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How can you help the Arcadia Educational Foundation? The Arcadia Educational Foundation (AEF) is a nonprofit organization that was founded in 1981 in response to substantially reduced federal and state funding for California public schools, administered by parent and community member trustees, to raise funds for Arcadia Unified School District. AEF runs the annual summer school program, offers $25000 in teacher grants each year, funds district-wide phone and text communication system, and has also funded teacher positions due to state-wide budget cuts.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35286
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 20, 2018
Pages
p. 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 20, 2018
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Arcadia Educational Foundation
Arcadia Unified School District
Item ID
35475AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District adopts "Common Core," so students in Arcadia will be studying subjects at the same time as students in 46 other states. Teacher Jennifer Prince said Common Core is meant to help students compete in a 21st century national and global economy. See hard copy in VF "Schools--History--2001-2020."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33793
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 3, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 24
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 3, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 24
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Arcadia Schools--curriculum
Item ID
33988AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District school board refuses to reinstate James O'Brien as the cross country coach. The school board expressed appreciation for all the individuals who shared their perspectives on the Arcadia High School cross country program at the Board of Education meetings. Mr. O'Brien continues to be employed as a teacher at Arcadia High School. Coaching assignments are made on a year-to-year basis.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33580
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 8, 2013
Pages
p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 8, 2013
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports--cross country
Arcadia Unified School District Board of Education
O'Brien, James
Item ID
33775AN
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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
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District celebrates its 2018-2019 Teacher of the Year, Janice Dickson. She is a 4th grade teacher at Longley Way Elementary School.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35289
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 27, 2018
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p. 13
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 27, 2018
Pages
p. 13
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Dickson, Janice
Longley Way Elementary School
Teachers
Item ID
35478AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District accepted into national network of innovative school districts, called the League of Innovative Schools, a national coalition of forward-thinking school districts organized by Digital Promise, a nonprofit organization with the mission to accelerate innovation in education and improve the opportunity to learn for all through technology and research.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35313
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 18, 2018
Pages
p. 13
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 18, 2018
Pages
p. 13
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Forsee, Brent
Item ID
35502AN
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Construction has begun on Arcadia Unified School District's $20 million Performing Arts Center. The 40,000 square feet, state-of-the-art facility is due to open in fall of 2012. It is funded by Measure I.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 25, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 25, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District--buildings
Performing Arts Center
Item ID
32655AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District launching full day kindergarten and Transitional Kindergarten (TK) programs for free, beginning Fall 2016.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34472
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 25, 2016
Pages
p. 12
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 25, 2016
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Kindergarten
Transitional Kindergarten (TK)
Item ID
34664AN
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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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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
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Newspaper Index
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Resident David Fong and Arcadia Police Chief Robert Guthrie address recent Arcadia school lockdowns. Highland Oaks School had been put on lockdown while Arcadia police searched for suspects in a residential robbery. Arcadia Unified School District has only one school resource officer and Fong asked the city to seriously consider additional safety measures at Arcadia schools.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35222
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 21, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 21, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Arcadia Schools
Arcadia Unified School District
Fong, David
Guthrie, Robert
Safety
Item ID
35411AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District named to prestigious AP District Honor Roll. Only 22 school districts in California honored.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 22, 2016
Pages
p. 12
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 22, 2016
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Advanced Placement District-AP District
Arcadia Unified School District
Item ID
34931AN
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Arcadia Unified School District hosting Arcadia Innovation Summit, free of charge and open to all. Sessions will focus on three areas: Google Ecosystem (using Chromebooks, Google Apps for Education and Third-Party Applications), teaching in a 1:1 classroom, and other innovative teaching practices like Genius Hour and Makerspace.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34186
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 4, 2015
Pages
p. 15
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 4, 2015
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Education
Item ID
34380AN
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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.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 16, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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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
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Newspaper Index
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Classroom of the future is in Arcadia. Arcadia Unified School District embraces AltSchool's "Personalized Learning" technology in an experimental lab that has flexible seating, desks and walls that can be written on, hanging chairs, an observation room, Google Jam Board, and other tools and techniques not typically used in other public schools.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35077
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
February 1, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
February 1, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Personalized learning
Item ID
35266AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District takes on social media in a new way. AUSD's Public Information Officer Ryan Foran, said, "Social media is an essential tool for our communication outreach plan..." Foran has formed a Digital Communications internship program for Arcadia High School students in advanced communications and journalism.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34408
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 24, 2015
Pages
p. 22
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 24, 2015
Pages
p. 22
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Foran, Ryan
Tsou, Jonathan
Item ID
34600AN
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Arcadia Unified School District has launched new online application for its meals program. For each student that qualifies for free or reduced-priced meals, the savings can equal more than $1400 per school year. Under the new Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) adopted by the state, school districts will receive additional money for each student that qualifies. Arcadia High School students that qualify can also waive AP and SAT fees, graduation will be free, and get a reduced rate for Grad Night.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33769
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 6, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 7
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 6, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 7
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Lunch program
Item ID
33964AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District (AUSD) releases personalized learning thought exchange results. Personalized Learning is an innovative new campaign led by Arcadia Unified School District (AUSD) Superintendent David Vannasdall. In May 2017 AUSD utilized a thought-sharing platform called Thought Exchange to facilitate community and student feedback. The report covers five major principles that personalized learning should constitute: 1) Differentiated Learning 2) Class Size and Assistance 3) Individual Learning 4) Students' Current Skill Assessment 5) Parent-Teacher Communication.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35038
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 4, 2018
Pages
p. 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 4, 2018
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District (AUSD)
Education
Personalized learning
Vannasdall, David
Item ID
35229AN
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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.

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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
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Arcadia Unified School District superintendent David Vannasdall will be paid $205,000 annually, agreed to for a 3-year contract. Vannasdall, 45, was named the district's new chief after Joel Shawn retired. Vannasdall had been deputy superintendent and previously principal of Arcadia High School from 2005 through 2012. His car allowance is $850/month, $150/month for expenses, and a $1,000 annual salary increase if he completes his doctorate degree.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33892
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 10, 2014
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 10, 2014
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District employees--superintendents
Vannasdall, David
Item ID
34086AN
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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.

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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
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Newspaper Index
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