Camino Grove elementary school teacher Patricia Ann "Pann" Baltz has been chosen as the State of California representative for the National Teacher of the Year program.
Patricia Ann "Pann" Baltz, 44, of Camino Grove Elementary School, is sharing the Walt Disney Co. Outstanding Teacher of 1993 award after a ballot mix-up awarded it solely to a Texas teacher. She will receive a $25,000 honorarium, $25,000 for Camino Grove, and $10,000 for the school district.
A team of 6th graders from Camino Grove Elementary School received fall '92 grand prize honors in the final round of Kidquiz, a scholastic competition on KCBS-TV (Ch. 2).
Following an unexpected influx of students in the first, fourth and sixth grades this year in the Arcadia Unified School District, some of the first grade students have been attending classes with kindergarteners, prompting about 65 Highland Oaks Elementary School parents to meet with district officials.
Following an unexpected influx of students in the first, fourth and sixth grades this year in the Arcadia Unified School District, some of the first grade students have been attending classes with kindergartners, prompting about 65 Highland Oaks Elementary School parents to meet with district officials.
Camino Grove elementary teacher Patricia Ann Baltz will be one of 60 teachers profiled by the Disney Channel. 36 finalists will be culled from the 60 teachers profiled, and each will receive an honorarium of $2500. Disney will also award one additional cash prize of $25,000 to an "Outstanding Teacher of 1993." The teacher's school will receive $25,000 and the school district $10,000.
The Arcadia Unified School District Board of Education chose June Mochizuki, Assistant Principal at Rio Hondo and Gidley Schools in El Monte, to be the new principal for Baldwin Stocker Elementary School.
A gunman driving an off-white pick-up truck attempted to kidnap two 12 year old Arcadia girls as they walked through the parking lot of Camino Grove Elementary School on Sunday afternoon.
The Arcadia Unified School District will again offer free music classes to elementary school intermediate music students. A proposal by John Waltrip's to provide a fee-based program failed when not enough students signed up.
The Los Angeles County Office of Education has announced that Longley Way Elementary School's fifth grade teacher Sandra Burch has been selected as a 1999 Los Angeles County Teacher of the Year.
Area dropout rates for Arcadia Unified School District showed a 50% increase during the past five years. The latest figures are reportedly inaccurate because of a district reporting error.
The Arcadia Unified School District is undergoing a massive renovation project incorporating all 10 campuses. Seven of the campuses are under construction, six of which will be completed by September, when two others will go into construction phase.