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Arcadia High School Principal Martin J. Plourde has been nominated for a 2000 - 2001 Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County BRAVO award.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper20144
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 22, 2001
Pages
p. A4 w/photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 22, 2001
Pages
p. A4 w/photo
Subjects
Landes, Tom
Plourde, Martin
Arcadia High School
Item ID
20377AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School Principal Martin Plourde's attempts at racial sensitivity over the school's use of an Apache mascot have not only left the mascot question unsettled, they have also incensed Los Angeles' Native American community.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18503
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 1, 2000
Pages
p. B1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 1, 2000
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Apache Nation
Arcadia High School Apaches logo
Arcadia High School - Mascot
Native American Indian Tribes
Plourde, Martin
Item ID
18747AN
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Newspaper Index
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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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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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