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For the first time ever, there is a proficiency examination, which if passed successfully, would permit a student to leave school at 16. A certificate issued by the State will be legally equivalent to a diploma. The student must also have parental approval.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2664
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 5, 1975
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 5, 1975
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools
Item ID
2600AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The new CAS (2) program, an acronym for Curriculum Alignment System and Comprehensive Assessment System, will replace the California Assessment Program (CAP), the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills (CTBS), and the District Minimum Proficiency Tests. CAS (2) testing will begin in November for high school seniors, with all other grades to take the test in the spring. Advantages of the new test are given in the article.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3221
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 21, 1990
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p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 21, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Test Scores
Item ID
3129AN
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Newspaper Index
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Results of the new state test called the CAT-6 (California Achievement Test), which replaces the old SAT-9 test, show that around 70% of the students at each grade level in the Arcadia schools are in the national norm of 50th percentile in reading, and half or more of these students tested at or above the 75th percentile. Each grade level has a breakdown, and comparison with Monrovia students.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31848
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 28, 2003
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p. 16
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 28, 2003
Pages
p. 16
Subjects
Arcadia Schools
California state tests
Students
Test Scores
Item ID
32045AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District achievement test scores in basic reading, writing and math skills are strong and well above the national average.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25795
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 9, 1997
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p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 9, 1997
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Test Scores
Item ID
25995AN
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Newspaper Index
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Three Arcadia High School students win First Place in Ninth Circuit 2018 Civics contest in the video competition. Their names are Veronica Yu, Cindy Law, Karen Thai.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35212
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 28, 2018
Pages
p. 14
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 28, 2018
Pages
p. 14
Subjects
Arcadia High School students
Awards, honors, recognitions
Law, Cindy
Thai, Karen
Yu, Veronica
Item ID
35401AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia students receive diplomas. Class of 1983--Arcadia High School, First Avenue Junior High School, Dana Junior High School, and Foothills Junior High School. Arcadia Tribune staff photos by Jay Hoover and Louis Nunez.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36452
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 19, 1983
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p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 19, 1983
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia High School
Dana Junior High School
First Avenue Junior High School
Foothills Junior High School
Graduates
Graduations
Hisey, Steve
Hoover, Jay
Nunez, Louis
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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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Photo of first diploma issued by Arcadia school. It was made out to first graduate, Ellison Leake and signed by George Ethel Wayne, Principal.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs716
Date
June 3, 1905
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  1 image

Date
June 3, 1905
Subjects
Schools-History-1880's-1950
Physical Description
3x5 b&w
ID
712
Collection
Photographs
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Almost $3,000,000 was tentatively awarded three foothill cities from the Federal government under the Public Works and Capital Development and Investment Act of 1976, but Arcadia was not included. Arcadia's request for $2,018.400 was denied.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1562
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 26, 1976
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 26, 1976
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Finance
Item ID
1561AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Board of Education has decided that the First Avenue Junior High School will be rebuilt following the present basic configuration. Article indicates possibilities for interior plans.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3121
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 19, 1979
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p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 19, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - First Avenue Junior High School
Item ID
3038AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia Unified School Board discussed the possible reconfiguration of the district's grade levels in hopes of dealing with overcrowding at the junior high level. Most of the public that asked to address the issue spoke out against it.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper298
Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
December 10, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
December 10, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
School Board
Item ID
298AN
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Newspaper Index
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Among West Valley districts, the Arcadia Unified School District had the highest percentage of English-proficient students. 64% of the district's English learners scored at the "proficient" level on the English Language Development Test. That compares to 36 percent of English learners statewide who scored proficient on the test.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30983
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 24, 2008
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p. News 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 24, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
English as a Second Language (ESL)
English Language Development Test
Item ID
31178AN
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Newspaper Index
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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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The Arcadia High School Constitution Team won the state level competition in Sacramento. They will now compete in the national finals in Washington, D.C., in April.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper9167
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 12, 1997
Pages
p. A3 photos
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 12, 1997
Pages
p. A3 photos
Subjects
Arcadia High School
Item ID
9121AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School has placed first in the statewide Bicentennial Competition, a test of student's knowledge of the U.S. Constitution.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3080
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 20, 1991
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 20, 1991
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Item ID
3002AN
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Newspaper Index
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Results of state tests taken by 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 12th grade students in Arcadia and surrounding school districts.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3196
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 4, 1975
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p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 4, 1975
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Test Scores
Item ID
3104AN
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Newspaper Index
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A request from a group of parents that the play "Secrets", dealing with AIDS and birth control, be cancelled at Foothills Junior High has been unanimously denied by the Arcadia Board of Education. Sponsored by Kaiser Permanente and performed throughout the state, the play was requested by parents at the junior high level after it was shown last year at Arcadia High School.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3174
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 30, 1991
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p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 30, 1991
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Race Relations
Item ID
3085AN
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Newspaper Index
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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 ninth grade student was arrested after playing with a switch- blade knife during class.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2742
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 5, 1989
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p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 5, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Criminal Behavior
Item ID
2676AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Four members of Reyes family start at Arcadia High School. All their names start with J and all are in different grade levels.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34289
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 3, 2015
Pages
p. 16
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 3, 2015
Pages
p. 16
Subjects
Arcadia High School students
Foran, Ryan
Reyes family
Item ID
34483AN
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Newspaper Index
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