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Year in Review
Claremont Educational Foundation
Promoting Art, Music, Technology and Educational Innovation in Our Schools
A Message from the President
Dear Friends of CEF,
Richard Chute
CEF President
Most of the evidence of the Claremont Educational Foundation’s impact is visible at the level
of the school site—art and music classes being taught in our elementary schools, technology
projects at every school, special innovative projects by teachers, and the increasingly popular
SLICE of Summer programs at El Roble Intermediate School and the High School. CEF continues to perform an important role in funding programs that take place at each school, and we
remain very proud that the programs we support provide universal access across all of the
schools while representing district priorities. Without CEF’s continued support, key curricular
goals important to all of our students, such as instruction in the arts, would not have been
achieved.
A key aspect of our support is providing additional value and resources to a community filled with inspired teachers, committed administrators, involved parents, and enthusiastic students. CEF’s programs are not just about
“saving our schools,” or the district. They are about demonstrating the value of public education in our community
as a whole. CEF’s vision is to ensure that all of our students are prepared for life—whether that includes college
and graduate school, community college, trade school, military service, or a first job or being a great parent and
citizen. Our community is strong, in part, because we work so hard to instill knowledge and values in our children
so that our future will be bright or brighter than our present or our past.
For education to thrive in our community, we need everyone to care. You can demonstrate your commitment by
being a loyal donor. To those of you who are already contributing, thank you. But you can also demonstrate your
commitment to education in other ways. If you like to have fun, attend one of our wonderful events. If you are parent or grandparent, be involved with your students at home, or consider taking advantage of our SLICE of Summer
program next year. If you are an interested community member, attend one of our monthly community lectures
on education-related topics. If you are a business person, consider making a gift, helping to sponsor an event, or
participating in our eGood program. And if you are feeling lucky, you can help by buying a Prius raffle ticket!
However you choose to be involved, we welcome your support.
With heartfelt thanks to everyone in our community,
Richard Chute, President
SLICE of Summer > Record Breaking Year!
The Claremont Educational Foundation’s 11th SLICE of Summer program had a record-breaking year! SLICE continues to grow
in the number and variety of classes offered and students enrolled. More than 1,000 students participated in over 100 classes
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2-D Design with Escher
Basketball and Volleyball
Beginning Spanish
Clay Play
Common Core Writing with a SLICE of Creativity
Critical Thinking through Strategic Board Games
CSI: Claremont
Film Making
Law School for Kids
Master Your Math Facts
Musical Theater
Poisonous and Venomous Animals
Sew Fabulous!
Speech & Debate
Ultimate Fort Building
The SLICE of Summer program is addressing a need in Claremont by providing courses specifically designed to support
enrichment, remediation, and advancement. SLICE continues to serve the community by offering scholarships valued at over
$70,000—no one is turned away from taking a class with SLICE. Scholarships are made possible, in part, by a generous
$10,000 donation from Metro Honda/Acura of Montclair.
CEF Making an Impact
Monetary gifts made to the Claremont Educational Foundation go directly to enriching and sustaining quality public education
for students attending the Claremont Unified School District. Past gifts have focused on providing art and music instruction
at the elementary schools and technological projects at all schools in the district. CEF works collaboratively with the school
district to ensure that our gifts have a direct and lasting impact on the students that we serve.
For the 2013–2014 academic year, CEF gifted $201,000 to the district. Funds paid for art and music programs in grades K-6,
and also provided technology improvements to include the purchase of new laptops, i-Pads and printers at campuses across
the district. In addition to the CEF money donated directly to the school sites, CEF granted individual teachers and principals
$10,000 in innovation grants focused on specialized projects.
Investing in Innovation > Innovation Mini-Grants
CEF believes in supporting CUSD’s top-notch educational staff and nurturing a space where innovative ideas can develop and
flourish. In the spring of 2014, CEF announced a small grant pilot program to fund creative projects that engage students in
high-impact learning opportunities. Teachers and principals in CUSD were invited to apply.
The focus of the grants is innovation; it is an opportunity for teachers with creative initiatives to take risks in the classroom
and experiment with promising new ideas. The grant projects ideally align with CEF’s traditional areas of focus (art, music
and technology), and may also explore other subject areas (humanities, sciences, etc). Teachers had the opportunity to apply
individually, or in groups for a collaborative school-site or grade-level project. Principals were also encouraged to submit a
proposal for a school-wide project.
Spring 2014 CEF Funded Innovation Mini-Grant Projects
Claremont High School > Community Garden
This project transformed an underutilized school garden
into a larger, community garden available to student
groups, classrooms, clubs and individuals for use in
teaching and learning as well as developing an overall
sense of community around the natural world. Students
who help with the garden get to go home with fresh
produce, and the garden promises to be an important
center of student engagement, community and learning
in CUSD.
Claremont High School > GIS Data Analysis
In a unique partnership with Claremont Graduate
University, CHS students had the opportunity to learn a
powerful geographic mapping software program (GIS)
and design their own mapping projects. Students were
able to work with faculty and graduate students from
CGU as they gathered, analyzed and presented data in
this dynamic learning partnership.
El Roble> Ted Ed Club
This project funded iPads and accessories to enable
students in the TED ED Club at El Roble to produce TED
ED and Khan Academy-like videos. Students researched
a topic of their choosing, wrote their presentations,
recorded videos of their presentations using iMovie or
the Explain Everything app, and shared their work with
the community.
San Antonio High School > iPad Applications for Class
Critique in the Visual Arts
Using an iPad and the Popplet app, students took photos of their work from multiple angles and organized
self-critiques visually using mind maps. Other students
added their own critiques, to which students could
respond dynamically via the Popplet platform. The
experiment transformed a traditionally static and paperbased medium into an interactive, technology-based
format that fostered rich student interaction, discussion
and collaboration in the critique of visual art.
Danbury, El Roble, Claremont High School > Landfill
Art: A Muliti-Campus Collaborative
This project experimented with the use of Go-Pro video
cameras to facilitate a multi-site collaboration of disabled
students across CUSD on a large installation art piece
resembling a landfill. "Landfill" involves a graphic and
personalized approach to understanding the nature of
waste management in contemporary society and the effects of mass consumer culture. The art project involved
a particularly innovative use of technology.
Sycamore > Day of Service
"Service Day" was designed to engage students in
service projects, develop their awareness of needs in the
world and empower students to engage in independent
acts of service in the future. The CEF grant, along with
donations from local families and businesses, helped
to fund 15 different service opportunities from which
students selectively participated. Some examples include
making blankets for animals at Precious Pet Rescue,
donating books to schools in Pomona Unified, writing letters to service men and women, implementing
playground improvements (painting a scaled US Map
and decorating hopscotch areas), and preparing gifts for
school children in the Philippines affected by the recent
typhoon.
Scholarships for Super Seniors
The Claremont Educational Foundation (CEF) is pleased to announce the 2013–2014 recipients of the Teddie Warner Community Outreach Scholarship and the David L. Rose Instrumental Music Scholarship. This year’s recipients graduated this past
summer from Claremont High School. Sarah Bratman is the recipient of the Teddie Warner Community Outreach Scholarship
and Cecilia Sambrano is the recipient of the David L. Rose Instrumental Music Scholarship. The CEF awards scholarships each
year to some of our district’s outstanding seniors.
The Teddie Warner Community Outreach Scholarship was
established to honor a student who has devoted significant
time and energy to volunteering in the community. Teddie was a long-time member of Ed-Net and CEF’s boards,
has volunteered in many capacities in the community, and
spent time as coordinator for the school district’s volunteer
program.
$1,000 Teddie Warner Community Outreach Scholarship
Winner for 2013-2014
Sarah has been dedicated to volunteer
work with the Pomona Valley Habitat
for Humanity. She participated in
several on-site construction projects
with Habitat and was instrumental in
fundraising for the Habitat Cardboard
Box City event, raising awareness
Sarah Bratman
for homelessness. As President of
Claremont High School’s Habitat Campus chapter, Sarah
organized a Habitat booth at the LA County Fair, along with
coordinating student participation in several local builds. In
addition to her work with Habitat for Humanity, Sarah volunteers with Project Chicken Soup, a non-profit that delivers
free and nutritious kosher meals to people in the LA area
living with HIV/AIDS. Sarah also devotes her time tutoring a
developmentally delayed elementary student in math, reading and spelling. In addition to Sarah’s community work,
she also participated in the International Baccalaureate
program and the track and cross-country teams.
The David L. Rose Instrumental Music Scholarship is
named in honor of the school district’s former Assistant
Superintendent. It is awarded to a senior who has been
involved in the school instrumental music program. Dr. Rose
was crucial in establishing and then supporting Claremont’s
after-school music program, made necessary after budget
cuts took out the previous in-school music program. CEF
was an important partner with the district in the development of the after-school music program.
$1,000 David L. Rose Music Scholarship Winner
for 2013-2014
Cecilia has been involved in music
since the age of five, when she first
started piano lessons. Since then, she
has mastered the vibraphones, piccolo, bass guitar and ukulele. She was
an active member in Claremont High
School’s marching band, jazz band
Cecilia Sambrano
and full orchestra. Prior to graduation,
Cecilia has taken leadership roles ranging from secretary to
band captain and section leader. Throughout her leadership
positions, she has contributed by teaching her section the
foundations of marching and musicality along with organizing after school practice. She has a strong desire to share
her love of music with the community and has performed
countless times in performances at El Roble and Claremont
High School.
Our Community > Speakers, Events and Business Partners
CEF Speaker Series > Local Lectures
The Claremont Educational Foundation sponsored its first Speaker Series throughout the spring semester in 2014. This CEF
offering was quite popular with teachers, students, parents, and community members. Held every third Thursday of the month
in El Roble’s library, Claremont College professors offered lectures on a variety of topics:
>> Peace Talks: How to Avoid Waging War Against your
Teenager
>> The Power of Stars: How Celestial Observations Have
Shaped Civilizations
>> Africa’s Development: Miracle or Mirage
>> Exploding Plants: Nature’s Weapons of Mass Reproduction
>> What Happened in the Lobby of the Rainier Grand Hotel? A
Case of Historical Detection
Brews and Bros. Craft Beer Festival
THANK YOU DALE BROS.
Prius Raffle
THANK YOU CLAREMONT TOYOTA
On January 25th, 2014, Dale Bros. Brewery in
partnership with the Claremont Educational
Foundation hosted our 1st annual Brews
and Bros Craft Beer Festival. Located at
Cable Airport, over 25 local breweries
featuring over 50 brews participated in
this very popular event hosting over 800
attendees. In addition to the craft beer on hand, live
music was provided by two bands: Powerflex 5 and
The Dogs, and a variety of artisanal food was available
sponsored by local restaurants. This inaugural event
raised $15,000 for CEF initiatives.
On Sunday, March 2nd, 2014 over 150 people gathered
at Claremont Toyota for the Claremont Educational
Foundation Prius Raffle for an afternoon of music,
refreshments and winners. For the fourth year in a row,
Claremont Toyota and the CEF have partnered together in order raise money to help support enhanced
programming in Claremont area schools. This year’s
raffle raised over $25,000, with the Claremont High
School Class of 2015 selling the most tickets. The winner of the new Prius was Mike McAndrews of Rancho
Cucamonga, who purchased his ticket from CHS Cross
Country Team Boosters.
Mi Case Es Su Casa
A PERFECT PARTNERSHIP
In partnership with the Claremont Community
Foundation, the Claremont Educational Foundation cosponsored the 7th annual wine, spirits and craft beer
tasting charity event—Mi Casa Es Su Casa. Over 175
Claremont residents attended the event at Casa 425,
enjoying a variety of specialty food and libations. The
special event offered fantastic fundraising opportunities for both foundations while contributors enjoyed a
wonderful night out with
community friends.
Business Partners
WE APPRECIATE YOU!
The Claremont Educational Foundation gratefully
acknowledges the generosity and leadership of 43
businesses and professionals who contributed over
$130,000 in gifts and in-kind donations throughout
2013–14. The support offered by our wonderful business partners represents an increase of over 32% in
dollar value from the previous year.