Rebecca Nelson, 17, is one of 6 students in the southern region to receive a gold medal 1st prize in the California Association of Regional Occupational Programs (ROP) for her work as anchor, reporter and producer of Arcadia High School's news broadcast, "Apache News".
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.
The Arcadia High School Constitution Team won the state level competition in Sacramento. They will now compete in the national finals in Washington, D.C., in April.
Arcadia High School chemistry teacher George Stapleton's Advanced Placement chemistry class won first place in the Southern California Chemical Society Competition.
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.
Ruth Lubin, 82, a former Arcadia High School art teacher, won the "Ms. Senior America of California" competition for the Los Angeles metro area, to be followed by the state competition in Torrance in March, 1994. Ms. Lubin performed a Balinese dance, explained her wood carving, and recited a poem.
15 Arcadia High School students beat out 19 other schools to win the county competition of the Science Olympiad. The state competition is set for April 9, followed by the national competition in Arizona.
Arcadia High School students took first place for the second year in a row in the regional competition of the National Bicentennial Competition on the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
In the Regional Odyssey of the Mind competition, three teams from Foothills Middle School have won first place trophies and invitations to advance to the state tournament.
Stephanie and Krystle Wang of Arcadia have been winning local, state and international piano competitions almost since they began taking lessons at the age of 5.
The Arcadia High School advanced placement government class defeated 13 other state teams in the "We the People" Bill of Rights and Constitution competition in Sacramento. The 29 member team will represent California in the national competition May 1-3 in Washington, D.C.
Arcadia High School's state champion Constitution Team is in Washington D. C., vying for the national title in an interscholastic competition on constitutional principles.
For the 8th consecutive year, Arcadia High School will represent Southern California in a state-wide academic competition known as "We the People: the Citizen and the Community."