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 Board of Education voted to begin a districtwide grade level restructuring plan, choosing a fall 1994 date for the change. The new school arrangement would be K-5, 6-8, 9-12.
The Arcadia Unified School District's scores on the California Assessment Program went up in math for all grades this year, but down in reading in the 3rd and 6th grades, while 8th grade students showed an increase in reading. Other figures are also given in the article, as well as a chart of scores for each AUSD school on page A-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.
Arcadia Unified School District seniors ranked third in the state for the number of advanced placement (AP) exams passed per 100 students during 1991-92.
The school board on Tuesday night unanimously approved a framework for change concerning grades. The details of the district's grading standards will be worked out over the coming months.
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).
Second of 2 articles about the increasing Asian student population in the Arcadia Unified School District, where over the past 10 years the Asian student population has grown from 9 to 39%.
The 9-person team of Arcadia High School placed 3rd out of 73 teams in the county's 41st annual Academic Decathlon, thus performing the best ever in Arcadia High School history. The decathlon consists of speech, math, science, fine arts, social science/history, economics, language, literature and essay competitions.
The new CAS (2) program, an acronym for Curriculum Alignment System and Comprehensive Assessment System, will replace the California Assessment Program (CAP), the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills (CTBS), and the District Minimum Proficiency Tests. CAS (2) testing will begin in November for high school seniors, with all other grades to take the test in the spring. Advantages of the new test are given in the article.
23 Arcadia High School students capped third-place honors in the California State Finals of the National Bicentennial Competition. The students, in Ron Morris' advanced placement government class, last month won first place in the 22nd Congressional District contest, which included five local schools. Photo.
Arcadia High School opened the school year with an added 800 9th grade students, bringing total enrollment to 3050. 50% of the students are new to the school.
The school board elected new officers for the 1990-91 year. These include G. Michael Allison, President; Robert Kladifko, vice president; and James Bryant, secretary.
First of 2 articles about the increasing Asian student population in the Arcadia Unified School District, where over the past 10 years the Asian student population has grown from 9 to 39%. This article focuses on meeting the challenge of getting Asian parents involved.
About 300 students in kindergarten through 5th grade will attend new schools in September because the school board unanimously approved changes in school attendance boundaries.