Arcadia Unified School District's superintendent Joel Shawn writes a column bragging about the many notable accomplishments and achievements of Arcadia High School students during the 2009-2010 school year.
Incumbents Yvonne Bullock, David Hall, Melinda Taylor, and a challenger John J. Nicoloro were announced winners of the Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte- Town Council election.
1. Where Arcadia children learn their R's. news photo and art on school district staff. 1933. 2. Arcadia's first school house. news photo, n.d. 3. Arcadia schools struggle to keep up with growth in community. 1903-E.J. Baldwin donated barn near Huntington Drive and South Santa Anita. First of…
1. Where Arcadia children learn their R's. news photo and art on school district staff. 1933.
2. Arcadia's first school house. news photo, n.d.
3. Arcadia schools struggle to keep up with growth in community. 1903-E.J. Baldwin donated barn near Huntington Drive and South Santa Anita. First official school building in Arcadia was a two-room bungalow at First Avenue and California Street. Arcadia Tribune May 24, 1949.
4. Enrollment of 125 in schools. Arcadia Journal September 14, 1918.
5. Two-room bungalow called Arcadia's first official school building. news photo, n.d.
6. Original section of First Avenue School. news photo, n.d.
7. Historical society marks school site. news clip and photo October 3, 1963.
8. Profile of a city and its schools. History of Arcadia schools by D. Pinney April 1959.
9. Arcadia school old-timers to hold reunion. Los Angeles Times June 24, 1962.
10. One of the highlights of the 60th anniversary celebration of Arcadia. Arcadia Tribune photo and caption June 24, 1962.
11. Directory of Public Schools of Los Angeles County, CA. pages applicable to Arcadia November 1925.
12. Arcadia's first school on Falling Leaf Avenue. news photo and article August 4, 1933.
13. Arcadia completes fine grammar school. Arcadia Journal May 7, 1921.
14. Sierra Madre's early school days. TV news clip October 1973?
15. This painting of the original class of First Avenue School in Arcadia. Photo with identification of pupils attached. News-Post, n.d.
16. Presented in recognition of California Public Schools Week by Arcadia Chamber of Commerce. news clip, n.d. (circa 1948?)
17. Arcadia schools. page from San Gabriel Valley Digest, April 1930.
18. Arcadia's first back to school days. page from TV facts September 16, 1973? photo and text about first school.
19. Unique alumni group welcomes former Baldwin-era residents. Arcadia Tribune, n.d. (circa 1963)
20. Students, teachers, district meet and overcome obstacles. Arcadia Tribune September 14, 1978.
21. First Avenue class graduates before honored guests from first graduation. Arcadia Tribune June 16, 1946.
22. Queen City's schools: growth through the years. Arcadia Tribune May 18, 1978.
23. Ranch School. Note regarding school on the Lucky Baldwin ranch and number of pupils - 1880; taken from Carew, HISTORY OF PASADENA AND SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.
24. Mrs. Finley is teaching a school of 12 pupils in the new lodging house. news clip in a column in the San Gabriel Valley News entitled Santa Anita. May 9, 1878.
25. Arcadia Grammar School children win essay prizes. news clip regarding participation in essay contest sponsored by electrical industry of the U.S. 1924.
26. Closing School Days. Arcadia Journal June 21, 1919.
27. Program of musical given at San Joaquin School. Made from original owned by Adrian Winkler who participated in program May 27, 1924; received February 1981. (Arcadia School District Office knows nothing about this school as of January 1981, yet it is listed in the 1923 City Directory.)
28. Information from the 1923 City Directory regarding Santa Anita Grammar School in San Joaquin Street.
29. Lived here 60 years. Arcadia Tribune n.d. Regarding San Joaquin School.
30. Arcadia School District Chronology. received July 5, 1985.
31. Public Schools Week. Pamphlet with historic photos of schools April 21-25, 1975.
32. Arcadia City Schools Eighth Grade Graduation Exercises program June 13, 1924.
33. Auditor's Semi-Annual report for Santa Anita School District, six months ending December 31, 1890. photocopy courtesy Don Chapat.
34. same. Six months ending June 30, 1890.
35. State of California Teacher's Public School Register of Arcadia City School District, County of Los Angeles, California, 1901-1911. Includes records of attendance, teacher's reports, reports of classification and grading of pupils, visitors' records, list of apparatus and other school property, principal's reports, daily programs, and miscellaneous blank forms.
1. The Cub. Booklet given to members of the graduating class of First Avenue School in 1956 from the print shop students. 2. Arcadia enrollment next fall set at 3800. Los Angeles Times April 2, 1951. 3. Board hears of impact on school housing needs of new construction. news clip, n.d. (circa…
1. AUSD Newsletter, February 1991. 2. AUSD Information Sheet, May 1991. 3. AUSD. A Report to the Community. Summer 1991. 4. "Choice": a Fatal Attraction for the 1990's? Information sheet sent by Terry Towner, Superintendent, AUSD, February 1992. 5. AUSD Information Sheet, March 1992. 6. A…
4. "Choice": a Fatal Attraction for the 1990's? Information sheet sent by Terry Towner, Superintendent, AUSD, February 1992.
5. AUSD Information Sheet, March 1992.
6. AUSD letter from C. Earl Davis, Assistant Superintendent, Business Services to area parents re School Bond Issue dated July 6, 1992.
7. Impact of the passage of Proposition 174 on the Arcadia Unified School District and resolution of the District Governing Board opposing passage of Proposition 174: the Voucher Initiative from Mary B. Dougherty, President. n.d. circa 1992.
8. AUSD Information sheet - Bond Issue Narrowly Defeated. dated October 1992.
9. Information letter from Terrence Towner, Superintendent, AUSD to parents regarding the 1992-93 school year.
10. AUSD Newsletter, December 1992.
11. AUSD Newsletter, February 1993.
12. Voters face decisions on education, leadership. Los Angeles Times April 18, 1993.
13. AUSD Newsletter, June 1993.
14. AUSD announcement of classified openings - Day-Care Assistant. dated July 29, 1993.
15. AUSD. A Report to the Community. Summer 1993.
16. AUSD. A Report to the Community. Summer 1995.
17. Schools give community a High School. Los Angeles Times March 28, 1993.
18. Announcement re: AUSD Home Page on the World Wide Web. March 1996.
19. Profile of AUSD. AUSD Homepage. March 4, 1996.
20. AUSD letter to parents for the 1993-94 school year with addresses, phone numbers, and a construction work schedule.
21. AUSD newsletter to parents for the 1994-95 school year.
22. Arcadia Festival of Bands calendar of events, 1994.
23. School system lures diverse group to Southwest Arcadia. Los Angeles Times, San Gabriel Valley View. January 23, 1991. p. E3.
24. Flyer welcoming students to Arcadia High School Library after school. This was in response to the Arcadia Public Library closing on Fridays. March 1998.
1. 2002 school enrollment close to projection. Arcadia Unified School District has enrolled 9,637 students this year, within three students of the figure projected. Arcadia Weekly, September 26-October 2, 2002, p. 14. 2. AUSD. A Report to the Community. Winter 2001. 3. AUSD pamphlet "Your Pu…
1. 2002 school enrollment close to projection. Arcadia Unified School District has enrolled 9,637 students this year, within three students of the figure projected. Arcadia Weekly, September 26-October 2, 2002, p. 14.
2. AUSD. A Report to the Community. Winter 2001.
3. AUSD pamphlet "Your Public Schools 2001-2002 Highlights."
4. AUSD. A Report to the Community. Winter 2004
5. AUSD "Neighborhood Schools Update" by Mimi Hennessy. Discusses need to improve and upgrade schools and placing a local school bond measure on the ballot. Circa Summer 2006.
6. Measure I Citizens' Oversight Committee. 2006-2007 Annual Report to the Arcadia Unified School District Governing Board. Shows projects in progress since passage of Measure I in November 2006. Bond expenditure update.
7. AUSD Report to the Community, Fall 2007.
8. Arcadia Unified School District-School News and Views newsletter. July 2009.
9. Measure I, Facilities Bond Program, Groundbreaking Ceremony, April 2, 2009. Including invitation and Measure I Citizens' Oversight Committee 2007-2008 Annual Report, bond expenditure update on improvements to Arcadia schools.
10. AUSD School News and Views, January 2010, with stories about Business Week naming Arcadia "The Best Place to Raise Kids," groundbreaking for the new joint use gym at Dana Middle School, and Sharon Sandoval named Outstanding School Counselor of the Year.
11. AUSD adopts "Common Core," by Shel Segal. Arcadia Weekly, April 3, 2014.
12. District Delights! Official Newsletter for Arcadia Unified School District. March 2014 (Medal of Honor recipient Salvatore Giunta visits AHS). May 2014 (Superintendent Dr. Joel Shawn announces retirement).
1. Arcadia Unified named the best school district in Los Angeles County and the Los Angeles area and 4th best in California. Mountain View News, September 30, 2023.
1. Arcadia Unified named the best school district in Los Angeles County and the Los Angeles area and 4th best in California. Mountain View News, September 30, 2023.
1. Thirty-second annual commencement - Monrovia High School, 1926. Copy of complete program, copied from original loaned by Adrian Winkler in January 1981. note: before M.A.D. was built, Arcadia students went to Monrovia H.S. 2. Monrovia High School history, from book The Schools in Our Town by…
1. Thirty-second annual commencement - Monrovia High School, 1926. Copy of complete program, copied from original loaned by Adrian Winkler in January 1981. note: before M.A.D. was built, Arcadia students went to Monrovia H.S.
2. Monrovia High School history, from book The Schools in Our Town by Monrovia Students Past and Present, edited by E. Louise Osbrink, including cover image and some history of M.A.D. High School (Monrovia Arcadia Duarte H.S.), 2004.
The Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte Town Council will swear in the newly elected Town Council members. Incumbents Yvonne Bullock, David Hall and Melinda Taylor retained their seats and newcomer John J. Nicoloro was elected.
1. Lay corner stone for this fine high school tomorrow. News photo and caption, n,d, (circa 1926?) - completed 1928. 2. Fifty-Seventh Annual Commencement Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte High School, June 1951. Last commencement for combined high school. 3. Arcadia students had been attending high sc…
1. Lay corner stone for this fine high school tomorrow. News photo and caption, n,d, (circa 1926?) - completed 1928.
2. Fifty-Seventh Annual Commencement Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte High School, June 1951. Last commencement for combined high school.
3. Arcadia students had been attending high school in Monrovia since 1920. History of Monrovia City High School by Thelma Thompson, former English teacher there.
4. Union High School at Monrovia. Photo and caption from rotogravure section of early Los Angeles Times (?) , n.d.
5. The Wildcat. Copy of school paper dated November 5, 1943. Gift received June 1980.
6. Copy of mid-year graduation program and commencement, January 28, 1943. Copied from the original loaned by Vera Van Houten Iwaaden in September 1980.
7. Help Arcadia Get Justice. Copy of hand bill for Arcadians opposing bond election for funds for a unified district. States that Arcadians pay a disproportionate amount - 41% of taxes with only 80 pupils in school against 330 from Monrovia and 25 from Duarte. April 1923.
8. Bulletin and Catalogue of Information, 1937. Copied from original in Rancho Santa Anita Scrapbook #1, p.101.
9. The Foothill School Bulletin, February 1938. Copied from original in Rancho Santa Anita Scrapbook #1, p.99.
10. The Foothill School Bulletin, January 1939. Copied from the original in Rancho Santa Anita Scrapbook #3.
11. The High School Bulletin, April 1940. Copied from original in Rancho Santa Anita Scrapbook #1, p.91.
12. Directory of Schools 1937-38. Copied from the original in Rancho Santa Anita Scrapbook #1, p.97.
13. Parent-Teacher Association of Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte High School annual dues envelope for 50 cents c/o Lorna Frey. (Found in the American Rose Annual for 1948)
14. Girls Physical Education Department towel receipt dated January 24, 1944.
15. Welcome to High School, map of the school and The Merit System. 3pgs
16. MAD Forty Year Reunion book for class of 1948. 2 copies
17. Monrovia Arcadia Duarte High School Catalog of Information dated January 11, 1944.
18. MAD Wildcats . Three decals (transfers). c. 1943
19. MAD Information for New Girls. c. 1944.
20. Notepad and stationery pages of "The Wildcat" school newspaper.
Mimi Hennessy, Superintendent of Arcadia Unified School District, writes in response to anonymous letter about the district's vehicle perquisite, after a district vehicle was involved in an accident in Las Vegas.
Next Tuesday Arcadians will vote on two proposals: 1--Arcadia Elementary School Board seeks approval of $600,000 bond issue. 2--Tax increase to meet Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte High School district needs.