News and Announcements

On Tuesday, April 4th, 2017, the entire Chamlian family gathered together for the Annual Tree Planting and Candle Lighting ceremony to commemorate 100+2 anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
Chamlian now has a total of 33 trees on campus and plans on continuing this meaningful tradition each year. Underneath each tree, an engraved plaque is placed with the name of a region in Armenia or a victim of the genocide.This year, the region picked was Hromkla.

1st -8th Grade Walk-a-thon to Western Prelacy. 7th & 8th Grade Armenian Club members recited speeches to commemorate 100 +2 anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.

On Thursday, March 30th, Carnie Armenian, from the ARS Javakhk Fund, spoke to the Chamlian students about the Armenian community of Javakhk - its history, current conditions, and her experiences with Camp Javakhk. She encouraged students to participate in the fundraiser to support the building of Armenian community centers in Javakhk.

On Wednesday, March 29th, 2017, Chamlian Armenian School’s held its Second Annual Sports Night, organized by the Parent Athletic Committee (PAC), to honor and appreciate our KAHAM athletes and coaches. Athletes arrived on campus dressed in their “Marzig” warm up jerseys, accompanied by their families dressed in Chamlian colors, everyone showing their Tiger Pride.

On Tuesday, March 28th, Board of Regents recognized Artsakh's 25th Anniversary of Independence Poem Contest winners. Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian shared closing remarks and led the group to sing the national anthem.

8th grade students visited USC where they were greeted by Chamlian alumni, Chris Amirkhanian, Colette Avanessian, and Silva Lahian (Class of 2009), who gave them a tour of the campus and spoke about their experience at USC. While on campus, students also met with Salpi Ghazarian, director of the Institute of Armenian Studies, as well as associate director, Silva Sevlian. The students had the opportunity to visit the office of the Institute of Armenian Studies and learn about their role on campus.

On Thursday, March 23rd, Chris Bedian a former performer with the Armenian Improv group visited Chamlian to lead a session of improv in Armenian for 7th grade students in the Hye Tahd elective. The students actively engaged in improv activities where they spoke Armenian and used expressions to create small skits. This activity was organized to remind students the importance of using their native language to express themselves. The students had an extremely positive experience and expressed that they would love to try the activities again!

On Thursday, March 23, 2017, the 8th grade graduating class of Vahan and Anoush Chamlian School visited the Western Prelacy where they were welcomed by H.E. Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian, Very Rev. Fr. Torkom Donoyan, Very Rev. Fr. Vache Balekjian, Very Rev. Fr. Nareg Pehlivanian. The students were accompanied by Principal Dr. Talin Kargodorian, Vice-Principal, Mrs. Rita Kaprielian, teachers and parents.

We are so proud of our Chamlian Tigers for their hard work, determination and sportsmanship during the Kaham games! We are excited to announce that Chamlian teams were victorious in many sports categories and were recognized during the closing ceremonies. The school won 31 trophies in all and best overall in Basketball (1st place), Volleyball (1st Place), Soccer (2nd place), Track and Field (2nd place) and Chess (2nd Place).

Chamlian Armenian School held its Annual Gala Banquet on Saturday, February 25, 2017, with over 300 guests in attendance. The event took place at LA Hotel in Downtown, Los Angeles, California. The READ themed Gala event, organized by Chamlian’s Parent Support Committee (PSC) Dinner Dance Sub Committee, was a huge success. All funds raised from the event are earmarked towards the renovation of the school library which will be dedicated to our dearest Mrs. Anita Torosian. Chamlian Armenian School would like to congratulate the Dinner Dance Committee members for their hard work!