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Posted: Monday, May 4, 2009

Chaminade Students join America Sings in Washington D.C.

The Chaminade C-Notes joined 62 other Junior High and High School choirs from around the nation and performed at the “America Sings” festival in Washington D.C. this past April 14-19, 2009. As well as performing, our Chaminade students and parents served in a community service project with other choirs making sandwiches and food kits for the Capitol Area Food Bank. Students brought supplies as well as non-perishable food items with them to be donated to the Homeless Children’s Playtime Project.

Thousands of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches were made for the DC Central Kitchen. In addition, all the singers joined together in a massed concert at the Washington Mall and performed inspirational patriotic music in front of the Capital building under the direction of world-renowned composer/choreographer and president of “America Sings”: John Jacobson. Our Chaminade students were able to enjoy other exciting sites in Washington D.C and the surrounding areas such as Gettysburg, the famous memorials, Arlington Cemetery (complete with cherry blossoms) and a tour inside the Pentagon.

This was a truly inspirational and memorable experience for all. Click on the link below to enjoy some of these exciting sites……

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Posted: Thursday, April 30, 2009

Speech and Debate Society Receives Honors at State Championships and Will Compete at Nationals!


 The Chaminade Speech and Debate Society earned the right to compete at the State Championships in Culver City, CA from April 24th – 26th and earned honors in two categories.  Varsity debaters Michael Casey and Cameron Schunk placed 6th in the state in Public Forum debate, and Varsity debater Priya Rajan placed 18th in Congress debate.  Ms. Rajan will also compete at the National Forensics tournament in Birmingham, Alabama in June along with CSDS members Neeraj Chandra and Amay Gupta.

Posted: Monday, March 2, 2009

Chaminade Gets to First Title Game in 10 Years

Daily News 02/28/09
 Jacob H. Pollon

The Cinderella run continues for the Chaminade of West Hills boys' basketball team.

The Eagles (20-9) jumped out to a 19-6 lead and never looked back in a dominating 59-47 Div. IV-A semifinal victory against No. 3 Oaks Christian of Westlake Village at Cal Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks.

After finishing in fourth place in the Mission League, Chaminade has been the surprise of the playoffs, upsetting top-seeded Orange Lutheran on Tuesday, and will now play in its first championship game since 1999.

"This is big," Chaminade guard Jamal McClerkin said. "We needed this one. We were up too much. They couldn't come back."

Luckily for Chaminade it had a 13-point lead at halftime, because just minutes into the third quarter 6-foot-10, Long Beach State-bound foward Jules Montgomery left the game with a knee injury.

It could have spelled doom for the Eagles as Montgomery had seven points, eight rebounds, five blocked shots and was dominating Oaks Christian's 6-6 sophomore Dillon Van der Wal in the post.

However, the Lions could not take advantage.

Chaminade extended the lead to 18 points and converted 18 of 24 free throws in the fourth quarter to keep Oaks Christian at bay.

"That was a lesson in experience tonight," Oaks Christian coach Tom Roanhaus said. "The 6-10 senior got the best of the 6-6 sophomore. But we will be back and the younger guys will learn from this to take another step forward next year."

McClerkin scored 23 points, including 12 in the first quarter, and had 13 rebounds to lead Chaminade.

"We were so focused in the locker room," McClerkin said. "We knew we were going to win. Even when Jules went out we had no doubt. We are on top of the sky."

Freshman Chass Bryan had 13 points to lead Oaks Christian. Tyler McGrath and sophomore Taylor Hange had 10 points apiece.

"We didn't shoot the ball real well and we didn't share the ball," Roanhaus said. "Our seniors didn't have their best games."

The Lions cut the deficit to eight points twice in the fourth quarter, but the free throws by Chaminade were too much to overcome.

As for Montgomery, he said he should be fine for next week's championship game.

"I wanted to go back in but the trainer didn't think I should. If the game was a little closer I would have tried. I will be fine next week."

Posted: Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

Chaminade High School Rocket Club Launches in Mojave Desert

On January 24th, the Chaminade High School Rocket Club successfully launched four Alpha rockets launched into the Mojave Desert sky! Click on the thumbs below to see the images.


 

Posted: Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

Chaminade High School Students Attend Inauguration

Chaminade High School students attended President Barrack Obama's Inauguration in Washington D.C. The group was interviewed by Los Angeles Channel 7-KABC.

 

 

Posted: Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

Coach Ed Croson returns to Chaminade High School

One of the most successful coaching careers in the Los Angeles City Section came to an end Tuesday when Birmingham High coach Ed Croson stepped down after nine seasons at the school and accepted the head coaching position at Chaminade.

In his nine seasons, Croson transformed Birmingham from a mediocre program into one of the area's best. He won four City titles in nine years and amassed a record of 84-30. He also beat national powers such Long Beach Poly and Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks.

Croson previously coached Chaminade for two years and was athletic director for six years until arriving at Birmingham in 2000. He turned the Patriots' program into a City power and produced the likes of Dennis Keyes, Milton Knox and the Jackson twins, Marquis and Malik.

"I think we've done everything we could at Birmingham," Croson said today. "I love the school. There's a lot of things we can't do. I'm really a Catholic school guy. This is a chance to go back and do well."

Chaminade has fallen behind San Fernando Valley Catholic school powers Sherman Oaks Notre Dame and Encino Crespi, and Croson's hiring allows the Eagles a chance to regroup behind a veteran coach known for running the spread offense. He's expected to bring back former Chaminade coach Rich Lawson as an assistant.


 

 

Posted: Friday, December 5th, 2008

Middle School Legal Eagles Win L.A. County Mock Trial Competition

For the past six weeks, the Chaminade Middle School Legal Eagles have been making their argument to be the best team in the county.  On December 4, the final verdict came down and the Middle School Team took top honors as Los Angeles County Champions.

Sixteen eighth grade students acting as attorneys, witnesses, and court officers battled their way through five rounds of competition against 37 other middle schools from around the county.  After winning both of their preliminary matches, the Defense Team kept their client “out of jail” by taking the victory over Immaculate Heart.  In the semi-finals, the Prosecution was able to win a conviction and defeated Laurel Hall to advance the team into the finals.

Facing their strongest competition yet, the Defense Team made their case and secured the win for the Middle School Legal Eagles against Garvey Middle School.

Two members of the team received top honors as the best in their roles:  Kaitlin Prechtl was named best defense expert Dr Kelly King and Nolan Brown was named as best defense witness Jan Jefferson.

The members of the Championship Team are prosecution attorneys Cole Hoyt, Laurel Weaver, and Andrew Gove; prosecution witnesses Morgan Montalvo, Tommy Miller, Aaron Jacobs, and Mason Nystrom; defense attorneys Kate Lieb, Claire Parker, and Bowden Pollock; defense witnesses Kaitlin Prechtl, Natalie Vos, Nolan Brown, and Manav Kapoor as the defendant Leslie Lane.  Jessica Garcia is the court clerk and Christian Lau is the bailiff.  The team is coached by Mrs. Jennifer Bader who is assisted by Mr. Bert Bader.