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Cal Poly Pomona student Melissa Cripe, 20, will work with junior high students to solve personal problems without resorting to violence as part of the AmeriCorps program, a $360 million national program launched by President Clinton to act as a domestic version of the Peace Corps.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 26, 1995
Pages
p. H-2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 26, 1995
Pages
p. H-2
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Cripe, Melissa
Item ID
4354AN
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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
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 8, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - First Avenue Junior High School
Item ID
3043AN
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A small group of teachers, dissatisfied with an 8.5% salary increase, may go on strike. Both the Arcadia Teachers Association and the American Federation of Teachers local have disavowed the action.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 21, 1974
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 21, 1974
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Employees
Item ID
2710AN
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Schools - Junior High Schools

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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 …
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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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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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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
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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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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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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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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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A decline in enrollment which has threatened to close one of Arcadia's 3 junior high schools appears to be less precipitous than anticipated, and may even be leveling off. According to official figures presented by the Arcadia Board of Education, there has been a loss of 164 students, far less that the drop of 429 that was expected.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 27, 1984
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 27, 1984
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Enrollment
Item ID
2901AN
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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
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 20, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Junior High Schools
Item ID
3032AN
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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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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)
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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
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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
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Photographs
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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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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 5, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Junior High Schools
Item ID
3030AN
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Arcadian Gary Twombley will leave Washington, D.C. to become part of the 1st group of Peace Corps volunteers to serve in Eastern Europe. Twombley, 24, is preparing with 59 other volunteers, including Elizabeth Oewn, 22, of Pasadena, for 2 years of service in Hungary.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 17, 1990
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 17, 1990
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Twombley, Gary
Item ID
3428AN
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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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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 18, 1982
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Schools - Foothills Junior High School
Item ID
3047AN
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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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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 18, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Foothills Junior High School
Item ID
3048AN
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The Housing Rehabilitation Project will receive $165,000 of the $238,250 Community Development Block Grant funds that Arcadia receives from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. Recent changes in HUD's regulations require that no less than 70% of a grantee's funds go toward programs that help those with low and moderate incomes.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 17, 1991
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 17, 1991
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Housing Rehabilitation Project
Item ID
1850AN
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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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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
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 18, 1984
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - First Avenue Junior High School
Item ID
3042AN
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