Claremont School News
Claremont McKenna College President Hiram Chodosh announced last week that he will step down by the end of the 2025-2026 academic year, his 13th as president.
Claremont High School junior Kate Song, a member of the CHS’s Speech and Debate team (and also the Courier’s talented social media intern), delivered a resounding talk on February 28, earning her a spot in this year’s regional Rotary District 5300’s Four-Way Test Speech Contest.
Some 20 Sycamore kids bettered their German vocabulary on February 21 with a free lesson taught by Claremont High students, part of Structured Program for the Acquisition of German in the U.S.-Resources and Know-How, or SPARK for German. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Four Montclair High School students were recently awarded four-year QuestBridge college scholarships to tuition, housing, food and other expenses at three universities. Elieen Leong and Arden Zheng will attend Princeton University, Kyle Mai, Stanford University, and Daniel Rico Rodriguez, The University of Chicago.
Claremont Graduate University Executive Vice President and Provost Michelle Bligh, who arrived at CGU as an assistant professor of organizational behavior in 2002, has been named its interim president, effective March 1. Current interim president Tim Kirley will step down after taking the position in June 2024. Bligh holds “a deep understanding of the university’s […]
Scripps Fine Arts Foundation and Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery host a free and open to the public 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 11 lecture and tea at Clark Humanities Museum, 1030 Columbia Ave., Claremont, followed by a tour of Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, 251 E. 11th St., Claremont, the site of the 80th Scripps College Ceramic Annual.
Winners of the City of Claremont and Claremont Unified School District’s Making Change contest were announced Monday, including Condit Elementary School fourth grader Lizzie Hayward, who wrote about CUSD’s Senior Liaison of Youth and Family Services, Rosa Leong. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Claremont Unified School District’s Board of Education named Denise Klinovsky as its teacher of the year and Cyndi Leier as classified staff member of the year its February 20 meeting. The board also heard an update to the district’s local control and accountability plan. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Cal Poly Pomona President Soraya Coley, 74, will step down as president and retire from the California State University system at the end of July. Coley became CPP’s first woman and first Black president in 2015. “Her tenure has been marked by investments in student success, campus facilities, academic advising, programs to increase belonging and […]
Carolyn Bertozzi, the Baker Family Director of Sarafan ChEM-H at Stanford University and the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in chemistry, is the featured speaker at Pomona College chemistry department’s 61st Robbins Lecture Series, themed “The Biology of Sugars: Sweet Revenge on Human Disease.” Four free and open to the public talks will take place […]
Mohamed Abousalem was inaugurated as the third president of Keck Graduate Institute on February 13 at Scripps College’s Garrison Theater.
The Claremont High School girls basketball team fell to hosts Chaminade, 52-45, in the first round of the California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Section Division I tournament February 13, ending its season. Photo/courtesy of CHS
Claremont Graduate University recently announced its 2025 Kingsley and Kate Tufts Poetry Award winners, Jaswinder Bolina and Ariana Benson.
Griffith Park was filled with energetic Claremont Unified School District students Monday as Claremont After-School Programs and Play It Forward volunteers from Claremont High School hosted soccer and basketball workshops.
Former President Joe Biden named Cal Poly Pomona chemistry Professor Sabine Eileen Stieber as one of 25 recipients of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy on January 13.
It’s safe to say no one would have batted an eye if the Claremont High School girls varsity basketball team struggled to retain its dominance this season. But the Wolfpack found a new gear, winning its third consecutive Palomares League title and finishing 9-1 in league, 19-7 overall. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Sixth grader Jerry Morrison recently finished first in Sumner Danbury Elementary School’s spelling bee, besting his friend John in the final round by correctly spelling “proctor.” Jerry’s next test comes March 19 at the Los Angeles County Spelling Bee. The winner of that contest will head to the California State Elementary and Middle School Bees […]