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).
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.
Baldwin Stocker Elementary School opened its Baldwin Stocker Information Center, complete with 16 Apple 2e computers and a computer encyclopedia stored on a single laser disc. It will soon feature modems, fax machines and laser discs. Funding comes from the state and from local support groups such as the Arcadia Educational Foundation and the PTA. Photos.
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.
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.
A fire that started in a classroom at Baldwin Stocker School was completely contained by the Arcadia Fire Dept. on the morning of February 14. No other rooms were damaged in the blaze.
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.
Students at Holly Avenue Elementary School can choose the traditional September-June schedule or attend year-round classes with 4 shorter breaks, instead of the three-month summer vacation. The new schedule has the usual 180 days, but includes 4 sessions of about 9 weeks and breaks as long as 20 days.