AF

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1. Program. Arcadia Unified School District presents: Student Showcase, October 18-20, 2012 at the new Arcadia Performing Arts Center. Includes history of the building project, floor plan, and information about inaugural concert with Paul Anka.

2. Ribbon cutting ceremony and program, October 18, 2012, for the Arcadia Performing Arts Center at Arcadia High School, including floor plan. (2 copies). With invitation.

3. List of inaugural events at the new Arcadia Performing Arts Center. Email dated October 3, 2012.

4. What happened to auditorium money? A history of fundraising efforts over the years from 1977 to current, for building a performing arts center auditorium. Advocates of it were Charles Gilb, Gloria Horstman, Joe Sargis, Gary Kovacic, George Fasching, Craig Lucas, John Murphy, Mickey Segal. Arcadia Weekly, January 26, 2012.

5. Invitation to the inaugural concert and benefit at the Performing Arts Center, on the campus of Arcadia High School, 180 Campus Drive, October 27, 2012. Two copies.

6. Program from The Drowsy Chaperone, the first musical by the Arcadia High School Theatre Department to be presented at the new Performing Arts Center, March 21-23, 2013. Director Steven Volpe.

7. Program from The Man Who Came to Dinner, November 14-16, 2013.

8. Poster of 4 musical acts performing in 2014: Air Supply, America, Susan Egan, The Temptations.

9. Program and postcard advertisement for "Alice in Wonderland, November 20-22, 2014.

10. Arcadia Stage Presents "Curtains." Director Steven Volpe, Musical Director Dr. Stephen Pu. March 20-22, 2014.

11. Arcadia Performing Arts Foundation 2014-2015 Season brochure.

12. Arcadia Performing Arts Foundation 2015-2016 Season brochure.

13. A) Arcadia Performing Arts Center 2015 season poster Three Dog Night, Four Tops, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Dick Fox's Doo Wop Extravaganza. B) 2015-2016 season poster Abbamania and Night Fever, Herb Albert & Lani Hall, Hiroshima, Daniel Ho.

14. Arcadia Stage presents Thoroughly Modern Millie, a musical. March 17-28, 2016. Program and postcard.

15. Arcadia Stage Theatre Company presents Charlie and the Chocolate Factory program. November 15, 2018-November 17, 2018. Produced by Steven Volpe, directed by Whitney Labarge, Musical Director Stephen Pu.

16. Maki Hsieh is honored 22nd District's Woman of the Year, by May S. Ruiz, Arcadia Weekly, May 15, 2019.

17. Double sided poster for concerts 1. American in the Valley: James Garner's Tribute to Johnny Cash, June 22, 2019. 2. Makoto Taiko "Momentum 20th Anniversary Concert," June 8, 2019 and June 9, 2019, featuring Shoji Kameda, Koji Nakamura, Rachel Radich, Kozue Matsumoto.

18.Identification tag for Arcadia Lunar New Year Festival, 2019 (Chinese holiday). 2019 Team. Arcadia Performing Arts Foundation.

19.Arcadia Stage Theatre Company: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow [program]. November 16, 17, 18, 2023. Written and directed by Whitney LaBarge, Choreographer, Jean Michelle Sayeg, Musical director, Allen Everman.

20.Arcadia Stage Theatre Company: Legally Blonde, the Musical [program]. March 14, 15, 16, 2024. Directed by Steven Volpe, Choreographer, Jean Michelle Sayeg, Musical director, Allen Everman.

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Arcadia Performing Arts Center (Auditorium)

Item ID

300AF

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Children's Library Addition, Specifications, 5 November 1962

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Arcadia Public Library Building Specifications, 5 April 1960

Location

Basement

Box Number

Box 008

Shelf Number

Shelf H3

Item ID

453AF

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