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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 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
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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Arcadia Unified School District superintendent Joel Shawn talks about the three Rs of student success, shares observations of both China's and America's student cultures and education systems. He has just returned from a trip to Shanghai, China.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32561
Newspaper
San Gabriel Valley Edition of the San Marino Tribune
Date
October 6, 2011
Pages
p. S1, S3
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Newspaper
San Gabriel Valley Edition of the San Marino Tribune
Date
October 6, 2011
Pages
p. S1, S3
Subjects
American schools--education
Arcadia Unified School District--Superintendents
China--schools and education
Culture
Shawn, Joel
Item ID
32760AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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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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 Unified School District Superintendent Joel Shawn will retire this year. He has been with the district since 2005.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33788
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 29, 2014
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 29, 2014
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District--employees
Educators
Shawn, Joel
Item ID
33983AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District ranked as best place to teach in Los Angeles according to Niche.com and ranked 15th best school district in California.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34949
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 31, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 31, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 3
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Niche.com
Rankings
Item ID
35139AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District revives middle school athletics. In 1995, the middle school sports program was dismantled when the district transitioned junior high to the middle school model (6th-8th grades), then the focus veered heavily toward academics. On December 3, 2015, First Avenue Middle School faced off with Dana Middle School for the first time in two decades.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34463
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 18, 2016
Pages
p. 23
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 18, 2016
Pages
p. 23
Subjects
Arcadia Schools
Bramley, Scott
McDonald, Laurie
Middle school sports
Ruiz, May S.
Wilson, Jeffrey
Item ID
34655AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District's superintendent Joel Shawn writes a column bragging about the many notable accomplishments and achievements of Arcadia High School students during the 2009-2010 school year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32072
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 24, 2010
Pages
p. A14
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 24, 2010
Pages
p. A14
Subjects
Academic competitions
Arcadia Unified School District--Arcadia High School
Educators
Shawn, Joel
Item ID
32269AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Joel Shawn, the Arcadia Unified School District (AUSD) superintendent since 2008, addresses the state of education. Biography.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32512
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 4, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 4, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District (AUSD)--educators
Shawn, Joel--biography
Superintendents
Item ID
32711AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District hires four new principals. They are Tom Bruce (First Avenue Middle School), Teresa Oakdale (Holly Avenue Elementary School), Ben Acker (Foothills Middle School), and Lauren Leahy (Hugo Reid Elementary School). The new hires come soon after David Vannasdall became the district superintendent in May.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33915
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 8, 2014
Pages
p. A7
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 8, 2014
Pages
p. A7
Subjects
Acker, Ben
Arcadia Unified School District employees
Bruce, Tom
Leahy, Lauren
Oakdale, Teresa
Item ID
34109AN
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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Individual students and the Arcadia Educational Foundation (AEF) raised about $840,000 for the Arcadia Unified School District (AUSD) during its annual appeal last year, enabling the district to reinstate 12 teaching positions. Budget cuts from the state have created "serious challenges" for Arcadia schools over the past 4 years, said AUSD superintendent Joel Shawn.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32511
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News,
Date
September 4, 2011
Pages
p. A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News,
Date
September 4, 2011
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Arcadia Educational Foundation (AEF)
Arcadia Unified School District (AUSD)
Shawn, Joel
Item ID
32710AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified 'lip-dubs spirit of its middle schools. Some 2,200 Arcadia Unified School District middle school students and adults are featured in a four minute YouTube video featuring Jason Derulo's "Undefeated," to show their school spirit and pride. A lip-dub video is music played over a lip-sync video, filmed in one continuous shot.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34243
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 18, 2015
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 18, 2015
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Dana Middle School
First Avenue Middle School
Foothills Middle School
Item ID
34437AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District ranked as best place to teach in Los Angeles by Niche.com, for the second year in a row.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35255
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 16, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 16, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Awards, recognitions, honors
Niche.com
Item ID
35444AN
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 "We the People" Constitution Team aka Government Team scores big in Washington DC. They won National Unit Four Award for having the highest combined score of any Unit Four over the two day competition.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34161
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 30, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 17
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 30, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 17
Subjects
Arcadia High School students--Constitution Team--academic competitions
Item ID
34355AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Dropout rates for eight of nine school districts across the western end of the San Gabriel Valley decreased, according to state numbers released yesterday. Monrovia, Arcadia, San Gabriel, San Marino, Temple City, Alhambra, and Duarte school districts all measured decreases in their dropout rates for the 2009-2010 academic year, when compared to the previous year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32498
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Attrition rates
Item ID
32697AN
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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