COLTON COURIER We ekly
Vol 148 , NO. 07
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he newly renovated Colton High School library celebrated its grand re-opening on Friday, Jan. 17 with a ribbon cutting ceremony and open house.
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The library renovation was completed this year with a $40,000 2018-19 CJUSD Future Ready Library Media Center Grant, which the school earned in a competitive application process. Smith Tech Academy also earned a library grant and work is currently underway at that site. Cooley Ranch earned the district’s first library grant and opened its new Learning Commons in 2018. Colton High’s new library has been transformed into a vibrant and inviting new space with plenty of natural light, a welcoming color scheme (crimson and gold) new floors and flexible seating, a maker space, a media/ video production room, several computers, a coding center, game area, mental health resource center, and much more.
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L-R: Jose Calderon, CHS Library Media Technician, Superintendent Dr. Frank Miranda, Board Member Israel Fuentes, CHS Librarian April Geltch, and Assistant Principal Jorge Alvarez.
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he Colton Area Museum Association announces major improvements coming to the Colton Area Museum and the building that houses it. All will be made possible by $900.000 funding procured by Assemblymember Eloise Gomez Reyes. The City of Colton and the Museum Association have enjoyed a mutually beneficial partnership since 1984. The museum, with its rich trove of historical objects, is recognized as a significant asset to the community. It is housed in the former Carnegie Public Library building, which is now a historical landmark. The City is responsible for maintaining the building and leases it to the museum at $1 per year. “Assemblymember Reyes has brought us desperately needed funding,” stated Museum Association President Mike Murphy. “It will allow the City of Colton to make major upgrades to the 112-year-old building. It will permit valuable enhancements to the exhibitions and CAM, cont. on next pg.
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Funding will be appropriated towards extensive building and exhibit upgrades. Pictured is the Colton Area Museum Board of Directors, back row from left: Jimmy Villegas, Frank Acosta, Assemblymember Eloise Reyes, Marian Murphy, Mike Murphy; front row: Cristina Perris, Tom Rivera, Lily Rivera (Chuck Vasquez and Dr. G. not pictured).