The Arcadia Educational Foundation has given $275,000 to the school district to pay for new musical instruments and for improvements at the Arcadia High School football stadium.
Arcadia High School and music teacher, Mike Danielson from First Avenue Middle School, are among the nominees for the BRAVO awards presented by the Education Division of the Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County.
Arcadia High School has been honored with the 2002 BRAVO award for excellence in arts education by the Music Center of Los Angeles. The award recognizes art programs, including music and drama. Notable people Garry Marshall and Gayle Wilson, wife of former California governor Pete Wilson, attended the gala event.
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.
A television from Macedonia videotapes a government class at Arcadia High School to show how local politics and citizenship participation work in this country. The finished program will air in Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Greece and Bulgaria.
The Women's Health and Issues club at Arcadia High School has organized a petition against misogynistic music at this Saturday's prom. Activities director John Pung said he supports the club's cause and could guarantee that 20 songs from the club's 300 song list won't be played.
Monrovia High School Wildcats football team beat Arcadia High School with a 27-13 victory in the season opener. A photo of Darrell Cheng (AHS) and Nick Bueno (MHS) is included.
Due to heavy smoke from the Williams Fire in the Angeles National Forest, schedules at schools were cut back including the postponement of the tennis and water polo matches at Arcadia High School.
New law classes will be given at Arcadia High School. A list of other new classes and other points of discussion from the Board of Education meeting are included.