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Test scores of Arcadia Unified School District's seniors rose this year. The reading score was 294 (up 19 points) while math score was 333 (up 20 points). Since 1987-88, students moved from the 77th to the 85th percentile in reading and from the 89th to the 96th percentile in math statewide.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3220
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 25, 1990
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p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 25, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Test Scores
Item ID
3128AN
Collection
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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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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SAT scores released Wednesday revealed Arcadia High School students scored above both State and National averages.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper313
Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
August 27, 1992
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p. 1
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Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
August 27, 1992
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Schools - Test Scores
Item ID
313AN
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Newspaper Index
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Area Advanced Placement test scores show improvement.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3224
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 17, 1991
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p. B-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 17, 1991
Pages
p. B-1
Subjects
Schools - Test Scores
Item ID
3132AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia student test scores are above state and national norms.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26383
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 2, 1998
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 2, 1998
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Schools - Test Scores
Item ID
26583AN
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Newspaper Index
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The 49-year-old Anoakia School, facing a June deadline for relocation, has opted for local print advertising. Owner Lowry McCaslin apparently wants to develop the property at Foothill Blvd. and Baldwin Ave. However, the school also has numerous city fire code violations and a building that is not up to seismic standards. The school currently has 279 students from K-8th grade.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3142
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 24, 1990
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 24, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools, Private - Anoakia School
Item ID
3056AN
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Newspaper Index
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Pavel Faschingbauer from the Czech Republic was the overall winner of the 3rd annual Santa Anita Derby Day 5K. A list of all winners is given.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25814
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 10, 1997
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 10, 1997
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Faschingbauer, Pavel
Santa Anita Derby Day 5K
Item ID
26014AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia Unified School Board will discuss plans for the "reconfiguration" of the district's grades 7-9, and a high school with grades 10-12.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper297
Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
December 7, 1992
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p. A-1
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Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
December 7, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
School Board
Item ID
297AN
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Newspaper Index
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Thanks to new technology at the Arcadia Public Library, individuals who are blind or visually impaired can be well read. The Reading Edge scans printed text, converts it into synthesized speech and then reads it aloud. Photo.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper14211
Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
June 11, 1998
Pages
p. 9
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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
June 11, 1998
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library, 1990 - 1999
Item ID
14787AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School senior Shirley Hung scored a perfect score on the SAT. She is one of three other students in the United States to accomplish this.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper5652
Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
December 7, 1995
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p. 7
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Sierra Madre News
Date
December 7, 1995
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Hung, Shirley
Item ID
5503AN
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Newspaper Index
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The 9-person team of Arcadia High School placed 3rd out of 73 teams in the county's 41st annual Academic Decathlon, thus performing the best ever in Arcadia High School history. The decathlon consists of speech, math, science, fine arts, social science/history, economics, language, literature and essay competitions.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3079
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 2, 1990
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 2, 1990
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Item ID
3001AN
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Newspaper Index
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Heather Gilchriest, a teacher at the Polytechnic School in Pasadena has written, directed, and choreographed a musical revue for her 8th grade students called "The Crown City Capers of 1927", set at the Huntington Hotel just before the 1927 Rose Parade.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper984
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 9, 1993
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p. H-3 photos
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 9, 1993
Pages
p. H-3 photos
Subjects
Gilchriest, Heather
Item ID
984AN
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Newspaper Index
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Nordstrom's Department Store is scheduled to open in August 1994, while 20 specialty shops and a 292-seat food court will open in October, 1993. The $34.3 million expansion is expected to generate about $1 million in sales tax revenue each year, as well a create 250 retail jobs.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper241
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 27, 1993
Pages
p. A-6 photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 27, 1993
Pages
p. A-6 photo
Subjects
Fashion Park
Nordstrom's Department Store
Item ID
241AN
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The school board on Tuesday night unanimously approved a framework for change concerning grades. The details of the district's grading standards will be worked out over the coming months.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper5713
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 10, 1996
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p. A 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 10, 1996
Pages
p. A 1
Subjects
School Board
Item ID
5564AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia school board has come out in opposition to State Proposition 223. See also Arcadia Weekly, May 28, 1998, page 19.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26313
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 7, 1998
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 7, 1998
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
School Board
Proposition 223
Item ID
26514AN
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Newspaper Index
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A team of Arcadia High School advanced placement government students edged out 48 other state champion teams to win the 6th annual "We the People... the Citizen and the Constitution" competition in Washington, D.C.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper216
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 6, 1993
Pages
p. A-5 photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 6, 1993
Pages
p. A-5 photo
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Item ID
216AN
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Newspaper Index
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Annual school dropout rates for grades 9 to 12 are shown by school district. Dates included are 91/92, 92/93, and 93/94.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4839
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 14, 1995
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 14, 1995
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Schools
Item ID
4715AN
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Newspaper Index
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Following an unexpected influx of students in the first, fourth and sixth grades this year in the Arcadia Unified School District, some of the first grade students have been attending classes with kindergarteners, prompting about 65 Highland Oaks Elementary School parents to meet with district officials.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2984
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 26, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 26, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Enrollment
Item ID
2910AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Following an unexpected influx of students in the first, fourth and sixth grades this year in the Arcadia Unified School District, some of the first grade students have been attending classes with kindergartners, prompting about 65 Highland Oaks Elementary School parents to meet with district officials.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28921
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 26, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 26, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Enrollment
Item ID
2910AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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