THE CHRONICLE

Wednesday December 10, 2025

It’s a great day to be a Spartan!

¬ GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

Grade 9 Immunization Forms

Reminder for grade 9 students to please return your completed immunization consent forms to the office ASAP. Please contact the local Health Unit at 250-544-2400 if you have any questions.

Toys for Teens: Dec.3-10

TODAY is the final day! Our 13th Annual “TOYS FOR TEENS” donation drive ends today.  There is still time to donate $10 Gift Cards or cash, if you bring them to the office by the end of block 4. Thank you for helping Teens in need in our community. 

Ideas for Gift Cards for Teens:

Food (Grocery stores, Subway, Tim Hortons, Restaurants)

Various household or personal items (Walmart, London Drugs, Shoppers)

School supplies (Staples, Dollar Stores)

Clothing (Retail stores, Mayfair, Uptown, Walmart)

Sporting Goods (Sport Chek, Kirbys)

Activities (Movie Passes, Rec Centres)

BC transit bus passes

Thank you and Happy Holidays!

¬ ATHLETICS

NEW – Jr Girls Volleyball

For ALL Jr Girls Volleyball players: there is a very important meeting TOMORROW (THURSDAY) at lunch in the small gym.  If ALL uniforms are returned, cleaned and folded, pizza will be there.  Make sure to attend and bring ALL uniforms in.

NEW – CSI Lacrosse

Congratulations to the Spartans representing the school and the CSI Lacrosse program this past weekend in Seattle. Both the Sr team and Jr team defended their 2024 titles, and each took home Gold at the 2025 Space Needle Shootout.  That caps a very successful Fall for the Spartans. Both the Jr and Sr teams went undefeated this fall with tourney wins in Tacoma, Baltimore, Seattle and last week’s Friday Night Lights. Go Spartans!

¬ FINE ARTS

Claremont Drama Presents An Evening of Three Short Plays: Dec.10-13

TONIGHT is opening night!  Come support our grade 9-12 Drama and Stagecraft students as they perform three funny and insightful One-Act plays about high school life. The three shorter plays are titled, “Username,” “Gossip” and “Alienated.” This will be an evening of humour, satire, mystery, insight, relevance, twists, and lots of fun. These plays are appropriate for all ages.  All tickets are $10 and are available at the door.  Showtimes run December 10th-13th, at 7:30pm in the Ridge Playhouse. 

¬ CLUBS

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.

Key Club 

Reminder that Key Club meets TOMORROW (THURSDAY) at lunch in room 135. 

¬ INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

No news today.

¬ 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

No news today.

¬ FUNDRAISING

NEW – Bake Sale: Dec.11

3 IGS 11 students are running a bake sale TOMORROW (THURSDAY) to fundraise money for The Wanted Children Foundation in Nigeria. Money raised will support orphanaged children to help make their future better.

Bring your sweet tooth!  Delicious cookies, brownies and muffins will be on sale at the front of the Learning Commons; $2 each or buy 2 and get one free. Thank you for supporting this important cause.

¬ CAREER CENTRE

NEW – Work Experience Credit

Work Experience students: will you be working a lot over Winter Break? Meet with your WEx teacher to start logging hours or make sure to keep logging hours over the winter break!

¬ CLAREMONT PAC

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.