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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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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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New Superintendent of Schools Mimi Hennessey talks about the direction the Arcadia schools will be going under her leadership.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 9, 1999
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 9, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Hennessey, Mimi
Schools
Educators
Teachers
Item ID
27332AN
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General item regarding schools

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 28, 1951 p. 1 (Unified School District becomes legal)
February 28, 1971 p. 1 (Citizen's Committee to study School District)
January 28, 1954 p. 1 (intermediate schools contract)
April 4, 1955 p. 1 (Administration building)
April 7, 1955 p. 1 ( " )
December 15, 1960 p. 1 (New building)
December 26, 1960 p. 3 ( " )
January 26, 1961 p. 1 ( " )
February 16, 1961 p. 1 ( " )
March 9, 1961 p. 1 ( " )
March 17, 1961 p. 1 ( " )
April 24, 1961 p. 1 ( " )
June 29, 1961 p. 3 ( " )
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 28, 1951 p. 1 (Unified School District becomes legal)
February 28, 1971 p. 1 (Citizen's Committee to study School District)
January 28, 1954 p. 1 (intermediate schools contract)
April 4, 1955 p. 1 (Administration building)
April 7, 1955 p. 1 ( " )
December 15, 1960 p. 1 (New building)
December 26, 1960 p. 3 ( " )
January 26, 1961 p. 1 ( " )
February 16, 1961 p. 1 ( " )
March 9, 1961 p. 1 ( " )
March 17, 1961 p. 1 ( " )
April 24, 1961 p. 1 ( " )
June 29, 1961 p. 3 ( " )
Subjects
Schools
Item ID
4186AN
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General items regarding schools

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 8, 1956 p. 1 (Health Service report)
November 12, 1956 p. 1 (population trends of pupils studied)
January 28, 1957 p. 1 (Educators opinion poll of Arcadia schools)
August 29 ,1957 p. 1 (adult education aims)
July 1, 1962 p. 5 ( " )
January 8, 1959 p. 1 (conditions in 1959)
September 28, 1961 p. 3 (inter-faith classes)
July 8, 1962 p. 3 ( " )
march 8, 1962 p. 1 (long range expansion projects)
July 5, 1962 p. 1 (building pay-as-you-go-plan)
July 12, 1962 p. 1 (study on limiting attendance)
June 20, 1963 p. 1 (classroom financing)
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 8, 1956 p. 1 (Health Service report)
November 12, 1956 p. 1 (population trends of pupils studied)
January 28, 1957 p. 1 (Educators opinion poll of Arcadia schools)
August 29 ,1957 p. 1 (adult education aims)
July 1, 1962 p. 5 ( " )
January 8, 1959 p. 1 (conditions in 1959)
September 28, 1961 p. 3 (inter-faith classes)
July 8, 1962 p. 3 ( " )
march 8, 1962 p. 1 (long range expansion projects)
July 5, 1962 p. 1 (building pay-as-you-go-plan)
July 12, 1962 p. 1 (study on limiting attendance)
June 20, 1963 p. 1 (classroom financing)
Subjects
Schools
Item ID
4188AN
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Private schools pay annual rent for classrooms at two area public schools. There is a controversy over the use or misuse of classrooms by these students.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 21, 1995
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 21, 1995
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Schools
Item ID
5491AN
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General items regarding elementary schools

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
Spetember 6, 1956 p. 20 (boundary map)
June 23, 1958 p. 1 (curriculum changed)
July 21, 1958 p. 1 ( " )
April 4, 1955 p. 1 (Elkins Avenue site abandoned)
December 28, 1936 p. 1 (kindergarten)
May 7, 1938 p. 1 ( " " )
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
Spetember 6, 1956 p. 20 (boundary map)
June 23, 1958 p. 1 (curriculum changed)
July 21, 1958 p. 1 ( " )
April 4, 1955 p. 1 (Elkins Avenue site abandoned)
December 28, 1936 p. 1 (kindergarten)
May 7, 1938 p. 1 ( " " )
Subjects
Schools - Elementary Schools
Item ID
4202AN
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Dana Middle School was announced as one of California's 1997-98 Blue Ribbon Schools.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 4, 1998
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 4, 1998
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Schools - Richard Henry Dana Jr. Middle School
Item ID
15873AN
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Arcadia High School is ranked among the top 12 schools in the nation at the National Science Bowl Competition.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 7, 1998
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 7, 1998
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia High School
National Science Bowl Competition
Item ID
26513AN
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The Arcadia Education Foundation donates $300,000 to the Arcadia schools.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 24, 1999
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 24, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Education Foundation (AEF)
Schools
Item ID
27164AN
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The boundaries for the 6 elementary and 3 middle schools are going to be changed so that enrollments at each of the schools are more balanced. About 300 of the district's 6000 students will be affected by the changes.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 14, 1993
Pages
p. A-3 Illustrations
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 14, 1993
Pages
p. A-3 Illustrations
Subjects
Schools
Item ID
983AN
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A class size reduction program is implemented in Arcadia elementary schools.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 19, 1996
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 19, 1996
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Schools
Item ID
25951AN
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Arcadia High school leads West San Gabriel Valley schools with the most finalists in the 1992 National Merit Scholarship competition.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 5, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 5, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Item ID
35AN
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Six of the Arcadia Unified District's 11 schools have new principals.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 11, 1991
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 11, 1991
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Employees
Item ID
2808AN
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About 300 students in kindergarten through 5th grade will attend new schools in September because the school board unanimously approved changes in school attendance boundaries.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 16, 1993
Pages
p. A-3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 16, 1993
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Schools
Item ID
981AN
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The Arcadia Rotary Club awarded grants totaling $4,990 to 17 teachers at the February 13 Arcadia Board of Education meeting. Grants ranging from $175 to $300 were given to individual teachers to help with special classroom projects. The teachers represented 5 of the 6 Arcadia elementary schools, all 3 junior high schools and both Arcadia and Huntington high schools.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 25, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 25, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Organizations - Rotary Club
Item ID
2098AN
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Arcadia noted for topflight city school system. From packing shed to 10 school plants, story of Arcadia--8 schools in use, 9th being built, 10th being planned.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 13, 1953
Pages
p. 12-16
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 13, 1953
Pages
p. 12-16
Subjects
Arcadia Schools-history
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The Arcadia Unified School District Board of Education chose June Mochizuki, Assistant Principal at Rio Hondo and Gidley Schools in El Monte, to be the new principal for Baldwin Stocker Elementary School.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 13, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 13, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools-Baldwin Stocker Elementary
Schools - Employees - Mochizuki, June
Item ID
2856AN
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Arcadia City Council has approved funding for outdoor lights at Dana and First Avenue middle schools, but opposed lighting a soccer field at Foothills Middle School.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 26, 1998
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 26, 1998
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
City Council, 1990 - 1999
Item ID
16607AN
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The Arcadia Board of Education will study the environmental impact of new uses and the addition of lights at Dana and First Avenue Middle schools and the Arcadia High School softball field.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 25, 1999
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 25, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
School Board
Lighting
Arcadia High School
Dana Middle School
First Avenue Middle School
Item ID
27087AN
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The Arcadia Unified School District is taking a "zero tolerance" position against violence and drugs in the schools. Anyone caught assaulting another student, bringing a weapon to school, or using or selling drugs on campus will be expelled.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 23, 1995
Pages
p. A-3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 23, 1995
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Schools
Item ID
4383AN
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