Rose Parade Achievements
Arcadia High School is known to have several alumni join the ranks of the Rose Court, seven of which have been Queens.
- Pamela Tedesco graduated from Arcadia High School in 1968. She was chosen as Rose Queen in 1970 for the
Tournament of Roses Parade and Rose Bowl Game in Pasadena, California.
- Linda Deal reigned as Rose Princess in 1980. (Her three brothers were all Eagle Scouts and carried banners in the Rose Parade). In 1939, Linda's mother, Rosemary Kuchenski (Deal), rode the American Legion Float when Shirley Temple was the Grand Marshall for the first time.
- In 1986, April Lake reigned as a rose princess.
- Sandra Waltrip and Diane Welch reigned as two of the princesses in 1987.
- Kristin Leigh Harris & Julie Jeanne Myers were chosen as back-to-back Rose Queens for 1987 and 1988.
- Marisa Stephenson, princess in 1989.
- Erica Brynes, the 76th Tournament of Roses Queen in 1994.
- Christina Farrell '99, the 81st Rose Queen in 1999. Chaitali Gala and Olivia Wilson were princesses the same year.
- Crystal Uribe and Nini Jiang, princesses in 2001
- Shannon Stockdale and Stephanie Valenzuela, princesses in 2002.
- Erinne LaBrie, princess in 2003.
- Alyssa Jones, princess in 2006.
- Dusty Gibbs, 90th Rose Queen and reigned over the 119th Rose Parade and 94th Rose Bowl Game in 2008.
- Courtney Chou Lee, 91st Rose Queen, giving Arcadia back to back Rose Queens in 2008 & 2009
- Lauren Valenzuela, princess in 2009.
- June Ko, princess in 2010.
- Tatyane Barrios, princess in 2011.
- The Arcadia High School Marching Band has marched in the Rose Parade 14 times.
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