Sarah Eckstrom, 17, carried the Olympic Torch near Dodger Stadium, as it passed through Los Angeles, en route to Athens, Greece, for the Summer Olympics. She is an Arcadia High School student.
The Arcadia High School class of 2002 has 28 National Merit Scholarship finalists. It is the highest number in school history. A group photograph and biographical information on each finalist is presented.
Artwork by Zhong Du of Arcadia High School was selected as Best of Show during last month's California division of the Federal Junior Duck Stamp Competition. He will now compete at the national level.
The 35th annual Public Schools luncheon was held at the Masonic Center to honor 26 National Merit Scholarship students. The Foothills Middle School Sixth Grade Chorus performed.
Elizabeth Shin, a freshman at Arcadia High School, won the Music Teachers National Association Junior High Woodwind Auditions for California and the Southwest States Division.
Results of the new state test called the CAT-6 (California Achievement Test), which replaces the old SAT-9 test, show that around 70% of the students at each grade level in the Arcadia schools are in the national norm of 50th percentile in reading, and half or more of these students tested at or above the 75th percentile. Each grade level has a breakdown, and comparison with Monrovia students.
Arcadia Board of Education decided to continue the use of bungalows to meet enrollment increases at Arcadia High School next year. The district projects enrollment of 3,402 high school students next year, compared to 3,312 this year.
Arcadia Board of Education decided to continue the use of bungalows to meet enrollment increases at Arcadia High School next year. The district projects enrollment of 3,402 high school students next year, compared to 3,312 this year.
The Arcadia High School Class of 2001 graduated 780 students at the Santa Anita Park race track. Valedictorian Vincent Auyeung gave a speech. This was the second year the graduation was held at the race track.
The Arcadia Board of Education voted to eliminate nearly nine teaching positions from next year's budget. The jobs cut are in 9th grade math and English, and in English language support in elementary schools.
Jennifer Consalvi and Julie Gu, both of Arcadia High School, went to Washington DC to participate in the Presidential Classroom Scholar's Program. They met with Congressman David Dreier and Ralph Nader.
Several White Mountain Apaches spent several days on the high school campus exchanging friendship and learning. Tribal Council Chairman Dallas Massey, with others in his group, also attended a Board of Education meeting, Chamber of Commerce Intercultural Dinner and the Rotary Club.
In response to concerns for traffic safety, students at Arcadia High School created an original traffic safety video entitled "Cars and Schools: Everybody's Business." The video will air on Arcadia's cable channel and on the school district's channel.