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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

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 13, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - First Avenue Junior High School

Item ID: 3044AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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

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

Collection: Newspaper Index

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

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 20, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Junior High Schools

Item ID: 3032AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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

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

Collection: Newspaper Index

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

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 15, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - First Avenue Junior High School

Item ID: 3037AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Items regarding First Avenue Junior High School

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 13, 1933 p. 1 (buildings declared unsafe); January 26, 1934 p. 1 (building vacated); August 8, 1938 p. 1 (Federal funds); June 21, 1951 p. 1 (first graduating class); February 18, 1957 p. 1 (renovation); May 8, 1958 p. 3 (band award)

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 13, 1933 p. 1 (buildings declared unsafe); January 26, 1934 p. 1 (building vacated); August 8, 1938 p. 1 (Federal funds); June 21, 1951 p. 1 (first graduating class); February 18, 1957 p. 1 (renovation); May 8, 1958 p. 3 (band award)

Subjects: Schools - First Avenue Junior High School

Item ID: 4224AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 18, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Foothills Junior High School

Item ID: 3048AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Entrance to First Avenue Junior High School (later known as First Avenue Middle School).

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Date: 1979

1 image

Date: 1979

Subjects: First Avenue Junior High School; First Avenue Middle School

Physical Description: 4x5 color

ID: 1234

Collection: Photographs

Images

First Avenue Jr. High School, taken from in front of the school. Address is 301 S. First Ave.

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Date: July 8, 1987

1 image

Date: July 8, 1987

Subjects: First Avenue Junior High School

Physical Description: 4x6 color

ID: 1188

Collection: Photographs

Images

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

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 15, 1988

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Schools - Foothills Junior High School

Item ID: 3049AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 18, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - First Avenue Junior High School

Item ID: 3042AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

View of corridor lined with lockers following a major fire at First Avenue Junior High School. Fire took place Memorial Day Weekend, 1979.

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Date: about June 1, 1979

1 image

Date: about June 1, 1979

Subjects: First Avenue Junior High School

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 959

Collection: Photographs

Images

The Board of Education approved a joint powers agreement with the city regarding use of part of the First Avenue Junior High School site for recreational purposes.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 10, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 10, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - First Avenue Junior High School

Item ID: 3034AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The First Avenue Junior High School sustained $1 million in damages Monday night, May 28, 1979. Arson is suspected as the cause of the fire.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 31, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 31, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - First Avenue Junior High School

Item ID: 3035AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 19, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 19, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - First Avenue Junior High School

Item ID: 3038AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Two articles on the fire which damaged First Avenue Junior High School. The longer discusses the arson investigation, the second discusses the general fire investigation, seeking the beginning point for the fire.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 7, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 7, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - First Avenue Junior High School

Item ID: 3036AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Fire Department snorkel truck is parked close to entrance to First Avenue Junior High School following a major fire that hit the school. Seven firemen are seen in their gear, talking together.

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Date: about June 1, 1979

1 image

Date: about June 1, 1979

Subjects: First Avenue Junior High School; Fire Department

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 960

Collection: Photographs

Images

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

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 31, 1982

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Schools - First Avenue Junior High School

Item ID: 3041AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 28, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - First Avenue Junior High School

Item ID: 3039AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 8, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - First Avenue Junior High School

Item ID: 3043AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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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.

Distinguished schools for 1996 locally are Arcadia's First Avenue, Foothills and Dana Middle schools and Arcadia High School.

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.

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.

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.

Items regarding First Avenue Junior High School

Arcadia's Foothills Junior High School has been selected as one of the 1987-88 California Secondary Distinguished Schools.

Entrance to First Avenue Junior High School (later known as First Avenue Middle School).

Images

First Avenue Jr. High School, taken from in front of the school. Address is 301 S. First Ave.

Images

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.

Jack Sonnhalter, principal of First Avenue Junior High School, will take an early retirement at the end of the current school year.

View of corridor lined with lockers following a major fire at First Avenue Junior High School. Fire took place Memorial Day Weekend, 1979.

Images

The Board of Education approved a joint powers agreement with the city regarding use of part of the First Avenue Junior High School site for recreational purposes.

The First Avenue Junior High School sustained $1 million in damages Monday night, May 28, 1979. Arson is suspected as the cause of the fire.

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.

Two articles on the fire which damaged First Avenue Junior High School. The longer discusses the arson investigation, the second discusses the general fire investigation, seeking the beginning point for the fire.

Arcadia Fire Department snorkel truck is parked close to entrance to First Avenue Junior High School following a major fire that hit the school. Seven firemen are seen in their gear, talking together.

Images

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.

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.

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.