Claremont High School

Motto	A Tradition of Excellence
Established	1964
Type	Public
Principal	Dr. Brett O'Connor
Faculty	93
Students	2,255
Location	Claremont, California, United States
Coordinates	34°06′46″N 117°43′25″W / 34.11278°N 117.72361°W / 34.11278; -117.72361Coordinates: 34°06′46″N 117°43′25″W / 34.11278°N 117.72361°W / 34.11278; -117.72361
Campus	Suburban
Colors	maroon, white, and gray
Mascot	Wolfpack
Newspaper	"The Wolfpacket"
Athletics	15 sports
Website	www.cusd.claremont.edu/chs/chs.php

Claremont High School is a public school situated in Claremont, California, USA. It is a California Distinguished School, a two-time national Blue Ribbon School of Excellence (1986-1987)(1999-2000), and recently a nationally recognized International Baccalaureate (IB) World School.

Contents 1 History 2 Academics 3 Clubs and Activities 4 Athletics 5 Associated Student Body 6 Notable alumni 7 Images 8 External links

[edit] History

Claremont High School is located in Southern California about 30 miles east of Los Angeles. Nestled in the San Gabriel Valley and the City of Claremont, Claremont High is within walking distance of the consortium of seven Claremont Colleges. Within the Claremont Unified School District, Claremont High is the comprehensive high school, along with seven elementary schools, a school for orthopedically handicapped students, one intermediate school, one continuation high school, one Community Day School, and one Adult School.

Claremont High School serves 2,236 students from a predominantly middle class to upper class, college community. The school is proud of its rich diversity, as shown by the fact that its students speak over 20 different languages at home. The student community is 49% White, 26% Hispanic, 15% Asian and Pacific Islander, and 8% African-American. Over 90% are fluent English speakers. Claremont High serves approximately 35 orthopedically handicapped students from this and surrounding districts. Staff and students work hard to build a culture of respect and pride. There is a school culture of strong achievement by all students and an expectation of respect for each other.

[edit] Academics

Claremont is extremely strong in academics, with above-average API scores. Each year, there are about 6-7 National Merit Finalists. There is one valedictorian and salutatorian, they are Claremont High School’s highest academic honors. Ranking is determined by grade point average, using the University of California formula which weights Advanced Placement, Honors, and UC transferable college courses (transferred to CHS). This formula is applied to UC approved courses taken in the ninth grade through the second triad of the eighth semester of the senior year. In addition, grades in all subject areas must be a “C” or better. The honor of Valedictorian and Salutatorian is not necessarily given to the two students with the highest GPA; instead, the teachers vote out of the top 10 highest ranked students. The honors are subjectively given to the two students who have demonstrated the most dedication, work ethic, and excellence during their four years at CHS, not only with grades, but with extracurricular activities.

[edit] Clubs and Activities

• The CHS Speech and Debate team is ranked in the top 50 of the nation. Recently, it won a national championship and has won league for many years.
• Be the Cure Club-A new club that promotes medical awareness and service in the medical field.
• JETS Engineering Competition at USC- 8 member team goes to USC University of Southern California to compete in a one-day engineering contest. Claremont usually receives 1st place, and was a National Finalist in 2009.
• Robotics Team- teams compete against each other with LEGO Mindstorm robots
• National Honor Society- for qualified seniors only
• Mock Trial
• Republican Club
• Young Democrats
• Invisible Children Club - A club devoted to helping stop the war in Uganda and the kidnapping of child soldiers.
• German Club
• pong club aka you know
• French Club
• S.O.S Brigade - Japanese Pop culture (anime and manga)
• Red Cross Club
• Gay Straight Alliance (GSA)
• Interact Club- a volunteering/community service club
• C.O.D.E. Club: "Coder's Organization of Digital Engineering" - A programming club[1]
• Sudoku club[2]
• Surf Club

[edit] Athletics

Claremont's sports programs are mostly successful, including Football, Volleyball, Tennis, Soccer, Track and Field, and Cross-Country. The Varsity Football team has won 21 league championships, including 4 CIF titles. In 2009, the Varsity Tennis team won the CIF [3] title. The Soccer team has won Back to Back League Titles in 2001-2002, and was the 1993 CIF Champions. Claremont is part of the Baseline League, consisting of Claremont, Upland, Alta Loma, Los Osos, Rancho Cucamonga, and Etiwanda High School.

[edit] Associated Student Body

The student political group, ASB (Associated Student Body), consists of a President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer, in addition to numerous smaller positions.[4]

[edit] Notable alumni

• Ben Harper, musician and singer-songwriter
• Alex Hinshaw, MLB baseball player for the San Francisco Giants
• Kristin Rossum, toxicologist notable for murdering her husband with poison
• Frank Zappa, composer, guitarist, record and film producer
• Dan McGwire, NFL quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks
• Peter Thum, co-founder of Ethos Water
• Justin Germano, Former MLB baseball player, currently playing in Japan for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
• Cameron Morrah, NFL tight-end, currently playing for the Seattle Seahawks

[edit] Images

CHS Plaza on a rainy day.

CHS Central Quad at lunch

[edit] External links

• Claremont High School website