Richard Dana intermediate school to open doors for first time. It is the second educational plant serving 7th and 8th grades, the other being First Avenue School. Dana's first principal is Joseph Bagnall. The modern school was designed by Boyd Georgi and Lee Kline, the same architects who planned the buildings at Camino Grove Elementary. See Also Arcadia Tribune, September 13, 1954, p. 1, Schoolroom doors open tomorrow for 7000 pupils.
The drill team from Dana Junior High School marched off with the sweepstakes award at the 43rd annual Camellia Festival Parade in Temple City, while the band, tall flags and drum major (military) all captured first place trophies.
The State Department of Education has announced that Dana Junior High and Foothills Junior High have been nominated as Distinguished Schools in the 1987-88 California School Recognition Program.
Arcadia students receive diplomas. Class of 1983--Arcadia High School, First Avenue Junior High School, Dana Junior High School, and Foothills Junior High School. Arcadia Tribune staff photos by Jay Hoover and Louis Nunez.
The Board of Education approved a joint powers agreement with the city regarding use of part of the First Avenue Junior High School site for recreational purposes.
The Board of Education has decided that the First Avenue Junior High School will be rebuilt following the present basic configuration. Article indicates possibilities for interior plans.
The Arcadia City Council voted to authorize closure of California St. between Santa Anita and First Avenue so that the Arcadia School District can install temporary classrooms while First Avenue School is being rebuilt.
First Avenue Junior High has been nominated as a 1990 California Distinguished School by the State Department of Education. First Avenue will be one of six schools in Los Angeles County to be so nominated.
Bill Manley teaches the computer and electronics class at First Avenue Junior High. The popular class is designed to teach students computer literacy at an early age.
Firemen have decided that the Memorial Day fire at First Avenue Junior High School was definitely the work of arsonists. All of the other possible causes have been eliminated.
First Avenue Junior High, severely damaged by a fire in 1979, will reopen this fall to students in grades 7-9 although reconstruction of the building is incomplete. Portable classrooms will be used.
Students at First Avenue Junior High raised $579 for a weekend telethon aimed at providing funds for the medical treatment of children whose families cannot afford hospital care.
Two articles on the fire which damaged First Avenue Junior High School. The longer discusses the arson investigation, the second discusses the general fire investigation, seeking the beginning point for the fire.