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Arcadia Unified School District to reconsider Apaches as mascot amid online petition drive, officials say it is on agenda. It is a revival of a 20-year-old controversy to remove Apaches name and imagery amid a nationwide movement to erase offensive emblems. Shayan Farooq, a 2013 graduate of Arcadia High School, felt the issue needed to be addressed. Farooq started a petition at Change.org. AUSD spokesperson Ryan Foran said the issue will be addressed in its list of priorities after reopening schools during the coronavirus pandemic and recent sexual assault allegations involving current and former students who were video recorded, without consent, having sex. Controversy surrounding the Apaches mascot dates back two decades when Native American activists protested the Apache Joe mascot at Arcadia school board meetings in 1999. Then Principal Martin Plourde sought the White Mountain Apache Tribe's blessing to use the imagery and tribal leaders approved, but many students at Alchesay High School (Arcadia High School's sister school on Apache reservation) found the mascot offensive and urged Plourde to change it. 2018 Arcadia High School graduate Yumei Lin is leading a Facebook group to change the emblem.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35782
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 14, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 14, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
Arcadia High School mascot
Farooq, Shayan
Lin, Yumei
Plourde, Martin
White Mountain Apache Tribe
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Former Mayor, students reflect on continuing controversy over Apache imagery use at Arcadia High School.1342 people have signed petition to stop its use as a mascot.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35765
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 2, 2020
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 2, 2020
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Activism
Arcadia High School Apaches
Flanders, Jill
Mascots
Native Americans
Plourde, Martin
Vannasdall, David
White Mountain Apache Tribe
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Newspaper Index
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Martin Plourde, Arcadia High School principal, was recognized at last week's meeting of the Arcadia Unified District's Governing Board, for completing a 3-year program sponsored by the School Leadership Academy.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper6250
Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
June 27, 1996
Pages
p. 7
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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
June 27, 1996
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Plourde, Martin
Item ID
6075AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Martin Plourde is the new principal of Arcadia High School.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper5293
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 16, 1995
Pages
p. A3 photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 16, 1995
Pages
p. A3 photo
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Schools - Employees - Plourde, Martin
Item ID
5161AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A profile on Martin Plourde, Principal of Arcadia High School.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25927
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 25, 1997
Pages
p. 6
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 25, 1997
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Arcadia High School
Plourde, Martin
Principals
Educators
Teachers
Item ID
26127AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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