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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
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 18, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Foothills Junior High School
Item ID
3048AN
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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
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 13, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - First Avenue Junior High School
Item ID
3044AN
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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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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 15, 1988
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Schools - Foothills Junior High School
Item ID
3049AN
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Newspaper Index
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Distinguished schools for 1996 locally are Arcadia's First Avenue, Foothills and Dana Middle schools and Arcadia High School.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 3, 1996
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 3, 1996
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Schools - First Avenue Junior High School
Schools - Foothills Junior High School
Schools - Dana Junior High School
Item ID
5697AN
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First Avenue Junior High was one of 3 area schools to receive the state Dept. of Education's Distinguished High School and Middle School Awards. Arcadia's Foothill Jr. High received the award in 1988. The other winners included San Marino High School and the L. A. County High School for the Arts at Cal State Los Angeles.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 22, 1990
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p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 22, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - First Avenue Junior High School
Item ID
3045AN
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The Arcadia Board of Education made firm its plans for the Junior High pupils. First Avenue 8th and 9th graders will attend classes on their own campus, while incoming 7th graders will be divided between Dana and Foothills junior high schools.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 5, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 5, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Junior High Schools
Item ID
3030AN
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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
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 24, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Junior High Schools
Item ID
3031AN
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Newspaper Index
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Items regarding Dana Junior High School

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 19, 1954 p. 1 (named)
September 2, 1954 p. 1 (opens)
September 9, 1954 p. 3 ( " )
December 13, 1956 p. 1 (addition)
August 25, 1958 p. 1 (expansion)
September 29, 1958 p. 1 ( " )
October 10, 1966 p. 1 ( " )
May 22, 1966 p. 3 (Principal Bagnall resigns)
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 19, 1954 p. 1 (named)
September 2, 1954 p. 1 (opens)
September 9, 1954 p. 3 ( " )
December 13, 1956 p. 1 (addition)
August 25, 1958 p. 1 (expansion)
September 29, 1958 p. 1 ( " )
October 10, 1966 p. 1 ( " )
May 22, 1966 p. 3 (Principal Bagnall resigns)
Subjects
Schools - Dana Junior High School
Item ID
4226AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Schools - Junior High Schools

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Contents
1. Article and photos on First Avenue School. CALIFORNIA ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE, pp. 24-25. October 1940. Gift from Peggy Buddy. 2. Original section of First Avenue School. news photo, M.D. 3. The current extensive interior-lifting of First Avenue School.. Information sheets given by First …
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1. Article and photos on First Avenue School. CALIFORNIA ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE, pp. 24-25. October 1940. Gift from Peggy Buddy.
2. Original section of First Avenue School. news photo, M.D.
3. The current extensive interior-lifting of First Avenue School.. Information sheets given by First Avenue personnel to visitors to school in 1960-61.
4. Dana Junior High School. Student Handbook, 1975-76.
5. First Avenue Junior High School. Student Handbook, 1975-76.
6. Foothills Junior High School. AUSD brochure 1967-68.
7. Your Junior High Schools. AUSD brochure 1967-68.
8. Whole new world opens up to ham operator. Arcadia Tribune January 6, 1974. (Rich Alexander, ninth grade student at First Avenue Junior High School.)
9. OK $101,600 purchase of Soberly School site (for future Foothills Junior High School). news clip September 22, 1958.
10. Arson suspected in school fire. Arcadia Tribune May 31, 1979.
11. Richard Henry Dana Intermediate School PTA Yearbook 1956-57.
12. "Mariner Log" from Dana Middle School April 26, 1995.
13. "Mariner Log" from Dana Middle School December 21, 1995.
14. Promotion ceremony program for Dana Junior High School, First Avenue Junior High School and Foothills Junior High School June 15, 1994.
15. "Dana Overboard" magazine of Dana Middle School. March 1998.
16. Letter from Christeen Taniguchi of Galvin Preservation Associates, dated May 15, 2007, requesting public comments and information regarding potential historical resources located within the Foothills Middle School development project area. Enclosures include aerial map of the campus and layout of the campus with buildings marked for improvements 1) addition to the music room 2) new amphitheater 3) new joint-use multi-gymnasium.
17. Joint Use Gymnasium Project groundbreaking ceremony, Dana Middle School, November 5, 2009.
18. Dana Junior High School graduation program, June 15, 1966. Later known as Dana Middle School.
19. Dana Gym Grand Opening Ceremony program, January 11, 2011.
20. Arcadia schools, well-heeled but still pinched. The upscale school district finds itself with an embarrassment of riches as it seeks to win community support in avoiding cutbacks and layoffs (First Avenue Middle School). Los Angeles Times, June 7, 2011. By Sandy Banks. Retrieved from latimes.com on June 8, 2011.
21. "Footnotes," the Foothills Middle School PTA newsletter. October-November 1999.
22. AUSD expands AVID Program to First Avenue and Dana middle schools. AVID is Advancement Via Individual Determination. AVID places a renewed focus on students in the academic middle who have the potential and motivation to be among the top-performing students in the district. Arcadia Weekly, p. 23, October 24, 2013.
23. Night at the Movies, a music program at First Avenue Middle School, June 7, 2006.
24. First Avenue Middle School celebrating 110 years, invitation to December 9, 2017 event.
Subjects
Schools - Junior High Schools
Item ID
226AF
Collection
Subject Files
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The Mariner Log, the monthly newspaper of Dana Junior High School, is featured.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 25, 1993
Pages
p. 3 photo; Highlander section
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 25, 1993
Pages
p. 3 photo; Highlander section
Subjects
Schools-Dana Junior High School
Item ID
227AN
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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
Pages
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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Items regarding Foothills Junior High School

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 19, 1959 p. 1
November 23, 1959 p. 1
December 28, 1959 p. 1
February 8, 1960 p. 1
August 10, 1961 p. 1 (picture)
August 21, 1961 p. 3
September 14, 1961 p. 1 (dedication-New Junior High School dedicated)
May 28, 1972 p. 1 (VD class)
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 19, 1959 p. 1
November 23, 1959 p. 1
December 28, 1959 p. 1
February 8, 1960 p. 1
August 10, 1961 p. 1 (picture)
August 21, 1961 p. 3
September 14, 1961 p. 1 (dedication-New Junior High School dedicated)
May 28, 1972 p. 1 (VD class)
Subjects
Schools - Foothills Junior High School
Item ID
4225AN
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Newspaper Index
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General items regarding junior high schools

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 30, 1936 p. 1 (land appropriated)
January 6, 1938 p. 1 (discussion of growth and future)
May 18, 1957 p. 1 (bond issue)
January 20, 1958 p. 1 (site)
May 26, 1958 p. 1 (purchase of Oberly site)
June 9, 1958 p. 1
June 12, 1958 p. 1
September 8, 1958 p. 1
September 22, 1958 p. 1
December 18, 1958 p. 1 (change)
December 22, 1958 p. 1 ( " )
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 30, 1936 p. 1 (land appropriated)
January 6, 1938 p. 1 (discussion of growth and future)
May 18, 1957 p. 1 (bond issue)
January 20, 1958 p. 1 (site)
May 26, 1958 p. 1 (purchase of Oberly site)
June 9, 1958 p. 1
June 12, 1958 p. 1
September 8, 1958 p. 1
September 22, 1958 p. 1
December 18, 1958 p. 1 (change)
December 22, 1958 p. 1 ( " )
Subjects
Schools - Junior High Schools
Item ID
4223AN
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Edward L. Feldhaus Jr., Foothills Junior High School teacher, has been named Arcadia Unified School District's nominee to the Los Angeles County "Teacher of the Year" recognition program.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 3, 1983
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 3, 1983
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Feldhaus, Edward L. Jr.
Item ID
2834AN
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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.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 18, 1982
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 18, 1982
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Schools - Foothills Junior High School
Item ID
3047AN
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Firemen have decided that the Memorial Day fire at First Avenue Junior High School was definitely the work of arsonists. All of the other possible causes have been eliminated.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 15, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 15, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - First Avenue Junior High School
Item ID
3037AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia's Baldwin Stocker and Camino Grove elementary schools have earned "Distinguished School" designation from the California State Department of Education.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 20, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 20, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Schools-Baldwin Stocker Elementary
Schools-Camino Grove Elementary
Item ID
27699AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Dana Junior High girls visit the state capital.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 15, 1971
Pages
p. 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 15, 1971
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Camp Fire Girls
Dana Junior High School--students
Sacramento, California
Item ID
32980AN
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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
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 29, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Foothills Junior High School
Item ID
3050AN
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Newspaper Index
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View across orchestra at Dana Junior High School during graduation exercises.

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Date
c.1954
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Date
c.1954
Subjects
Dana Junior High School
Physical Description
7x10 b&w
ID
1124
Collection
Photographs
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