20th annual "Making Change" contest deadline Friday reminder
The city's Human Services Commission and Committee on Human Relations have announced the 20th annual "Making Change" contest to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and other leaders of social justice and human rights.
"This contest presents an opportunity for Claremont students to honor and remember all that these advocates of social change have done to transform our world for the better," according to a city news release.
Students in grades K-12 who attend school or live in Claremont can send in individual essays, poems and letters or artistic creations completed as a group.
An award ceremony for participants and families is tentatively scheduled for February 2 at the Alexander Hughes Community Center.
Winners from six different categories will receive a city certificate and a $100 United States Saving Bond.
The deadline for all entries is Friday..
For more information, please contact Claremont Human Services at (909) 399-5490.
"This contest presents an opportunity for Claremont students to honor and remember all that these advocates of social change have done to transform our world for the better," according to a city news release.
Students in grades K-12 who attend school or live in Claremont can send in individual essays, poems and letters or artistic creations completed as a group.
An award ceremony for participants and families is tentatively scheduled for February 2 at the Alexander Hughes Community Center.
Winners from six different categories will receive a city certificate and a $100 United States Saving Bond.
The deadline for all entries is Friday..
For more information, please contact Claremont Human Services at (909) 399-5490.
Have the winners to the Making Change contest been decided? The second grade program here at Mountain View Elementary submitted an entry and have not heard the status of our entry.
Thank you.
Yes, I apologize for the delay.
Individual category winners:
· Nina Brown, Grade
Chaparral Elementary School, teacher Mrs. Wolfinbarger
· Janice Han, Grade 5
Sycamore Elementary School, teacher Ms. Gould
· Arianna Moss, Grade 6
Condit Elementary School, teacher Ms. Aceves
· Avery Hernandez, Grade 8
El Roble Intermediate School, teacher Mrs. Lyn
· Victoria Mendinilla, Grade 10
Claremont High School, teacher Mrs. King
· Daniel Chiu, Grade 11
Claremont High School, teacher Mr. Chamberlain
Group category winners:
· Mrs. Reed’s kindergarten class, Chaparral Elementary School
· Mrs. Hester’s first and second grade class, Sycamore Elementary School
· Mrs. Whiting and Mrs. Carr Handley’s second grade class, Mountain View Elementary School
· Ms. O’Connor’s second and third grade class, Sycamore Elementary School
· Maya Rosado, Shaira Comia, Daniel Ross, Joey Redriza, and Irish Yu,
El Roble Intermediate School
· Josephine and Annie Chen, Claremont High School
For more information about the contest, please contact the City’s Human Services Department at (909) 399-5490.