A special gathering of the Claremont Unified School District Board of Education was held on Tuesday, May 21, aimed at community members who live near San Antonio High School.
The residents were asked to voice their opinions with regards to the possible placement of a new CUSD Service Center at the local continuation high school. Several people showed displeasure at the idea, expressing that a single-family neighborhood such as theirs is an inappropriate venue for an industrial facility.
It all happened in record time for the Claremont Unified School District when the its Service Center property, located at 700 Base Line Rd., was auctioned off in less than 5 minutes.
Rich Blogg, senior vice president of land acquisitions, on behalf of homebuilder D.R. Horton, made the conforming bid. The bid will be brought before the school board for approval at their next meeting, set for Thursday, June 6 at 6:30 p.m.
D.R. Horton has agreed to pay CUSD’s $7 million asking price, with a $10,000 deposit, for the nearly 144,000-foot property.
With the auction of the Claremont Unified School District’s current Service Center property approaching on Wednesday, May 29, the district is continuing its efforts to plan the perfect replacement for its center of operations.
The auction, which is open to the public, will take place at 11 a.m. in the board room of the Richard S. Kirkendall Education Center, located at 170 W. San Jose Ave.
Several weeks ago, Service Center Director Rick Cota submitted a proposal to the school board and the CUSD community at large, suggesting that the San Antonio High School campus, the site of Claremont’s continuation and community day schools, would be a viable site for the new center.
Ask El Roble physical education teacher Terri Kegans, who helps run her family’s longstanding Ducey Swim School and is an incorrigible volunteer, how she does it all. Her answer is emphatic: teamwork.
It’s true that Ms. Kegans relies heavily on her fellow PE teachers, who exemplify the camaraderie that prompted the California Department of Education to name El Roble Intermediate School a 2013 California Distinguished School.
Mahmoud A.K. Harmoush smiles as he takes the stage to receive his master’s degree on Tuesday during commencement for Claremont School of Theology and Claremont Lincoln University. Mr. Harmoush, who received a master of arts in religious leadership in Muslim contexts, was among 11 students in the first graduating class of the new Claremont Lincoln University. COURIER photo/Steven Felschundneff
Jay McMillan embraces his daughter Rachel after she received her diploma on Sunday during commencement at Claremont McKenna College. Seven of the 8 Claremont Colleges held their graduations over the weekend with celebrations both big and small. More in our next edition. COURIER photo/Steven Felschundneff
Terri Kegans hugs a colleague after she was named CUSD Teacher of the Year for 2013 during Thursday night’s Board of Education meeting in Claremont. Ms. Kegans teaches physical education at El Roble, where she has been instrumental in starting a number of programs for the students. Dozens of her co-workers, family and friends were on hand to congratulate Ms. Kegans for her award.
For those who need a little liquid courage to get the creative juices flowing, Claremont Craft Ales and Otterspace Arts have the remedy. Art on Tap—an adults-only art class now offered once a month at Craft Ales—has the brews and the brushes necessary to lead its guests more calmly into the creative process.
“And if you are still struggling, you can always have another beer,” co-instructor Mary Beth Fletcher suggested.
With Art on Tap, art teachers and best friends Mary Beth Fletcher and Jen Rosen are taking a night away from the lesson plans for kindergarten through eighth grade students.
Participants in the 36th annual El Roble Intermediate School 24-hour Bike Marathon enter the backstretch on the school’s track Thursday afternoon. Dozens of 8th grade students participated in the event in which teams of riders circled the track continuously from 12:30 p.m. Thursday until 12:30 p.m. Friday. This year the students raised money for Foothill Family Shelter in Upland and hope to donate as much as $6000. The top boy rider is Alex Navazi who rode 535 laps and the top girl is Alexandra Guschu who went 490 laps. More in our next edition COURIER photo/Steven Felschundneff
The Claremont Colleges will celebrate commencements next weekend, marking the end of another busy academic year. Briefs on keynote speakers for the 2013 ceremonies, set to take place Saturday, May 18 and Sunday, May 19, are highlighted here. The Pitzer senior class, for example, has selected writer and comedian Jon Lovett as this year’s keynote speaker. He is the co-creator and head writer for the NBC sitcom 1600 Penn.
Prior to 1600 Penn, Mr. Lovett spent 3 years writing speeches for President Barack Obama.
The Graduation Committee—which includes teachers, staff, parents and students from Claremont High School, El Roble Intermediate School and elementary schools throughout the Claremont Unified School District—has been meeting throughout the year to assess the district’s graduation requirements.
A few weeks ago, these district stakeholders came up with some recommendations, which were shared, for informational purposes only, at the Thursday, May 2 meeting of the Claremont school board.
The Graduation Committee has been mulling over 4 key questions. The first is whether CUSD should change its graduation requirements to reflect the so-called “A-G” requirements.
On a “scale” of one to 10, lizards and snakes are a 10, according to Chaparral Elementary School kindergartner William Roby Unkovich.
One of 85 Chaparral students who took part in a kindergarten-wide trip to the Los Angeles Zoo on Monday, April 29, William was delighted to stop by the Living Amphibians, Invertebrates and Reptiles habitat, better known as the LAIR.
Noah Smelser and James Butz, 2 other aficionados of cold-blooded critters, also savored the sight of animals basking and paddling in the LAIR, which opened its doors just last year.
General Manager Stephen Hogan holds his daughter Ella, 3, as she selects the winning entry in the Claremont Educational Foundation’s 2013 Prius Raffle on Sunday at Claremont Toyota. The winner of the car is Jared Anderson, who was not in attendance for Sunday’s drawing but will be contacted by CEF to collect his prize.
Students and staff at the Claremont Colleges recently got a lesson in the importance of emergency preparedness, right in the middle of a safety drill.
The 5 Cs had just concluded a 10-minute cross-collegiate practice lockdown when news of the stabbings at Lone Star College in Texas hit.
After retiring as Pomona College dean of students in 2011, Neil Gerard now serves as senior project manager for the college. At 11:30 a.m., he was helping conduct a training session in Pomona’s Emergency Operations Center when staff members—many of whom had their laptops open—began hearing about the horrific attack via the Internet and text messages.
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