By Arcadia Unified Digital Communications Intern Kate Fletcher Bright red flags swirling high in the air can be spotted down Arcadia’s Louise Avenue as the Dana Middle School Drill Team prepares for its competitive season with a fresh face at the lead: new Drill Team director, Joseph Kidd. Kidd trains the Dana Mariners with the…

Dana Middle School students had the opportunity of a lifetime to hear the incredibly brave and inspiring story of Trudie Strobel—a Holocaust survivor. Born in Ukraine in 1938, Strobel and her mother were sent 600 miles to a Jewish ghetto in Poland when the Nazi’s invaded Russia. Strobel experienced the atrocities of life in a…