IMPORTANT DATES
1/16: Winter Concert, 6:30 pm TONIGHT!
1/20: Martin Luther King Jr. Day / No school
1/22-24: Minimum Days / Student Led Conferences
1/30: MLK Oratorical, after school
1/30: Historical Literacy Knight, 5-7pm
1/31: Professional Development Day / No school for students
2/7: 6th Grade Ice Skating Field Trip
From the office
COMMUNITY WORK DAY
Thank you to all the volunteers who came out last Sunday morning to help work on projects around the school. We installed window shades in the music room, swapped out a whiteboard or two, install TVs, cleaned out closets, made plans for the teachers' lounge, broke down and recycled a million cardboard boxes and much more! Well done, everyone! And thank you to parents John Claisse and Sarah Earl-Novell for organizing.
MLK ORATORICAL FESTIVAL
Is your Knight interested in performing a published or original speech or poem for Claremont's MLK Oratorical? Practice is every Thursday during lunch and this is the last week to sign up. 6th & 7th graders should go to Ms. Lozito's room and 8th graders to Ms. Thomas' classroom during lunch today (Thursday). The competition is after school on Jan 30th. The winners will perform that night at the Historical Literacy Knight and go on the the district competition in February.
HISTORICAL LITERACY KNIGHT
CMS Historical Literacy Knight will take place on Thursday, January 30, from 5-7 pm (right after the Oratorical). There will be food, raffle prizes, workshop stations and live performances by our own MLK Oratorical Festival finalists. Come help us celebrate reading and writing at Claremont Middle School! We are accepting donations of gently used, high interest young adult novels and graphic novels in our main office for our book giveaway. For more info, go here. Interested in volunteering? Please contact Fiona.
From the PTA
AUCTION PARTIES
There are still tickets to some of our upcoming auction parties such as...
WHISKEY HOLD 'EM
A swanky night of tournament-style poker and classic old school cocktails. Your $40 sign-up gets you a seat at the table, drinks and food. Your chip buy-in of $20 the night of the game gets you a chance at the grand prize (a bottle of top-shelf whiskey) and half the pot (the remaining half will be donated back to Claremont).
Buy a ticket here. Saturday, January 25, 7-12pm
SEMIFREDDI BAKERY TOUR
Come and tour the Semifreddi factory hosted by one of Semifreddi's owners. Children 7 years and older are welcome to attend with an adult and each visitor will receive a free goodie bag at the end of the tour. Please note that a strict dress code policy will be enforced on this tour. Buy a ticket here. Friday January 31, 10-11:00am
Sports
GIRLS SOCCER
The Claremont Girls Soccer team beat Roosevelt 7-0 with two goals each from Natalia Levy and Olivia Pernice and one goal each from Ava Sally, Lily Selberlich and Maya Zentner. Tara Henry and Alyssa Riddell were the goalies. This Saturday, the girls team will play Lionel Wilson school.
7th GRADE BOYS BASKETBALL
The 7th grade boys won their first basketball game against Elmhurst and play again Saturday the 18th against EBIA at Oakland tech.
If coaches or parents of other sports teams have info on games, etc. please email to news@claremontms.org to be included in future Knightlines.
Community
ZUMBA
Don't forget, Zumba Fridays at 6pm. Join us in the gym. Everyone welcome. Questions: Contact
Sara.
LOOKING TO VOLUNTEER THIS MONDAY?
Groups and individuals of all ages and abilities are invited to join community projects in a day of volunteer, community and outdoor service
in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Monday, January 20. For more info, go
here.
HELP CALIFORNIA SECURE $4 BILLION A YEAR IN EDUCATION FUNDING
California public schools are severely underfunded, ranking 39th in the nation in per-pupil spending, with the largest number of students per teacher and fewest counselors per student. But in November 2020, we have the opportunity to reclaim $11 billion a year to ensure that our schools and communities have the resources needed to educate our kids and support vital community services.
The Schools and Communities First initiative restores over $11 billion every year in revenue for our schools and local communities by assessing commercial and industrial property at fair market value, with NO changes to residential or small business taxes. It would provide an estimated $40 million dollars of new funding each year for Oakland public schools.
When: Monday, February 5th, 6:30-7:30
Where: Oakland Tech’s Auditorium
Who: Ben Grieff, Campaign Director for Evolve California (www.evolve-ca.org), will host a detailed presentation followed by a Q&A.
Sponsored by the Oakland Tech High School PTSA
This event is open to ALL OUSD families and Oakland residents, so please spread the word. Need Child Care? Email jsgray1204@gmail.com. Questions? Email Star Lightner starlightner@gmail.com.
FREE MUSICAL THEATER CLASS
Check out our weekly Musical Theater Class for FREE for new students for your first class. Wednesday 5:30-7 pm just a few blocks from Claremont at 6013 Lawton. Musically Minded at St. Peter's Church. Grades 2-8 are welcome to join. Normal class rate is $70 per month for actors and $50 per month for tech. Adult and teen volunteers are welcome to help with costumes, sets facepainting, etc. Crafters come one, come all. Also, need summer activities? Become a CIT for our SUMMER CAMPS! For more info go here or call 510 601 5700.
SWE SCIENCE SATURDAYS & SCHOLARS
The
Society of Women Engineers (SWE) at UC Berkeley invites you to register your future scientists and engineers for this coming SWE Science event on Saturday, February 1st! For more information, go
here.
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