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The drill team from Dana Junior High School marched off with the sweepstakes award at the 43rd annual Camellia Festival Parade in Temple City, while the band, tall flags and drum major (military) all captured first place trophies.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 25, 1987
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 25, 1987
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Dana Junior High School
Item ID
3033AN
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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.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 20, 1987
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 20, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Junior High Schools
Item ID
3032AN
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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.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 19, 1983
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p. 1
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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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Jack Sonnhalter, principal of First Avenue Junior High School, will take an early retirement at the end of the current school year.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 18, 1984
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 18, 1984
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - First Avenue Junior High School
Item ID
3042AN
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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
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 13, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - First Avenue Junior High School
Item ID
3044AN
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Bill Manley teaches the computer and electronics class at First Avenue Junior High. The popular class is designed to teach students computer literacy at an early age.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 31, 1982
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 31, 1982
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Schools - First Avenue Junior High School
Item ID
3041AN
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First Avenue Junior High, severely damaged by a fire in 1979, will reopen this fall to students in grades 7-9 although reconstruction of the building is incomplete. Portable classrooms will be used.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 28, 1980
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 28, 1980
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - First Avenue Junior High School
Item ID
3039AN
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Students at First Avenue Junior High raised $579 for a weekend telethon aimed at providing funds for the medical treatment of children whose families cannot afford hospital care.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 8, 1988
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 8, 1988
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - First Avenue Junior High School
Item ID
3043AN
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Nearly two years after fire caused extensive damage at First Avenue Junior High, students and staff are eager for the re-opening of the main building. Article describes new features.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 5, 1981
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 5, 1981
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Schools - First Avenue Junior High School
Item ID
3040AN
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Robert White is the teacher and sponsor of the Fantastic Foothills Foolers, an after-school magic club for students at Foothills Junior High.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3131
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 18, 1982
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 18, 1982
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Schools - Foothills Junior High School
Item ID
3047AN
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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
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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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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.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 15, 1988
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 15, 1988
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Schools - Foothills Junior High School
Item ID
3049AN
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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
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 24, 1980
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Junior High Schools
Item ID
3031AN
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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
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 3, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Test Scores
Item ID
3125AN
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The Arcadia Board of Education has offered the California School Employees Association and the Arcadia Pupil Support Services Association a 4.7% raise for 1985-86. The Employees Association is made up of secretaries, custodians and non-teaching personnel while the Services Association is made up of psychologists, nurses, counselors, reading teachers, etc.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 4, 1985
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 4, 1985
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Employees
Item ID
2780AN
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Last year, Foothills Junior High students raised $800 for the Peace Corps to go to Lamotrek Atoll, Micronesia, an island in the South Pacific. The Peace Corps Partnership Program allows American schools, clubs and organizations to fund small projects, typically less than $1500. The money will be used to construct a basketball court.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 29, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 29, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Foothills Junior High School
Item ID
3050AN
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To save Arcadia High School $41,500 a year on energy costs, the Board of Education has selected the firm Pacific Energen, Inc. to design a joint electricity-generating & hot water-producing system for the school.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 18, 1987
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 18, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Item ID
2989AN
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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
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 8, 1987
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Schools
Item ID
2617AN
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Joe Fox was selected new principal for Dana Junior High. He will replace retiring principal Don Wells.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 31, 1987
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 31, 1987
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Fox, Joe
Item ID
2837AN
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Twelve seniors out of 783 were denied diplomas because of their failure to pass a battery of state-mandated basic skills tests. They are the first to be denied diplomas under the Pupil Proficiency Law of 1976. Arcadia's test requires ninth grade level competency.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3055
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 9, 1981
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p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 9, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Item ID
2977AN
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