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VOLUME 22, NO. 4
Classroom Of The Future Is In Arcadia Arcadia unified embrace’s AltSchool’s ‘Personalized Learning’ technology
This classroom utilizes flexible seating, desks and walls that can be written on, hanging chairs, an observation room, a Google Jam Board- Photos by Terry Miller / Beacon Media News
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rcadia Weekly recently was invited to go back to the future, if you will… to witness a new and unique approach to
SHO TAY APPOINTED ARCADIA MAYOR PRO TEM FOR SECOND TERM
aged to write, think and create. Arcadia Unified opened this new experimental lab school with 32 seventh grade students that focus on Personalized Learning using the AltSchool platform. This experimental lab school classroom
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Local businessman Sho Tay has been appointed Mayor pro Tempore of Arcadia. The decision comes from City Council following a special City Council meeting on Jan. 25, where they met and deliberated upon granting the
Suspect robs hotel at gunpoint
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On January 26, 2018 at approximately 9:59 PM, the Arcadia Police Department received a 911 call of a robbery that took place at the Residence Inn, located at 321 E. Huntington Drive. When officers arrived, the victim reported the hotel was robbed by a male Hispanic armed with a black handgun. The suspect was
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Arcadia Unified School District located in Los Angeles County, as well as Menlo Park City School District in the San Francisco Bay Area, as the first public school district partners to utilize AltSchool’s teacherSEE CLASSROOM PAGE 11
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described as being in his forties, 6’01” weighing 220 pounds wearing a black hat, black windbreaker jacket, jeans, and a black mask covering his face. He was also carrying a hard black plastic briefcase. As the suspect entered the hotel lobby, the clerk
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office to already Mayor Pro Temp. Tay. City Council chose to appoint Tay rather than allow for a conventional election this April, because Tay was running unopposed in Arcadia’s 3rd district. Only one other person, Mr. Paul Van Fleet, from the 3rd district
The future classrooms may look unlike any other you’ve imagined. With the advent of VR technology and STEM and now there’s Alt School technology. San Francisco-based education company AltSchool announced last week the addition of
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Not everyone is happy with the appointment Galen PATTERSON
utilizes flexible seating, desks and walls that can be written on, hanging chairs, an observation room, a Google Jam Board, and many other cutting-edge, innovative classroom tools and techniques that are not typically used in other public schools.
Armed Robbery in Arcadia City of Arcadia Announces
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learning in an unconventional atmosphere. The classroom reminded me of college back in the 1970’s to a degree. Comfortable chairs hanging from the ceiling and odd shaped, non-conventional desks on which students are encour-
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The City of Arcadia is adding WeChat to the Arcadia Connect social media program in an ongoing effort to improve outreach to the City’s Chinese community. WeChat is a mobile text and voice messaging communication service for Chinese speaking users and is one of the world’s
largest messaging apps. The WeChat app can be downloaded for free from the app store for Android and iPhone mobile devices. To add the City of Arcadia, search for the user ID: DiscoverArcadia. The launch of WeChat will enable the City of SEE WECHAT PAGE 10
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