Annual Report

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CLAREMONT EDUCATIONALPARTNERSHIP
Annual Report June 6, 2001
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PURPOSE
The Claremont Educational Partnership is a
commitment to enhance the educational process in
Claremont by participation in shared and
mutually beneficial activities between and among
the Claremont Colleges and the Claremont Unified
School District
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PRIORITIES for 2000-2001

• Improve Communication between College Faculty and
  School District Faculty
• Expand Public Relations efforts of the
  Partnership
• Continue Orientations and Campus Visits
• Pursue Collaborative Grant Initiatives
• Continue Tutoring, Mentoring and Intern programs
• Expand Collaboration in Science
• Promote Health Education efforts
• Enhance Ongoing Activities

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BENEFITS
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Claremont Educational Partnership
Educational Partnership Activities 2000 - 2001
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Communications/Public Relations

• Improve Communications between College Faculty
  and School District Faculty
• Collegial sharing between Pomona College
  professors and foreign language teachers at CHS,
  including information on the colleges use of
  technology in foreign language instruction

• Expand Public Relations efforts of the
  Partnership
• Annual Report and Partners newsletter given
  widespread distribution- over 65 community
  organizations, businesses and individuals- all
  teachers in CUSD - staff and faculty at all
  colleges
• Educational Partnership activities are posted on
  the CUSD website

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Orientations and Campus Visits

• Continue Orientations and Campus Visits
• 4th grade students from Mtn. View Elementary
  School spent a day at CMC
• 2nd grade students from Oakmont Elementary School
  visited Pitzer College
• 35 students from El Roble Intermediate School
  attended Alumni Day at Pitzer College
• Pitzer College Director of Financial Aid
  presented a financial aid workshop for parents at
  CHS, December 2000
• Pitzer College Director of Financial Aid
  participated in presentation to parents at CHS,
  February 2001
• Scripps College Assistant Director of Admission
  conducted Parent-College Information Night at
  CHS, October 2000
• College Bound Saturday School, run by Pomona
  College, provided tutoring, mentoring and college
  orientation to students and parents
• College tours and financial aid information were
  available to students and parents throughout the
  year

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Grant Initiatives

• Pursue Collaborative Grant Initiatives
• CUSD wrote a letter of support for America Reads
  and America Counts to the new Chairman of the
  Corporation for National Service, as suggested by
  Campus Compact
• Claremont University Consortium contributed a
  Memorandum of Understanding tothe successful
  application of CUSD for a Healthy Start
  operational grant
• CUSD applied for and received a grant from AOL to
  develop a web page for LEEP(Leadership in
  Environmental Education Partnership)

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Tutoring, Mentoring, Intern Programs

• Continue Tutoring, Mentoring and Intern Programs
• CUSD teachers and counselors provided mentoring
  in education and guidance servicesto college
  students
• College students participated in intern programs
  at Claremont High School
• CUSD teachers invited education students to
  observe in their classrooms
• America Reads tutors were active in all
  elementary schools
• America Counts tutors participated at two
  elementary schools
• Kravis Leadership Institute mentoring program
  continued at El Roble Intermediate School
• Harvey Mudd students offered math tutoring on
  campus to CHS and El Roble students
• Scripps College student organized tutors for El
  Roble Intermediate School
• Pitzer College, in collaboration with CUSD,
  organized tutoring sessions at two
  subsidizedapartment complexes, recruiting
  student tutors and expanding programs for
  families
• College students volunteered as mentors in
  Community Day School
• Work-study student coordinated the hiring and
  scheduling of 25 work-study students at Sycamore
  Elementary School
• College students continued a math program at
  Sycamore Elementary School
• College interns developed and taught a
  supplemental program in art history and
  languageacquisition for English Language
  Learners

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Science/Health Education

• Expand Collaboration in Science
• Elementary school students visited KGI
  laboratories to do an experiment on polymers
• Architects and teachers from CUSD toured KGI
  science labs, December 2000
• Vista del Valle, Mountain View, Sycamore, Danbury
  and Sumner Elementary Schools participated in
  Leadership in Environmental Education Partnership
  at Bernard Field Station
• College professors assisted with science fairs
  and served as science fair judges
• Harvey Mudd Engineering Clinic had a project at
  Danbury Elementary School to design waterproof
  casts and other adaptive equipment.
• Joint science professor organized college
  students to provide supplemental science
  lessonsat elementary schools

• Promote Health Education efforts
• Healthy Start Program Reception held at Smith
  Campus Center, Pomona College, April 2001
• School psychologist retreat held at Smith Campus
  Center, Pomona College, November 2000
• Colleges/CUSD began exploring community outreach
  program to enroll families in Medi-Cal and
  Healthy Families insurance programs

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Volunteer Activities/IT/Library

• Volunteer Activities
• CUSD teachers spoke with college classes
• CUSD Volunteer Coordinator attended Pitzer
  College Community Programs Fair
• Over 80 college students volunteered and assisted
  on all campuses as tutors, counselors,mentors
  and coaches, both in classrooms and after-school
  child care
• Cooperative program with Shoes That Fit at
  several schools
• Pomona College professor presented lecture on
  King Lear for English classes at CHS
• CHS and Sycamore students helped set up and
  docent at the Montgomery Art Gallery exhibit
• Circle K Club organized crafts for elementary
  schools
• College student organized a community service
  project for Sycamore Elementary students

• Information/Library Technology
• Honnold/Mudd Library resources continued to be
  available to CUSD students, faculty and staff
• 47 CHS students were trained in use of college
  library resources and received library cards
• Claremont Colleges continued to provide Internet
  gateway access for school district networks
• Computer classes offered by CUSD were available
  to the community

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Visual and Performing Arts

• Visual and Performing Arts
• Claremont High School, with support from CUC and
  the Claremont Colleges Theaterprogram, hosted
  the California State Thespian Festival at Bridges
  Auditorium and Seaver Theater complex for the
  second year, February 2001
• Mountain View, Oakmont, Sycamore and Vista del
  Valle Elementary Schools music programsheld at
  Garrison Theater
• El Roble Jazz concert held at Garrison Theater,
  March 2001
• CUSD after-school music program concerts held in
  Garrison Theater in February, May 2001
• CHS Sweet Charity production involving 175
  students, held at Bridges Auditorium, May 2001
• Elementary school students visited Montgomery Art
  Gallery
• Elementary school students attended childrens
  programs at Bridges Auditorium
• Elementary school students attended noon concerts
  at Balch Auditorium
• Claremont School of Theater Arts continued to
  offer summer program at Pomona College
• Chaparral Elementary School classes took
  walking/sketching tours of Margaret Fowler Garden
  and Montgomery Art Gallery

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International Understanding

• International Cross-Cultural Understanding
• Members of CHS Interact Club assisted at the
  International Festival
• International students gave presentations at
  Sycamore Multicultural Day
• International Place provided International
  Festival tickets to CHS and San Antonio High
  School students
• CHS German classes visited Scripps College for
  German art, music and poetry day
• Elementary school students attended American Sign
  Language luncheon and multicultural lunches at
  the Oldenborg Center and International Place
• Sycamore Elementary School students attended
  International Place luncheon recognizing U.N. Day

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Shared Resources

• Shared Resources
• CUSD shares district warehouse space with
  Claremont Graduate University
• East San Gabriel Valley Educational Consortium
  (ESGVEC) seminar held at Albrecht Auditorium,
  October 2000
• SELPA training sessions held in Albrecht
  Auditorium, November and December 2000
• CUSD Technology Training seminar held in Burkle
  Building, CGU, September 2000
• DARE graduation held at Garrison Theater,
  February 2001 and Bridges Auditorium, June 2001
• El Roble awards ceremony held at Bridges
  Auditorium, May 2001
• CUSD Leadership Association awards program held
  in McConnell Dining Hall, May 2001
• CHS graduation held on Pomona College Merritt
  Field
• CHS football game held at Pomona College
• Oakmont Elementary School reception held at
  McConnell Center, Pitzer College
• Summer School Teacher orientation held at Burkle
  Building, CGU
• Colleges make grounds equipment available to the
  school district
• Colleges donate furniture and equipment to CUSD
• CUSD schools used college facilities for student
  and staff workshops
• Elementary schools held year-end parties on
  college campuses

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Other Activities

• Other Activities
• College students from child development classes,
  counseling classes and psychology classeswere
  placed in CUSD schools for practicum and research
• College work-study students were placed in CUSD
  schools
• CHS students participated in the Pomona-Wisconsin
  Math Talent Search
• CUSD teachers and students participated in
  college research projects
• CMC track coach and students assisted with Vista
  del Valle track meet
• CMC guest, the Tufts Poetry Award winner, spoke
  to CHS English classes
• Staff at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden provided
  training in environmental educationto Pitzer
  students leading the LEEP program for CUSD
  students
• Claremont Work-Ability made job placements at the
  Colleges and RSABG
• CHS students enrolled in 29 courses at The
  Colleges
• Elementary school classes visited Rancho Santa
  Ana Botanic Garden
• Historical walking tours for third grade classes
  included the Claremont Colleges
• Elementary school teachers and administrators
  make presentations and participate in Claremont
  Reading Conference sponsored by CGU
• CUSD staff and high school students attended
  programs at Marion Miner Cook Athenaeum

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STEERING COMMITTEE
Colleges School District Claremont
University Consortium School Board
Member Chief Executive Officer Superintendent
of Schools Associate for Intercollegiate
Matters Coordinator Federal, State
Community Office of the Chaplains
Educational Programs Community Service
Coordinator Volunteer Coordinator
Volunteer Coordinator Director of Instructional
Technology Claremont Graduate University High
School Administrator Representatives Keck
Graduate Institute High School Faculty
Representative Undergraduate Colleges High
School Student Representative International Place
Intermediate School Representatives Student
Representative Elementary School
Representative Others Rancho Santa Ana
Botanic Garden Curtain Raisers
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For further information regarding the Claremont
Educational Partnership contact Kapui Yip,
Coordinator, Federal, State Community
Educational Programs for the Claremont Unified
School District at [phone]
or Tim Mahar, Associate for Intercollegiate Matte
rs, Claremont University Consortium at (909)
607-3679