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.
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".
A White House Commission has selected 16 year old Arcadia resident Eugenia Kim as one of 500 finalists in the U. S. Presidential Scholar Program, "the nation's highest honor for high school students."
Patricia Ann "Pann" Baltz, 44, of Camino Grove Elementary School, is sharing the Walt Disney Co. Outstanding Teacher of 1993 award after a ballot mix-up awarded it solely to a Texas teacher. She will receive a $25,000 honorarium, $25,000 for Camino Grove, and $10,000 for the school district.
Camino Grove elementary school teacher Patricia Ann "Pann" Baltz has been chosen as the State of California representative for the National Teacher of the Year program.
Patricia Ann Baltz, chosen in September as the Arcadia Unified School District's teacher of the year, advanced to become one of California's five teachers to garner the honor at the State level.
George Stapleton, 62, an Arcadia High School chemistry teacher, has received repeated, anonymous threats that school officials believe are attempts to intimidate him into relaxing his grading policies.
Gary Southworth, Arcadia Teachers Association president and 5th grade teacher at Highland Oaks Elementary School, was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol following an automobile accident that killed a 21 year old University of La Verne student.
John Costanzo, 35, who teaches students with learning disabilities at Foothills Jr. High School, has been named the state's Teacher of the Year by the Learning Disabilities Association of California. Photo.
Patricia Ann "Pann" Baltz, one of 5 California Teachers of the year, was honored at the Arcadia Community Center by city and school district officials.
The Arcadia Rotary Club awarded small grants to 21 Arcadia Unified School District teachers in a program designed to augment existing school curricula with specially funded projects.
Richard Grimes, the dean of students at Crescenta Valley High School in the Glendale Unified School District, has been named director/principal of alternative programs in the Arcadia Unified School District, replacing the retired Richard Towner.