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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.

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Schools - Junior High Schools

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226AF

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1. List of annual award winners 1969-1994.

2. Mrs. Saunders picked top senior. (Edith Saunders) Arcadia Tribune April 26, 1973.

3. Velma Wright Senior of the Year. Arcadia Tribune May 2, 1974.

4. Spoelstra named 1974 Senior Citizen. (Raymond C. Spoelstra) Arcadia Tribune May 1, 1975.

5. Hilda Raymond, Henry Horst top seniors. Arcadia Tribune May 6, 1976.

6. Honored senior says her golden years were the 1930s. (Cay Mortenson) Arcadia Tribune May 15, 1977.

7. Secret for Senior of the Year: years of giving, lots of heart. (Marie Percy) Arcadia Tribune April 6, 1978.

8. Francis Canny goes where she's needed. Arcadia Tribune March 18, 1979.

9. John Joseph keeps moving. Arcadia Tribune March 22, 1979.

10. Lurie: age is a state of mind. (Lee Lurie) Arcadia Tribune March 20, 1980.

11. Genevieve Bloom: harmonious choice for Senior of the Year. Arcadia Tribune April 9, 1981.

12. Shaw honored as Arcadia's Senior Citizen of the Year. (Warren Shaw) Arcadia Tribune April 15, 1982.

13. Mrs. Natalie Dwight named Arcadia's 1983 Senior Citizen of the Year. Arcadia Tribune May 26, 1983.

14. Mrs. Dorothy L. Eggleston is chosen Senior Citizen of the Year. Arcadia Tribune May 6, 1984.

15. Isabel Hooten selected as Arcadia's Senior of the Year. Arcadia Highlander May 14, 1986.

16. William Dillon and Josephine Duckwall City's top seniors. Arcadia Highlander May 6, 1987.

17. Arcadia Rotary Club Salute to Seniors luncheon honors Bob Bane, the City of Arcadia Senior of the Year. Biographical notes. Mountain Views News, p. 7, April 20, 2013.

18. Arcadia Rotary Club's salute to seniors luncheon honors Glynna Harper as 2014 Senior Citizen of the Year. Mountain Views News, March 29, 2014.

19. Arcadia Rotary Club, annual Rotary salute to Seniors, May 12, 2015, honoring Senior Citizens of the Year--Jerry Selmer and Doris Selmer.

20. Arcadia Rotary Club honors Mary Hansen as the City of Arcadia 2018 Senior of the Year. Mountain Views News, March 24, 2018.

21. Arcadia Rotary Club annual salute to seniors, May 10, 2016 program presents 2016 Senior of the Year Carol Libby, with picture of Carol Libby at the Hugo Reid Family Statue.

22. Arcadia Rotary Club's Salute to Seniors Luncheon honoring Lee Shimmin, 2019 Senior of the Year. Mountain Views News, April 6, 2019.

23. City of Arcadia 2021 Senior of the Year is Elizabeth Renfrew. San Gabriel Valley Examiner, March 31, 2022.

24. Marilyn Daleo named Arcadia's 2022 Senior of The Year. Mountain View News, April 22, 2023.

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Senior Citizen of the Year

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