Claremont School News
Researcher and UCLA chemistry professor Kendall N. Houk is the featured guest for Pomona College chemistry department’s 62nd Robbins Lecture Series, “Computational Organic and Biological Chemistry.”
Claremont High School recently earned bronze in the Advanced Placement School Honor Roll, which offers schools with AP programs bronze, silver, gold, and platinum distinctions, “recognizes schools whose AP programs are delivering results for students while broadening participation,” according to a news release at apcentral.collegeboard.org.
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The start of 2026 also marks the beginning of youth soccer season in Claremont. June Vail Park is one of the city’s most popular venues for AYSO, hosting two to three games a day, five days a week.
Cal Poly Pomona assistant political science professor Jarred Cuellar was recently named a 2026 emerging scholar by higher education news outlet The EDU Ledger.
Claremont resident Laura Bollinger was recently named president of Citrus Community College’s Board of Trustees.
Parents and caregivers looking for information about Claremont Unified School District transitional kindergarten and kindergarten classes are invited to elementary school open houses January 28 to 30. The events will include opportunities to meet teachers, explore classrooms, and learn about programs. Wednesday, January 28 • 8:30 a.m., Chaparral Elementary, 451 Chaparral Dr. • 10:30 a.m., Sycamore Elementary, […]
Steven Anthony Cowles pleaded guilty last week to felony wire fraud related to his embezzlement of more than $1 million from The Claremont Colleges Services. Court documents indicate Cowles, 45, defrauded TCCS from June 2018 to July 2024. As electric shop supervisor, he was tasked with ordering and maintaining electrical components. Photo of Bixby Ramp/courtesy of Pomona College
Hamza El Lahib’s decision to join student government at Citrus College was spontaneous. After graduating early from Claremont High School — while simultaneously finishing his first year of college, thanks to dual enrollment — he overheard a classmate talking about the Associated Students of Citrus College. “I’ve always had a desire to be active in local government,” Hamza said. “Once I heard more about ASCC, I knew attending college meetings and representing student interests was the type of civic engagement I had always been interested in.” Photo/courtesy of Citrus College
The Claremont High School varsity cheer team is pictured here in December after claiming first in the “show cheer” and “game day” categories and overall grand champion at the World Class Championship California Crown competition in Pomona.
The Claremont Colleges’ women’s rugby team, the Claremont Foxes, begin their spring 2026 Division I Pacific Desert Rugby Conference season at 11 a.m. Saturday, January 17 against Cal Poly San Luis Obispo at Claremont McKenna College’s Parents Field, 690 N. Mills Ave., Claremont.
Jared Sedlis spends his lunch breaks doing jumps — axels, salchows, lutzes, flips and loops — at an ice rink 15 minutes from Pomona College. As a competitive figure skater and full-time student, the Birmingham, Alabama, native can’t afford to waste a minute. Photo/by Jeff Hing
Comedy magician Chipper Lowell brings “Step Right Up: A Ridiculous Trunk Full of True Tales and Fake Magic” to Citrus College’s Haugh Performing Arts Center, 1000 W. Foothill Blvd., Glendora, at 7 p.m. Saturday, January 17.
Later this month, 17-year-old Max Leeper will trade the maroon and white of Claremont High School for the cherry and silver of the University of New Mexico, colors fitting of his life’s next chapter. He completed high school a semester early this fall and signed a letter of intent last month to play football at UNM in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Now he’s about to travel some 760 miles east begin the next chapter of his young life as a Lobo freshman majoring in business administration. Photo/courtesy of CUSD
If there’s one Claremont High Schooler who’s having one heck of a start to their senior year, it’s Joy Cheng. The student-athlete recently learned she had won a full-ride scholarship to Princeton University, adding to this year’s successes as captain of CHS’s cross-country team, which recently won Palomares League and CIF-Southern Section titles. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Pomona College has entered into exclusive talks regarding the possible purchase of Claremont Graduate University. “This collaboration would preserve CGU’s important role in the consortium while positioning both schools to innovate and thrive in an evolving higher education landscape,” read a post on Pomona’s webpage. Pictured here is CGU’s Harper Hall. Photo/courtesy of CGU
Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization, The Council on American-Islamic Relations, has decried Pomona College’s settlement of a federal Title VI investigation that alleged antisemitism at the school. CAIR California Executive Director Hussam Ayloush’s December 17 letter to Pomona College President G. Gabrielle Starr, which names several areas of disagreement and lays out the group’s suggestions for addressing its perceived shortfalls, is excerpted here. Photo/courtesy of CAIR