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Arcadia, Alhambra, Monrovia, Pasadena, South Pasadena, San Gabriel, San Marino and Temple City public schools all showed improvement on California state API testing that measures English and math performance. Duarte Unified showed a drop from the previous year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32510
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Academic Performance Index (API)
Arcadia Schools
Test Scores
Item ID
32709AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Eight school districts in the West San Gabriel Valley, including Arcadia Unified School District, showed year-to-year increases in Academic Performance Index (API) scores. The API measures student proficiency in English and math.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32061
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 14, 2010
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 14, 2010
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Academic Performance Index (API)
Arcadia Schools
Test Scores
Item ID
32258AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia gets top marks in county API scores. Arcadia Unified School District has three of the top four highest scoring middle schools on the Academic Performance Index. Foothills Middle School ranked first, tied with Huntington Middle School in San Marino. First Avenue Middle School and Dana Middle School also ranked in the top four in Los Angeles County.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33611
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 12, 2013
Pages
p. 18
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 12, 2013
Pages
p. 18
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District--Schools--Middle Schools
Shawn, Joel
Test Scores
Item ID
33806AN
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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Arcadia High School French Program: over 110 students rank top 25% nationally.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34923
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 22, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 22, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Arcadia High School students
Academic achievements
Item ID
35113AN
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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2011 Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) scores show a majority of area schools are progressing. California's STAR program assesses public school students' knowledge of the math, English and science in grades 2 through 11. At Arcadia Unified School District, these are the percentage of students who scored proficient or advanced in core subjects: English-Language Arts 83.9%; History 76%; Mathematics 82.4%; Science 84.7%; Science end of course 80.4%. STAR scores from other area schools are given.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32499
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 16, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 16, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR)
Test Scores
Item ID
32698AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School student Kevin Chou (photo), a junior, earns the top score of 36 on the ACT College Admission and Placement Exam.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33779
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 20, 2014
Pages
p. 16
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 20, 2014
Pages
p. 16
Subjects
Arcadia High School students
Chou, Kevin
Test Scores
Item ID
33974AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School senior Ryan Leung earns perfect AP exam score on the AP College Board's Computer Science A exam in 2017. He is among only 111 other students on Earth who got perfect scores on this exam. His teacher was Brent Reiske. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 1, 11, April 5, 2018.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35146
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
April 5, 2018
Pages
p. 7
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
April 5, 2018
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Arcadia High School students
Leung, Ryan
Test Scores
Item ID
35335AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School finishes fourth overall during the Los Angeles County Academic Decathlon. They will advance to the California Academic Decathlon.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32829
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 10, 2012
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 10, 2012
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Academic Decathlon
Arcadia High School
Item ID
33026AN
Collection
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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Three area schools will be heading to the state competition after earning high scores in this year's Los Angeles County Academic Decathlon. The Arcadia High School team is shown in a picture with its second place "Super Quiz" trophy.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31897
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 12, 2010
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 12, 2010
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Academic Decathlon
Arcadia High School students
Item ID
32094AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia ranked by niche.com as number 17 in Top 100 Best California towns to raise a family.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34197
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 11, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 16
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 11, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 16
Subjects
Arcadia, California
Families
Item ID
34391AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District middle schools First Avenue, Foothills, and Dana, make it to the top 12 of 2018 Niche rankings of public middle schools in the Los Angeles area. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 14, November 2, 2017.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35001
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 26, 2017
Pages
p. 7
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 26, 2017
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Acker, Benjamin (photo)
Hacking, Daniel (photo)
Issa, Semeen (photo)
Item ID
35191AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School receives national recognition as a Project Lead the Way (PLTW) school for commitment to empowering students. Arcadia High School is one of 10 schools in California and one of only 133 high schools across the U.S. to receive this honor.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35120
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 22, 2018
Pages
p. 20
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 22, 2018
Pages
p. 20
Subjects
Arcadia High School
Awards, recognitions, honors
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math)
Item ID
35308AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia student Raghav Ramanujam, a 6th grader at Foothills Middle School, places third at the 2015 National You Be the Chemist challenge.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34233
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 2, 2015
Pages
p. 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 2, 2015
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Academic competitions
Chemistry
Ramanujam, Raghav
Item ID
34427AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School's Constitution Team won the national competition in Washington D.C. California's Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger offered his congratulations to the 30 member team. The team's advisor is teacher Kevin Fox. Arcadia High School students James Griswold and Kiko Sunata are pictured.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32002
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 28, 2010
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 28, 2010
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Academic competitions
Arcadia High School
Constitution Team
Fox, Kevin
Griswold, James
Sunata, Kiko
Tong, Catherine
Item ID
32182AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School among top 16 finalists in National Science Bowl. It is a U.S. Department of Energy-sponsored academice competition. In photo are Chris Chi, Kevin Wang, Ray Fu, Bruce Xu. Also not pictured Allen Shum.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34163
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 4, 2015
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 4, 2015
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Arcadia High School students--National Science Bowl--academic competitions
Chi, Chris
Fu, Ray
Shum, Allen
Wang, Kevin
Xu, Bruce
Item ID
34357AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School among 2019’s best public high schools in the nation, according to Niche.com.It is also in the top 1 percent of best public high schools in the state of California and in the Los Angeles area. AHS stands out in STEM and college prep.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35290
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 27, 2018
Pages
p. 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 27, 2018
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Arcadia High School
Awards, recognitions, honors
Item ID
35479AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School Constitution Team wins third place at the 25th anniversary We the People: the Citizens and Constitution National Finals.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32964
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 3, 2012
Pages
p. 1, 7
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 3, 2012
Pages
p. 1, 7
Subjects
Academic competitions
Arcadia High School--Constitution Team
Item ID
33161AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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