Claremont School News

Claremont High School’s cross-country program has a long history of success, and this season was no exception.

The team made its 11th consecutive appearance at the California Cross Country State Championships on November 30 at Woodward Park in Fresno, finishing sixth. Junior Lyle Mideiros also qualified as an individual and represented the boys varsity team. Photo/by Olivia Su

At the team’s first trip to the regional championships since 2003, Claremont High School’s Marching Band and Color Guard not only recorded their highest finish ever at the November 23 competition, but also its highest points tally ever.

The Webb Schools recently opened the Huang Innovation Wing, a space designed to inspire and empower students in STEM, innovation, and creative problem-solving.

The Webb Schools recently opened the Huang Innovation Wing, a space designed to inspire and empower students in STEM, innovation, and creative problem-solving. “This initiative significantly enriches academic opportunities, enabling deep engagement with emerging technologies, fostering groundbreaking projects, and cultivating a spirit of ingenuity that embodies Webb’s forward-thinking approach to education,” according to a press release. Photo/by Susan Carpenter

Oakmont Outdoor School and Chaparral Elementary took their turns in delivering their school plans for student achievement at the November 21 Claremont Unified School District Board of Education meeting. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo

by Andrew Alonzo | aalonzo@claremont-courier.com Two weeks ago, the Claremont Colleges announced it had acquired the 16-acre former home of the Claremont School of Theology for $7.7 million. The sale closed November 15. Midway through the statement outlining next steps for the property was a mention that TCC had learned November 16 that nonprofit Youth […]

Over the last few weeks, the Courier reached out to public school districts in Claremont, Pomona, La Verne, Glendora, Azusa, and Upland to inquire about the annual salaries and benefits packages of their superintendents, assistant superintendents, and heads of educational services. We took our student numbers from the California Department of Education School Dashboard. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo

Pomona College students suspended for the academic year for their participation in an October 7 demonstration in Carnegie Hall, pictured here, held a press conference in El Barrio Park on November 15. Speakers included members of Pomona’s dining hall faculty and shop steward Maria Ocampo, Chicana/o-Latina/o studies professor Rita Cano Alcalá, Associated Students of Pomona College Board of Trustees Representative for Student Affairs Oliver Rizvi, and Pitzer student Fia Powers. Photo/by Emilio Bankier

Claremont High School’s Marching Band and Color Guard will compete in the Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association Field Band Championships for the first time since 2003 at 3 p.m. Saturday, November 23 at Long Beach City College’s Veterans Memorial Stadium. “It is an incredible honor for us to be able to represent Claremont at this level again,” said CHS Instrumental Music Director Burke Shouse. Photo/courtesy of Burke Shouse

After more than eight years of acrimonious litigation, The Claremont Colleges Services closed escrow November 15 on the 16-acre former home of the Claremont School of Theology. The sale price was $7.7 million. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo

Sheryl Oring brought her “I Wish to Say” postcard writing project to the Claremont Colleges on Wednesday, and dozens of students and faculty came out to express their feelings about President-elect Donald Trump. Martha Gonzalez, an associate professor of Chicanx-Latinx studies at Scripps, said she wrote, “He’s an idiot and he’s an imbecile. That he’s a racist. That I want him to keep his hands off our bodies, women’s bodies, and to free Palestine.” Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo

In 2008 Sheryl Oring brought her unique “I Wish to Say” postcard writing campaign to Pitzer College, with a goal of spotlighting people of color, primarily women, who were often left out of important political conversations. On Wednesday she returned to the Claremont Colleges and invited the community to express themselves about President-elect Donald Trump. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo

The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization in the U.S., has deemed Pomona College, whose president G. Gabrielle Starr is pictured here, an “institution of particular concern,” citing “reported creation of a hostile campus environment for Palestinian, Muslim, Arab, Jewish and other students, staff, and faculty opposing the genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza,” according to a news release. Photo/courtesy of Pomona College