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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.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 21, 1990
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p. A-1
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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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Arcadia Unified School District achievement test scores in basic reading, writing and math skills are strong and well above the national average.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 9, 1997
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p. 1
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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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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
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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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All freshmen entering Arcadia High School are required to swim 50 yards and tread water for three minutes. Senior Justin Briggs was in danger of not graduating because he had not passed the swimming competency test. A doctor's excuse enabled him to graduate.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 13, 1998
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 13, 1998
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Item ID
14794AN
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The Arcadia Unified School Board discussed the possible reconfiguration of the district's grade levels in hopes of dealing with overcrowding at the junior high level. Most of the public that asked to address the issue spoke out against it.

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Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
December 10, 1992
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p. A-1
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Star Tribune
Date
December 10, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
School Board
Item ID
298AN
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The Arcadia High School Constitution Team won the state level competition in Sacramento. They will now compete in the national finals in Washington, D.C., in April.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 12, 1997
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p. A3 photos
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 12, 1997
Pages
p. A3 photos
Subjects
Arcadia High School
Item ID
9121AN
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Arcadia High School has placed first in the statewide Bicentennial Competition, a test of student's knowledge of the U.S. Constitution.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3080
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 20, 1991
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 20, 1991
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Item ID
3002AN
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A request from a group of parents that the play "Secrets", dealing with AIDS and birth control, be cancelled at Foothills Junior High has been unanimously denied by the Arcadia Board of Education. Sponsored by Kaiser Permanente and performed throughout the state, the play was requested by parents at the junior high level after it was shown last year at Arcadia High School.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 30, 1991
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 30, 1991
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Race Relations
Item ID
3085AN
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Newspaper Index
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A ninth grade student was arrested after playing with a switch- blade knife during class.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 5, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 5, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Criminal Behavior
Item ID
2676AN
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Results of the 1985-86 California Assessment Program show test scores that were "the highest since these current tests have been administered" in Arcadia's 3rd, 6th and 8th grades.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 24,1986
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 24,1986
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Test Scores
Item ID
3117AN
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School district gets CAP test scores. Although Arcadia students remained comfortably above the 80th percentile in most categories in California Assessment Program test scores, the influx of Limited English Proficient (LEP) students into the district is having a definite impact. In 1976, there were 63 limited or non-English speaking students in Arcadia school district. As of October 1 this year, 539 students are in the LEP program. 78% of LEP students are Asian; 14 % are Spanish, 2 % European, with the remainder from other cultures. Fifteen languages are represented. See hard copy in Box 51.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 4, 1983
Pages
p. A1, A2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 4, 1983
Pages
p. A1, A2
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
California Assessment Program (CAP) test scores
English proficiency
Languages
Item ID
34189AN
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15 Arcadia High School students beat out 19 other schools to win the county competition of the Science Olympiad. The state competition is set for April 9, followed by the national competition in Arizona.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 10, 1994
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p. H-3 photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 10, 1994
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p. H-3 photo
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Item ID
3024AN
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The family of David Taylor, an Arcadia High School student who was killed in a bicycle accident last year, has presented a claim of $500,000 to the Arcadia School District. The claim was denied by the school board and turned over to the district's insurance company.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 16, 1986
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 16, 1986
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Item ID
2986AN
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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.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 6, 1993
Pages
p. A-5 photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 6, 1993
Pages
p. A-5 photo
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Item ID
216AN
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The school board discussed the possibility of implementing AIDS education at the 7th grade level. There is currently a 2.5 day session in the 10th grade that discusses the problem.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 11, 1987
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 11, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
School Board
Item ID
2476AN
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The Arcadia High School Constitution Team was awarded first place at the California State Finals of the "We the People:the Citizen and the Constitution" competition held in Sacramento.

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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
February 13, 1997
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p. 9A
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Sierra Madre News
Date
February 13, 1997
Pages
p. 9A
Subjects
Arcadia High School
Item ID
9509AN
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Huntington High School started an Independent Study Program last September. The program is free and open to anyone older than 18 who did not finish their diploma. 75 students are currently enrolled in this successful program.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 9, 1988
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 9, 1988
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Schools - Huntington High School
Item ID
3026AN
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First Avenue Junior High has been nominated as a 1990 California Distinguished School by the State Department of Education. First Avenue will be one of six schools in Los Angeles County to be so nominated.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3127
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 13, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 13, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - First Avenue Junior High School
Item ID
3044AN
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First Avenue Junior High, severely damaged by a fire in 1979, will reopen this fall to students in grades 7-9 although reconstruction of the building is incomplete. Portable classrooms will be used.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 28, 1980
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 28, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - First Avenue Junior High School
Item ID
3039AN
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Arcadia Board of Education candidates addressed the questions of teacher proficiency, curriculum, censorship and tenure at a forum sponsored by the American Association of University Women and the Arcadia League of Women Voters. Candidates attending the forum were Robert Harris, Marilyn Perkins, Mary Dougherty, David Strauss and William Spuck.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 4, 1985
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 4, 1985
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
School Board - Elections
Harris, Robert
Perkins, Marilyn M.
Dougherty, Mary
Strauss, David
Spuck, William
Item ID
2544AN
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