THE CHRONICLE

MONDAY January 19, 2026

It’s a great day to be a Spartan!

¬ GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

NEW – AP Chemistry

For all AP Chem students: please come to an important meeting TODAY at the start of lunch in Mr. Ewan’s class, room 206.

Skills Canada Competition

Registration is OPEN for this year's South Island Regional Skills Canada Competitions! Online or face-to-face competitions will be held, covering areas like Electronics, Graphic Design, Internet Website Design, Job Skill Demonstration, Photography, and Public Speaking...  Registration in each competition is limited.  Please see Mr. Bussoli in the Career Centre (Room 217), as soon as possible, if you are interested in competing.

Competition Date: FRIDAY March 6, 2026

Copernican Days January 21 & 22

REVISED CLASS SCHEDULE

Provincial Numeracy and Literacy Assessments will be taking place for many students THIS WEDNESDAY January 21 and THURSDAY January 22.  To properly schedule these assessments, the entire school will follow a Copernican class schedule consisting of two long blocks per day.  Please note the revised Class Schedule:

WEDNESDAY JAN.21

Block 1: 9:00 – 11:45 (all morning)

(Lit/Num Assessments: 9:00 – 12:00)

Block 3: 12:30 – 3:10 (all afternoon)

(Lit/Num Assessments: 12:30 – 3:30)

THURSDAY JAN. 22

Block 2: 9:00 – 11:45 (all morning)

(Lit/Num Assessments: 9:00 – 12:00)

Block 4: 12:30 – 3:10 (all afternoon)

(Lit/Num Assessments: 12:30 – 3:30)

Literacy & Numeracy Assessments

This round of mandatory provincial-based assessments will involve all Socials 10 classes writing Literacy 10. Any students who are not scheduled to write (especially Gr 11 and 12) but would like to sign-up need to do so through Mrs. Watson in room 222.

If you are writing a literacy or numeracy assessment, please show up 10 minutes before the start of the assessment to get signed in.  

¬ ATHLETICS

NEW - Jr Boys A Basketball 

Congratulations to the Jr Boys ‘A’ Basketball Team for winning their 2nd Tournament this past weekend in West Vancouver against Burnaby North. Congratulations also go out to Aleksanader FILIPOVIC (named Player of the Game in the Finals), Paul PADILLA, (named as a Tournament All Star), and Reece RAVELLI (named Tournament MVP). They won this tournament with only 7 players, and everyone contributed to this amazing win.  Our next tournament will be this weekend, here at Claremont, as we host our own Tournament, so please come out and support our Jr. Boys.  Go Spartans!!

¬ FINE ARTS

Claremont’s Got Talent & Music Cafe

Do you have a hidden talent you want to perform? Find Mrs. English to ask about having a performance slot for Claremont's Got Talent (running Feb. 17-20), or the Music Cafe (on Feb. 19). 

Night of Dance: Jan. 20 & 21

Night of Dance is this week on TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY night. Tickets are on sale TODAY at lunch outside the Theatre. Only $5 for Claremont students.

¬ CLUBS

NEW – Robotics Club

This past weekend, Claremont hosted 42 teams in the big gym for their annual Chaos at Claremont robotics tournament.  Teams 1022Z and 1022R paired up and won Tournament Champions. Other awards our Spartans won were: Skills Award, Excellence Award (for Top Team Overall), Think Award (for Top Programming), and Build Award (for Top Building Techniques).  Go Spartans!

Claremont Zine Club

Reminder that the Claremont Zine Club is launching and will run on TUESDAYS at lunch in room 310. Come by TOMORROW to learn new ways to write, publish, and use art to creatively share your story. A zine is like a personal magazine about whatever you want to share. Zines are also great for tabletop RPG games like DND. There will also be extra time on FRIDAYS after school to work on your projects or just hang out. Bring your imagination and see you there!

Reminder – Homework Club

Homework Club is up and running! Please drop in MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY every week, 3:15-4:15, in Room 235. Support is also available before school on TUESDAY mornings from 8:00-8:50.

¬ INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

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¬ GRAD 2026

Scholarships 

Don't miss out on exciting scholarship opportunities!  To find out the latest scholarship opportunities, be sure check out Claremont's Scholarship Update e-newsletter (https://secure.smore.com/n/be359) and follow 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑𝒔 on Instagram. 

¬ INDIGENOUS EDUCATION

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¬ FUNDRAISING

NEW - Bake Sale & Candy Bags

The Robotics Club will be hosting a bake sale TODAY at lunch in the Student Lounge to support the program. They will be selling cookies, muffins, brownies, candy bags, and other treats.  Cash and card accepted.

¬ CAREER CENTRE

Job Opportunity: Minor Test Shopper, Island Health

The Tobacco & Vapour Prevention and Control Program is looking to hire minors for compliance checking work. $22.50/hr. Requirements:

Good Communication Skills.

Reliable transportation to the main office (771 Vernon Ave.).

Ability to be scheduled for weekday shifts at 3:30 pm and occasional weekends.

You were born in late 2009 or 2010.

For more info see Mrs. Watson in the Career Centre (Room 217) or email her at cwatson@saanichschools.ca

Job Opportunity: Marketers

Student Works Painting is hiring Door-to-Door Marketers!
- $20/Hour to start
- Part-time, flexible hours
- No experience necessary - Full training provided
- Learn useful sales skills
- Work locally in Saanich area
- Working with friends is encouraged
For more info and to apply, email Lucc at lucc.f@studentworks.ca

 

¬ CLAREMONT PAC

PAC Meeting – Jan.20

Our first official Claremont CPAC meeting of 2026 is TOMORROW (TUESDAY) Jan 20th @ 6:00pm (time is altered from our regular start due to the Night of Dance Performances starting at 7:00pm).  The meeting will occur both in person in our Learning Commons as well as virtually through Microsoft TEAMs using the following LINK.

Digital Wellbeing Presentation – Jan.28

COPACS is putting on a virtual event (MS Teams) focused on Digital Wellbeing and Learning with Shannon Husk. Information on the forthcoming Parent Engagement Evening is available at: https://saanichschools.ca/node/1442 

Date: Jan 28 @  7:00pm. Please register for the event: Registration link.  

PAC Fundraiser: Country Grocer Receipts

Here is an easy way to support your PAC year-round. Save your Country Grocer receipts and bring them to the school front office.  We appreciate your participation in this fundraiser, which will benefit our school community with up to $2000 in grocery gift cards.

¬ ONGOING REMINDERS

Instagram Account

Claremont has an Instagram account: @claremontsd63.    This is great way to keep in the loop on school-wide information.

If a Student is Absent or Late

Parents are asked to please email your student’s teacher AND the Attendance Line if your student will be absent or late for class. The Link for the Claremont Attendance Line is always quick to find on the Quick Links on the Claremont website’s home page: claremont_attendance@saanichschools.ca 

Student Drivers

Reminder to all students who are parking their vehicles in the student parking lot: you are required to be registered with the school. Permission forms and parking passes ($2 each) are available with Mrs. Waller in the Accounting office; students will be required to show their drivers licence, their insurance papers, and their ICBC Driver’s Abstract.

COMMUNITY NEWS

Peninsula Youth Clinic at Shoreline Medical

At this Youth Clinic, services are 100% free, confidential, and explicitly inclusive of all genders and sexualities! This clinic operates on THURSDAYS, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm, for Mental and Sexual Health education (there is no physician scheduled). Appointments with a physician are offered on FRIDAYS from 10:00 am – 12:00pm.  Both telehealth and in-person appointments are offered for our physicians and counselors. 

Youth Clinic: 2A – 2379 Bevan Avenue, Sidney, BC

To book an appointment:

Call 250-656-4143, then press 7, then press 1.

A copy of the announcements is posted on the wall outside of the main office door.