Starting in 1993-1994, Arcadia High School will change its grading policy that awards an extra grade point to students taking honors classes. The new system will give no more weight to honors courses than to regular courses.
Arcadia High School administrators have instituted a 24-hour student telephone tip line to increase campus security and decrease the risk of campus violence.
Arcadia Unified School District officials prepared for a second try at a bond measure to rehabilitate school facilities by taking a group of seniors to Arcadia High School for a meeting and tour.
Incumbents Mary Dougherty, 57, and Joann Steinmeier, 47, beat out challenger Debbie Ewing, 29, for 2 Arcadia Unified School District Board of Education positions. A bond measure to raise funds to renovate AUSD facilities won by a vote of 71% to 28.3% (67% was needed to pass).
The family of Kelly Salomone, a 21 year old University of La Verne student who was killed when a car driven by Gary Southworth, 45, slammed into her vehicle on December 12, has started a letter writing campaign urging people to pressure the state into taking away his teaching credential. School Board members defended their decision to allow Southworth to return to the Arcadia Unified School District.
A team of Arcadia High School advanced placement government students edged out 48 other state champion teams to win the 6th annual "We the People... the Citizen and the Constitution" competition in Washington, D.C.
Camino Grove elementary teacher Patricia Ann Baltz will be one of 60 teachers profiled by the Disney Channel. 36 finalists will be culled from the 60 teachers profiled, and each will receive an honorarium of $2500. Disney will also award one additional cash prize of $25,000 to an "Outstanding Teacher of 1993." The teacher's school will receive $25,000 and the school district $10,000.
Cara Yehle, 18, a 1992 graduate of Arcadia High School, died from and acute allergic reaction to chicken marinated in peanut sauce which she ate at a reggae concert at the Greek Theater on May 31st.
A scholarship fund has been established at Arcadia High School in memory of dancer Cara Yehle, 18, who died after an acute allergic reaction to peanut sauce on May 31.
Andrew Wong, 23, a former microbiology major, is now a fashion design student at Otis School of Art and Design in Los Angeles. He was the winner in both the men's and women's fashion categories of the school's annual Silver Thimble Awards.
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".
The Assistance League of Arcadia will have teams of puppeteers that use the Japanese "bunraku" technique perform at local elementary schools this fall, addressing divorce, physical abuse and cultural differences.
Kim Woods, 26, who graduated from the John Tracy Clinic for hearing-impaired children, plans to enter graduate school in the fall and become a teacher of the deaf. She is profiled.
Maria Sanchez, a UCLA graduate who went to school in Arcadia, Sierra Madre, and Temple City, is now a member of the select group of British Marshall Scholarship winners. She is profiled.