Arcadia City Council introduces an ordinance to collect DIVCA fees. DIVCA stands for Digital Infrastructure and Video Competition Act. City Manager Dominic Lazzaretto said this ordinance will update things to ensure that as state franchises get renewed, that our local fees continue to be paid.
Arcadia High School Constitution Team is going to Washington DC to the National Finals of the "We the People" Citizen and Constitution Challenge. The team is 30 seniors from AP Government and Politics class. They won the state championship last month.
Arcadia High School Constitution Team wins state finals. The team will head to Washington DC for the National Finals in April. The team is comprised of 30 students, teacher and leader Megan Leahy, and several volunteer coaches, including Kevin Fox, Miriam Lopez, Mark Hong, Carl Nielsen, Bob Garrett, and City Councilman Gary Kovacic.
Arcadia High School wins National Quiz Bowl Championship in Chicago. Coach is Christopher Schultz, an Arcadia High School English teacher. See also Mountain Views News, p. 10, June 6, 2015.
Two Arcadia High School teams go to Tennessee for Global Destination Imagination for National STEAM Challenge. STEAM is Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math.
Arcadia High School "We the People" Constitution Team aka Government Team scores big in Washington DC. They won National Unit Four Award for having the highest combined score of any Unit Four over the two day competition.
Arcadia High School student, senior Timothy Man Hay Lee, a national chemistry champion, has qualified for one of four spots on the U.S. team bound for the 44th annual International Chemistry Olympiad.
Mark Holland took the top prize in the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) "roadeo" (yes, roadeo) driving competition at the Santa Anita Park Park race track parking lot.