A shuttle service with Chinese-speaking drivers will begin in November between San Gabriel Valley, including Arcadia, and the LA International Airport.
Interview with Suzanne Wallace, who operates the Turnquist Santa Anita Dog School. Good summary of the services that the school offers, hours of classes, etc.
A curriculum change instituted by the Arcadia Board of Education means there will be 10 more science classes offered in September for Arcadia High School students.
Arcadia High School is the only school in the country to offer a class in race track management. Requirements to take the course are stiff. The aim of the class is to expose interested seniors to executive management techniques.
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.
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.
Overall enrollment for the Arcadia schools was down by 470 on the first day of classes. The drop in enrollment coupled with Prop. 13 has resulted in a very small number of new teachers this year.
The Chinese School in Arcadia, with about 85 children, is geared to teaching Chinese children about their cultural heritage, music history, language, customs and traditions. See hard copy in VF "Schools - Private."
There will be summer school this year, for a price. Classes will be arranged through the Arcadia Department of Recreation and the University of La Verne.
About 40 members of the Arcadia Chinese Association protested in front of the Chinese Consulate General offices, condemning the Chinese government for killing unarmed students in Beijing.
Former Arcadian Jeff Froke spent five years studying the parrots living wild in the San Gabriel Valley. He describes the different varieties and how the flock came to be established in the areas.
The Arcadia Board of Education made firm its plans for the Junior High pupils. First Avenue 8th and 9th graders will attend classes on their own campus, while incoming 7th graders will be divided between Dana and Foothills junior high schools.
Arcadia High School chemistry teacher George Stapleton's Advanced Placement chemistry class won first place in the Southern California Chemical Society Competition.
Two Citrus classes open. A class in Real Estate Principles is taught by Edward J. Christy. A class in General Insurance Principles is taught by John E. O'Grady.
A food distribution center sponsored by the Presbytery of San Gabriel should open its doors in Arcadia on September 15, the first step in providing more complete care for the homeless and hungry in the mid-San Gabriel Valley. The temporary distribution point will be at Village Presbyterian Church of Arcadia, 2733, 10th St.