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Looking Back, Moving Forward: An Author’s Recollections — by Shona Armstrong — by Judith Doner Berne In the wake of the abrupt closure of Oakland public schools on Friday, March 13, Rockridge’s local middle school perseveres. Principal Jonathan Mayer, along with the district and his team of determined and caring st...

By Shona Armstrong

by Shona Armstrong Shona Armstrong is a parent at Chabot Elementary with three children headed to Claremont Middle School one day. She is active on the Chabot PTA and the Claremont PTA and lives around the corner from Claremont School. Armstrong believes Cla...

By Shona Armstrong

by Shona Armstrong, Claremont Middle School PTSA member Construction With all the construction going on just off College Avenue, our local middle school has attracted extra attention this summer. Just what is actually going on? As a part of the settlement to...

to help.” That certainly includes Shona Armstrong who is active at Claremont although she and husband Zack Unger’s three children are still at Chabot. “I’ve been working for two years to get an extra-period Spanish class at Claremont,” Armstrong said. “All it took was one meeting with Reg...

“Storytime With Mr. Limata,” Catches The Attention of 6-Year-Olds Everywhere… AND Ellen DeGeneres —By Shona Armstrong

...0. Fifty years ago it was estimated that 20 million people organized across the United States and around the world and helped catalyze the modern envi- ronmental movement. Though for the time being, due to COVID-19, we can’t show up in —by Shona Armstrong If you have a student at Claremont Middle School and you want the

...elping raise more than $235K for upgrades and improvements. Please check frogpark. org for more info. n Co-Founder Doug Hewitt and Fifi, from Eritrea. See Coffee, page 12 Masons Open Their Doors For Annual Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser — by Shona Armstrong Elections for RCPC Board Scheduled for April — by Leonora Sea, RCPC Chair T You have passed it many times. The

... hopes to add a copy of each Claremont author’s novel to the school library collection. Until then, you can learn more about our local authors and their books at: http://claremontlibraryblog.edublogs. org/2012/12/20/the-authors-among-us/ — Shona Armstrong

...ttend Chabot Elementary. Unger has strong feelings about Safeway and weak feelings about soundwalls. Considering his writing, he says, “Looking back at both of the books I’ve written, ‘Working Fire’ was probably one of my two favorites.” — Shona Armstrong

...tendent Tony Smith. Be a part of this important process. Those elected to participate on the commit- tee will be committing to 4-6 preparatory and follow-up committee meetings and one full day (usually a Saturday) interviewing finalists. — Shona Armstrong ROCKRIDGE o a r Bd w ay 6 7 Mile First Runner Last Runner Telegraph 24 Claremont Keith Lake Temescal 5 6 5 7:55 a.m. 8:58 a.m. Broadway Rockridge BART 6 8:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. e c a rr College Ter ay w d Mile Markers Mile Markers OA K L A N D...

By Kevin Keck

...llege Avenue Masonic Lodge in support of Claremont School. Photo: Kevin Keck Board Seeks Merchant Special thanks to: Chris Ellis and David Forsyth of the Rockridge Masonic Lodge; Julie Parker, Julia Marquez, Claudia Mills, Sam Martinez and Shona Armstrong, of Claremont Middle School PTA; Chris Jackson, from RDA; and participating local merchants, without whom the bounty would have been less generous: Strahan Insurance Services, Inc., Market Hall, Bosko’s Picture Framing, Rockridge Rags, Fit...

...ow west through the existing tunnel at left of photo. See full story and meeting details, page 2. Photo: Don Kinkead Halloween on College Avenue shows us a bit more about who we are and who we might wish to be. At left, from top, photos by Shona Armstrong, Yeda Altes and Ashley Etling.

... a Tour or Shadow Day on the Oakland Tech Web site at http:// oaklandtech.com/staff/admissions/ prospective-families Halloween on College Avenue shows us a bit more about who we are and who we might wish to be. At left, from top, photos by Shona Armstrong, Yeda Altes and Ashley Etling. More Halloween, pg 13. College on Safeway webSite The Rockridge News team is looking for a couple of block captains to deliver papers once a month on Claremont Avenue.

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