Arcadia High School (Arizona)
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Arcadia High School is a public high school located in Phoenix, Arizona
. The school enrolls 1,680 who primarily come from feeder schools in the Scottsdale Unified School District. Arcadia completed a significant renovation in the summer of 2008.
Since the 2003 school year, Arcadia H.S. has met No Child Left Behind standards, and is labeled "Excelling" by AZ LEARNS, Arizona's standards measurement. In 2005, the school produced three National Merit Semi-Finalists. 92% of students of the graduating class of 2005 continued their education, and in 2003 students were awarded a combined $3.5 million in scholarship money. Notable alumni include NASA astronaut Bill Shepherd (class of '67), and though he did not graduate from the school, director Steven Spielberg
attended.
plan.
, and puts on at least two large productions and several smaller productions per year.
Arcadia High School has won the Skills USA (Arizona) Graphic Design contest multiple times. The Ad Art/Graphic Design class is led by Dianna Cure. Her students have won this contest 24 years out of 25 that Arcadia has participated on it, only taking 4th place in 2010.
Arcadia High School is also host to an award winning Media Communications program. The program produces ANN (Arcadia News Network) a fourteen minute news show, broadcast daily throughout the school. During the 2008-2009 school year, the Media Communications department began production of a half-hour sports show titled "Scottsdale Sports Talk", that will air on the Temple public-access television
cable TV station MCTV beginning in fall of 2009. After the 2007-2008 school year, Paul Hoeprich replaced Dave Cornelius as director of the program, as Cornelius took a position at the Arizona State University
. On May 12, 2010 Arcadia High School's Media Communications program hosted its first annual Arcadia High School Film Festival. Five groups of students wrote, filmed, directed, edited and promoted their own films which were shown on the big screen. Arcadia High School also produced an award-winning TV show, "Student Conversations". Adam Silver hosted and produced the show from 2008-2010 with the help of Judith Crider. Notable guests include Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and E Street Band Guitarist Nils Lofgren
.
Arcadia High School is a public high school located in Phoenix, Arizona
. The school enrolls 1,680 who primarily come from feeder schools in the Scottsdale Unified School District. Arcadia completed a significant renovation in the summer of 2008.
Since the 2003 school year, Arcadia H.S. has met No Child Left Behind standards, and is labeled "Excelling" by AZ LEARNS, Arizona's standards measurement. In 2005, the school produced three National Merit Semi-Finalists. 92% of students of the graduating class of 2005 continued their education, and in 2003 students were awarded a combined $3.5 million in scholarship money. Notable alumni include NASA astronaut Bill Shepherd (class of '67), and though he did not graduate from the school, director Steven Spielberg
attended.
plan.
, and puts on at least two large productions and several smaller productions per year.
Arcadia High School has won the Skills USA (Arizona) Graphic Design contest multiple times. The Ad Art/Graphic Design class is led by Dianna Cure. Her students have won this contest 24 years out of 25 that Arcadia has participated on it, only taking 4th place in 2010.
Arcadia High School is also host to an award winning Media Communications program. The program produces ANN (Arcadia News Network) a fourteen minute news show, broadcast daily throughout the school. During the 2008-2009 school year, the Media Communications department began production of a half-hour sports show titled "Scottsdale Sports Talk", that will air on the Temple public-access television
cable TV station MCTV beginning in fall of 2009. After the 2007-2008 school year, Paul Hoeprich replaced Dave Cornelius as director of the program, as Cornelius took a position at the Arizona State University
. On May 12, 2010 Arcadia High School's Media Communications program hosted its first annual Arcadia High School Film Festival. Five groups of students wrote, filmed, directed, edited and promoted their own films which were shown on the big screen. Arcadia High School also produced an award-winning TV show, "Student Conversations". Adam Silver hosted and produced the show from 2008-2010 with the help of Judith Crider. Notable guests include Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and E Street Band Guitarist Nils Lofgren
.
Arcadia High School is a public high school located in Phoenix, Arizona
. The school enrolls 1,680 who primarily come from feeder schools in the Scottsdale Unified School District. Arcadia completed a significant renovation in the summer of 2008.
Since the 2003 school year, Arcadia H.S. has met No Child Left Behind standards, and is labeled "Excelling" by AZ LEARNS, Arizona's standards measurement. In 2005, the school produced three National Merit Semi-Finalists. 92% of students of the graduating class of 2005 continued their education, and in 2003 students were awarded a combined $3.5 million in scholarship money. Notable alumni include NASA astronaut Bill Shepherd (class of '67), and though he did not graduate from the school, director Steven Spielberg
attended.
plan.
, and puts on at least two large productions and several smaller productions per year.
Arcadia High School has won the Skills USA (Arizona) Graphic Design contest multiple times. The Ad Art/Graphic Design class is led by Dianna Cure. Her students have won this contest 24 years out of 25 that Arcadia has participated on it, only taking 4th place in 2010.
Arcadia High School is also host to an award winning Media Communications program. The program produces ANN (Arcadia News Network) a fourteen minute news show, broadcast daily throughout the school. During the 2008-2009 school year, the Media Communications department began production of a half-hour sports show titled "Scottsdale Sports Talk", that will air on the Temple public-access television
cable TV station MCTV beginning in fall of 2009. After the 2007-2008 school year, Paul Hoeprich replaced Dave Cornelius as director of the program, as Cornelius took a position at the Arizona State University
. On May 12, 2010 Arcadia High School's Media Communications program hosted its first annual Arcadia High School Film Festival. Five groups of students wrote, filmed, directed, edited and promoted their own films which were shown on the big screen. Arcadia High School also produced an award-winning TV show, "Student Conversations". Adam Silver hosted and produced the show from 2008-2010 with the help of Judith Crider. Notable guests include Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and E Street Band Guitarist Nils Lofgren
.
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
. The school enrolls 1,680 who primarily come from feeder schools in the Scottsdale Unified School District. Arcadia completed a significant renovation in the summer of 2008.
Since the 2003 school year, Arcadia H.S. has met No Child Left Behind standards, and is labeled "Excelling" by AZ LEARNS, Arizona's standards measurement. In 2005, the school produced three National Merit Semi-Finalists. 92% of students of the graduating class of 2005 continued their education, and in 2003 students were awarded a combined $3.5 million in scholarship money. Notable alumni include NASA astronaut Bill Shepherd (class of '67), and though he did not graduate from the school, director Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg KBE is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, video game designer, and studio entrepreneur. In a career of more than four decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as an...
attended.
Renovation
The Orcutt/Winslow Partnership created the new design of the school. Begun in 2005, the construction was completed in three years by the contractor DL Withers Construction. The price for the school's improvement is set at $45 million by a Guaranteed Maximum PriceGuaranteed Maximum Price
A Guaranteed Maximum Price contract is a cost-type contract where the contractor is compensated for actual costs incurred plus a fixed fee subject to a ceiling price...
plan.
Arts
Arcadia High School has an award-winning Advertising Art program. Students artwork from this program is featured throughout town on billboards, tee shirts, and signs. The Arts department has been happy at home in their new building, as part of the new renovation. The Drama Department is proud to have produced members of the International Thespian SocietyInternational Thespian Society
The International Thespian Society is an honorary organization for high-school and middle-school theatre students located at more than 3,600 affiliated secondary schools across the United States, Canada, and abroad. The International Thespian Society was founded in Fairmont, West Virginia...
, and puts on at least two large productions and several smaller productions per year.
Arcadia High School has won the Skills USA (Arizona) Graphic Design contest multiple times. The Ad Art/Graphic Design class is led by Dianna Cure. Her students have won this contest 24 years out of 25 that Arcadia has participated on it, only taking 4th place in 2010.
Arcadia High School is also host to an award winning Media Communications program. The program produces ANN (Arcadia News Network) a fourteen minute news show, broadcast daily throughout the school. During the 2008-2009 school year, the Media Communications department began production of a half-hour sports show titled "Scottsdale Sports Talk", that will air on the Temple public-access television
Public-access television
Public-access television is a form of non-commercial mass media where ordinary people can create content television programming which is cablecast through cable TV specialty channels...
cable TV station MCTV beginning in fall of 2009. After the 2007-2008 school year, Paul Hoeprich replaced Dave Cornelius as director of the program, as Cornelius took a position at the Arizona State University
Arizona State University
Arizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...
. On May 12, 2010 Arcadia High School's Media Communications program hosted its first annual Arcadia High School Film Festival. Five groups of students wrote, filmed, directed, edited and promoted their own films which were shown on the big screen. Arcadia High School also produced an award-winning TV show, "Student Conversations". Adam Silver hosted and produced the show from 2008-2010 with the help of Judith Crider. Notable guests include Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
Sandra Day O'Connor
Sandra Day O'Connor is an American jurist who was the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States. She served as an Associate Justice from 1981 until her retirement from the Court in 2006. O'Connor was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981...
, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and E Street Band Guitarist Nils Lofgren
Nils Lofgren
Nils Hilmer Lofgren is an American rock music recording artist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist...
.
Clubs and Organizations
Students participate in several clubs and organizations.Arcadia High School is a public high school located in Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
. The school enrolls 1,680 who primarily come from feeder schools in the Scottsdale Unified School District. Arcadia completed a significant renovation in the summer of 2008.
Since the 2003 school year, Arcadia H.S. has met No Child Left Behind standards, and is labeled "Excelling" by AZ LEARNS, Arizona's standards measurement. In 2005, the school produced three National Merit Semi-Finalists. 92% of students of the graduating class of 2005 continued their education, and in 2003 students were awarded a combined $3.5 million in scholarship money. Notable alumni include NASA astronaut Bill Shepherd (class of '67), and though he did not graduate from the school, director Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg KBE is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, video game designer, and studio entrepreneur. In a career of more than four decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as an...
attended.
Renovation
The Orcutt/Winslow Partnership created the new design of the school. Begun in 2005, the construction was completed in three years by the contractor DL Withers Construction. The price for the school's improvement is set at $45 million by a Guaranteed Maximum PriceGuaranteed Maximum Price
A Guaranteed Maximum Price contract is a cost-type contract where the contractor is compensated for actual costs incurred plus a fixed fee subject to a ceiling price...
plan.
Arts
Arcadia High School has an award-winning Advertising Art program. Students artwork from this program is featured throughout town on billboards, tee shirts, and signs. The Arts department has been happy at home in their new building, as part of the new renovation. The Drama Department is proud to have produced members of the International Thespian SocietyInternational Thespian Society
The International Thespian Society is an honorary organization for high-school and middle-school theatre students located at more than 3,600 affiliated secondary schools across the United States, Canada, and abroad. The International Thespian Society was founded in Fairmont, West Virginia...
, and puts on at least two large productions and several smaller productions per year.
Arcadia High School has won the Skills USA (Arizona) Graphic Design contest multiple times. The Ad Art/Graphic Design class is led by Dianna Cure. Her students have won this contest 24 years out of 25 that Arcadia has participated on it, only taking 4th place in 2010.
Arcadia High School is also host to an award winning Media Communications program. The program produces ANN (Arcadia News Network) a fourteen minute news show, broadcast daily throughout the school. During the 2008-2009 school year, the Media Communications department began production of a half-hour sports show titled "Scottsdale Sports Talk", that will air on the Temple public-access television
Public-access television
Public-access television is a form of non-commercial mass media where ordinary people can create content television programming which is cablecast through cable TV specialty channels...
cable TV station MCTV beginning in fall of 2009. After the 2007-2008 school year, Paul Hoeprich replaced Dave Cornelius as director of the program, as Cornelius took a position at the Arizona State University
Arizona State University
Arizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...
. On May 12, 2010 Arcadia High School's Media Communications program hosted its first annual Arcadia High School Film Festival. Five groups of students wrote, filmed, directed, edited and promoted their own films which were shown on the big screen. Arcadia High School also produced an award-winning TV show, "Student Conversations". Adam Silver hosted and produced the show from 2008-2010 with the help of Judith Crider. Notable guests include Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
Sandra Day O'Connor
Sandra Day O'Connor is an American jurist who was the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States. She served as an Associate Justice from 1981 until her retirement from the Court in 2006. O'Connor was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981...
, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and E Street Band Guitarist Nils Lofgren
Nils Lofgren
Nils Hilmer Lofgren is an American rock music recording artist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist...
.
Athletics
The school competes in interscholastic athletics in several sports.- Baseball
- Basketball (Boys)
- Basketball (Girls)
- Cross-Country
- Football
- Golf (Boys)
- Golf (Girls)
- Soccer (Boys)
- Soccer (Girls)
- Softball
- Swimming and Diving
- Tennis (Boys)
- Tennis (Girls)
- Track and Field
- Volleyball
Clubs and Organizations
Students participate in several clubs and organizations.Arcadia High School is a public high school located in Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
. The school enrolls 1,680 who primarily come from feeder schools in the Scottsdale Unified School District. Arcadia completed a significant renovation in the summer of 2008.
Since the 2003 school year, Arcadia H.S. has met No Child Left Behind standards, and is labeled "Excelling" by AZ LEARNS, Arizona's standards measurement. In 2005, the school produced three National Merit Semi-Finalists. 92% of students of the graduating class of 2005 continued their education, and in 2003 students were awarded a combined $3.5 million in scholarship money. Notable alumni include NASA astronaut Bill Shepherd (class of '67), and though he did not graduate from the school, director Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg KBE is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, video game designer, and studio entrepreneur. In a career of more than four decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as an...
attended.
Renovation
The Orcutt/Winslow Partnership created the new design of the school. Begun in 2005, the construction was completed in three years by the contractor DL Withers Construction. The price for the school's improvement is set at $45 million by a Guaranteed Maximum PriceGuaranteed Maximum Price
A Guaranteed Maximum Price contract is a cost-type contract where the contractor is compensated for actual costs incurred plus a fixed fee subject to a ceiling price...
plan.
Arts
Arcadia High School has an award-winning Advertising Art program. Students artwork from this program is featured throughout town on billboards, tee shirts, and signs. The Arts department has been happy at home in their new building, as part of the new renovation. The Drama Department is proud to have produced members of the International Thespian SocietyInternational Thespian Society
The International Thespian Society is an honorary organization for high-school and middle-school theatre students located at more than 3,600 affiliated secondary schools across the United States, Canada, and abroad. The International Thespian Society was founded in Fairmont, West Virginia...
, and puts on at least two large productions and several smaller productions per year.
Arcadia High School has won the Skills USA (Arizona) Graphic Design contest multiple times. The Ad Art/Graphic Design class is led by Dianna Cure. Her students have won this contest 24 years out of 25 that Arcadia has participated on it, only taking 4th place in 2010.
Arcadia High School is also host to an award winning Media Communications program. The program produces ANN (Arcadia News Network) a fourteen minute news show, broadcast daily throughout the school. During the 2008-2009 school year, the Media Communications department began production of a half-hour sports show titled "Scottsdale Sports Talk", that will air on the Temple public-access television
Public-access television
Public-access television is a form of non-commercial mass media where ordinary people can create content television programming which is cablecast through cable TV specialty channels...
cable TV station MCTV beginning in fall of 2009. After the 2007-2008 school year, Paul Hoeprich replaced Dave Cornelius as director of the program, as Cornelius took a position at the Arizona State University
Arizona State University
Arizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...
. On May 12, 2010 Arcadia High School's Media Communications program hosted its first annual Arcadia High School Film Festival. Five groups of students wrote, filmed, directed, edited and promoted their own films which were shown on the big screen. Arcadia High School also produced an award-winning TV show, "Student Conversations". Adam Silver hosted and produced the show from 2008-2010 with the help of Judith Crider. Notable guests include Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
Sandra Day O'Connor
Sandra Day O'Connor is an American jurist who was the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States. She served as an Associate Justice from 1981 until her retirement from the Court in 2006. O'Connor was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981...
, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and E Street Band Guitarist Nils Lofgren
Nils Lofgren
Nils Hilmer Lofgren is an American rock music recording artist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist...
.
Athletics
The school competes in interscholastic athletics in several sports.- Baseball
- Basketball (Boys)
- Basketball (Girls)
- Cross-Country
- Football
- Golf (Boys)
- Golf (Girls)
- Soccer (Boys)
- Soccer (Girls)
- Softball
- Swimming and Diving
- Tennis (Boys)
- Tennis (Girls)
- Track and Field
- Volleyball
Clubs and Organizations
Students participate in several clubs and organizations.- A.B.C. (Arcadia Business Club)
- Advertising Art Skills USA
- Arcadia's United Beard Club
- Animal Welfare
- Arcadia Spirit Line
- Arcadian - Newspaper
- Beard Club
- Book Club
- Calculus club
- Close Up
- Club GI
- Club Green
- Club Imprints
- Costa Rica
- Dance Parents
- Drama Club
- English Language Development
- FCCLA (Family Community Career Leaders of America)
- Frisbee Club
- G Green
- GSA
- Improv Troupe
- Interact
- JV Spiritline
- Key Club
- Media Comm Club
- Movie Club
- National Art Honor Society
- National Honor Society
- National Honor Society for Dance Arts - NHSDA
- Olympian - Yearbook
- Outdoor Activity Club (OAC)
- Robotics
- Science Olympia
- Service Learning Club
- Skate 2 Create
- SMBB (Science Marine Biology Bonanza)
- Speech and Debate
- Sports Club
- Stay Alive Arizona
- Students Taking Action Now: DarfurStudents Taking Action Now: DarfurSTAND: A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition is an organization which seeks to raise awareness about the ongoing conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan, raise relief funds for those affected by the conflict, and advocate for political action....
(STAND) - Reptile Awareness and Reptilia Enthusiasm Club (R.A.R.E. club)
- Thespians
- Unitown Club
- Vibra Latina
Notable Alumni
- Lynda CarterLynda CarterLynda Jean Carter is an American actress and singer, best known for being Miss World USA and as the star of the 1970s television series The New Original Wonder Woman and The New Adventures of Wonder Woman ....
, actress - Calico Cooper, actress and daughter of Alice CooperAlice CooperAlice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...
- Sonora Rose, younger daughter of Alice CooperAlice CooperAlice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...
- Bill JohnsonBill JohnsonBill Johnson may refer to:Arts and Entertainment*Bill Johnson , American actor known for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2...
, writer - Dianne KayDianne KayDianne Kay is an American actress, best known for her role as Nancy Bradford on the ABC television show Eight is Enough ....
, actress - Kalyn Keller, Olympic Swimmer
- Klete KellerKlete KellerKlete Keller is an American freestyle swimmer who won medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 400 m freestyle and the 4x200 m freestyle relay. In the 4x200 m freestyle relay, Keller held off a charging Ian Thorpe in the anchor leg to win the race by 0.13 seconds...
, Olympic Gold Medalist Swimmer - David Leech, Model
- Glenn RockowitzGlenn RockowitzGlenn Rockowitz , is an American writer, filmmaker and comedian who wrote and directed the cult independent film in 2002...
, writer, filmmaker and comedian - Bill ShepherdWilliam ShepherdWilliam McMichael Shepherd is a former American astronaut who served as commander of Expedition 1, the first crew on the International Space Station. Shepherd is a recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.-Biography:...
, astronaut - Steven SpielbergSteven SpielbergSteven Allan Spielberg KBE is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, video game designer, and studio entrepreneur. In a career of more than four decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as an...
, director - John WhitmanJohn WhitmanJohn Whitman is an American novelist and martial arts instructor. He has written many books, and written for other projects such as Zorro and the Star Wars: Galaxy of Fear series. His most recent books include four novels based on the television series 24, published by HarperCollins...
, actor
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