Chanteurs in documentary

The Arcadia High School Chanteurs choir was recently filmed by a British TV crew for a documentary capitalizing on the popular TV series “Glee.”
Choral Director Rollie Maxson says the Chanteurs and New Spirit from AHS are among only four high school show choirs in the U.S. that were filmed by London documentary film company Carbon [...]

Council praises Dana record

Dana Middle School was recognized during the Feb. 16, 2010 City Council meeting for its part in setting a new Guinness Record for the most people (80,000 in California; 800 at Dana) jumping rope (Dana students and teachers jumped for 10 minutes).
The 2-minute video below shows the presentation by Mayor Wuo, followed by the video [...]

State champs: Constitution team

The Arcadia High School Constitution Team is headed for Washington, D.C.
This year’s Apache team, led by teacher-coach Kevin Fox, won the state finals in Sacramento Friday, Feb. 5. The Arcadia team, which was announced the winner and honored at a banquet in the state capital immediately after the final round, will represent California in the [...]

Dana kids jump Guinness Record

Nearly 800 students at Dana Middle School — the entire student body, plus a few energetic teachers — set out at 9 a.m. Monday, Feb. 1, to be part of a statewide effort to break the Guinness Record for the most people jump-roping simultaneously.
With Mayor John Wuo, several other City Councilmen, the chiefs of fire [...]

AHS Orchestra dinner 2/27

The 16th annual Arcadia High School Orchestra Benefit Dinner will be held on Saturday Feb. 27th 2010 in the Arcadia Community Center.
The theme for this year’s fund raising event is “Cirque du Orchestre,” with guest artists, The Hutchins Consort, who are renown for playing eight scaled violins, from the tiny treble violin, to the gigantic [...]

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