COLTON COURIER We ekly
October 07, 2021
Vol 149 , NO. 43
S choo l distr ict el evates hom e study space with desk giveaway By Manny B. Sandoval
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hile students across the nation are still struggling with having a proper place to study at home, Colton Joint Unified School District (CJUSD) hosted a successful desk giveaway on Saturday, October 2. The district made the process very simple for families picking up a desk or desks, as they were only required to sign a liability form in the first come, first served giveaway, held at elementary schools in the district like Crestmore, Grand Terrace, Grant, Grimes, Terrace View and Wilson.
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On-site at Grand Terrace Elementary School hundreds of desks being given away to CJUSD families. Pictured from left: Albert Cabrera, custodian; JoAnn Baeza, Director of Purchasing/Warehouse; and Lupe Montoya, custodian.
“Our district recently purchased a number of new desks for our schools and it left us with a huge surplus of desks so we wanted to give the community an opportunity to use them. The double desks that we are giving away is due to COVID compliance guidelines, so we replaced the old Desks, cont. on next pg.
Colton High yearbooks added to Colton Museum's collection By Dr. G (Dr Luis S González), community writer
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ast week, the Colton Area Museum Association was thrilled to receive a donation of four Colton High School yearbooks (2017, 2019, 2020, 2021) to add to their highly-celebrated collection of CHS yearbooks. “With these four yearbooks our collection is basically complete, given what has been found and available” explains Dr. G, a museum life member and primary collector and curator of the yearbooks. In 2012, Dr. G had become interested in the existing collection of yearbooks, and set out to find as many “missing” books as possible with the goal of completing, or near completing, the PHOTO DR. G collection. For two years, Dr From left: Dr. G, Council Member; Dr. Frank Miranda, CJUSD Superintendent; and Mike Murphy, CAMA President. Yearbooks, cont. on next pg.