Scripps College’s Scripps Presents series continues with The 19th* co-founder Emily Ramshaw in conversation with The 19th* editor-at-large Erinn Haines over Zoom at 5 p.m. Thursday, October 8. The event is free and open to the public. Of the many headlines volleyed our way over the past six months, the experiences of women during the COVID-19 pandemic have been particularly devastating.
Scripps College’s “Scripps Presents” events are going forward, with a robust calendar of free, interesting events.
All of the events are virtual, but registration and tickets are required. Click through www.scrippscollege.edu/ events/calendar for information.
On Tuesday, September 15 Scripps hosts Ayad Akhtar and Ben Rhodes: America is My Home at 5 p.m.
Pitzer College President Melvin L. Oliver’s Racial Justice Initiative, which seeks to embed the study of racial violence and justice throughout the campus and curriculum, will launch its inaugural panel on Thursday, September 10, from 4:15 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. PDT, with a virtual conversation among activist scholars on police violence and racial justice in the 21st century.
Teacher Heather Stradley provides nine-year-old Sade Dennis with some of the learning materials for the upcoming semester during an orientation on Tuesday at Mountain View Elementary School in Claremont. Wednesday was the first day of instruction across Claremont Unified School District albeit not in a conventional way with classes being held online due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. COURIER photo/Steven Felschundneff
Teacher Heather Stradley provides nine-year-old Sade Dennis with some of the learning materials for the upcoming semester during an orientation on Tuesday at Mountain View Elementary School in Claremont. Today is the first day of instruction across Claremont Unified School District albeit not in a conventional way with classes being held online due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. COURIER photo/Steven Felschundneff
Claremont Unified School District’s budgets have for many years been reliable: $80 million, give or take a couple million dollars. Some years it runs a deficit, others a surplus. It’s been a steady gig, and its some 750 employees have taken solace from that consistency.
Last March though, all that tranquility was turned on its head when the COVID pandemic shut down campuses. COURIER photo/Peter Weinberger
Claremont Unified School District’s budgets have for many years been reliable: $80 million, give or take a couple million dollars. Some years it runs a deficit, others a surplus. Last March though, all that tranquility was turned on its head when the COVID pandemic shut down campuses. Literally overnight, teachers and students scrambled to convert to online instruction. Some kids flourished under the new normal, others floundered.
On November 3, three candidates—Kathy Archer, Bob Fass and Chris Naticchia—will compete for two open seats on the Claremont School Board. The elected candidates will serve four-year terms. Kathy Archer is a history teacher at Charter Oak High School in Covina, though she has lived in the Claremont community for over 20 years and has a daughter at Claremont High School.
Claremont Unified School District employees with the Best Learning After School Time program hold a protest on Thursday outside the Richard Kirkendall Education Center in Claremont. The CUSD Board of Education is scheduled to vote Thursday evening on a recommendation to lay off the BLAST employees because the district can not offer the program for the fall semester. COURIER photo/Steven Felschundneff
The overwhelming majority of Claremont Unified School District families chose to enroll their students in the blended learning program for the upcoming school year.
Out of a projected enrollment of around 6,800 students, just 637 chose online instruction only with no on-campus component. The balance opted for blended learning program with daily synchronous and asynchronous instruction, and a return to campus as soon as the district deems it is safe to do so.
Claremont Unified School District’s Board of Supervisors held a pair of virtual community meetings Thursday to brief parents, caregivers and students on what it does and does not yet know regarding the fall semester, which begins September 2. And like the previous Zoom board meetings, interest was high. The 9 a.m. session was extended by 30 minutes due to the abundance of questions from the more than 450 people listening, yet had not yet been answered by the scheduled 11 a.m. end time.
The long list of uncertainties surrounding the upcoming school year just got a little shorter.
Claremont Unified School District’s Board of Education held a morning virtual community meeting Thursday to brief parents, caregivers and students on what it does and does not yet know regarding the fall semester, which begins September 2. A second meeting will be offered at 6 p.m. on Thursday night.
On July 1 parents and caregivers of students at The Children’s School at Claremont McKenna College received a surprise email announcing the school would not reopen for the fall 2020 or spring 2021 semesters. “We are committed to your child’s learning, growth, and safety at The Children’s School. We write today with what we know will be a disappointing update on our plans for fall," said CMC President Hiram Chodosh.
Claremont High School graduate Isabella Jakini holds a picture of her friend Dana Sanchez as she receives her diploma from CHS Principal Brett O’Connor on Tuesday during a drive-up commencement at the school. Ms. Jakini brought her friend’s portrait along because Ms. Sanchez, who is also a member of the class of 2020, could not attend in person. Mr. O’Connor had hoped to hold a more traditional graduation ceremony this summer, however as coronavirus cases spiked over the last few weeks, the administration opted for the drive-up model. COURIER photo/Steven Felschundneff
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