Claremont School News
As perhaps the world’s leading city in cultural and economic opportunities, New York consistently hosts Claremont Colleges students looking to develop their passions and careers. This year is no exception. Some have joined New York’s banking, finance, real estate, and wealth management scenes; others have flexed their humanities muscles, interning at art studios and local newspapers. Photo/courtesy of Columbia University
On the heels of winning its 10th consecutive Citrus Belt Speech Region league title earlier this year, the Claremont High Speech and Debate team competed in the June 15-20 National Speech and Debate Association’s national championship tournament in Des Moines. Pictured here are coach David Chamberlain, and team members Caroline Warren, Fiona Wu, Nina Wu, Kaitlyn Zhang, Henry Phillips and Reyhan Garcia. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
CUSD has announced plans to use grant funds to establish a new student and family resource center in Oakmont Elementary’s former art room. News of the new center spurred public comment at the June 19 CUSD Board of Education meeting. Oakmont parent Juliet Kane is pictured after speaking during public comment. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
The following is a list of colleges that Claremont’s class of 2025 high school graduates will be attending in the fall. If we’ve missed anyone, please write us at editor@claremont-courier.com.
The 74-acre former quarry owned by Claremont McKenna College that straddles Claremont and Upland at Claremont Boulevard and Monte Vista Avenue is being readied for the construction of Roberts Campus Sports Bowl, a 50,000-square-foot outdoor sports complex that will encompass athletic facilities and venues for a number of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps athletic programs. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
The criminal and civil cases involving former Claremont Unified School District Board of Education President Steven Llanusa stemming from a 2022 holiday party appear to be heading toward resolution. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
The class of 2025 received a classic send-off Thursday as more than 500 students from Claremont High, San Antonio High, and Claremont Adult School were awarded their high school diplomas.
The class of 2025 received a classic send-off Thursday as more than 500 students from Claremont High, San Antonio High, and Claremont Adult School were awarded their high school diplomas, including CHS’s Zoe Abergel, who sang a powerful rendition of Adele’s “When We Were Young” at the ceremony. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
A group of 19 Claremont High School students are heading to Des Moines, Iowa, June 15-20 for the National Speech and Debate Association’s national championship tournament.
Pomona-Pitzer’s women’s water polo team won its fourth straight U.S. Water Polo Division III national championship May 4 with a 9-8 win over rivals Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at the Anne Greve Lund Natatorium in Rock Island, Illinois.
Citrus College will hold its 109th commencement ceremony at 6 p.m. Friday at Citrus Stadium, 1000 W. Foothill Blvd., Glendora. The free and public event will be livestreamed at youtube.com/citruscollegetv.
In a rapidly shifting technology landscape, AI’s role in education presents a new frontier, one that Kara Evans, Claremont Unified School District’s director of educational technology and innovation, said is being thoughtfully considered and intentionally explored. Photo/courtesy of CUSD
Claremont Unified School District teachers demonstrated outside their schools Tuesday in hopes of bringing attention to their demands for a 1% pay raise “Members of the Claremont Faculty Association are exceptionally hard-working professionals who choose to work for CUSD,” said CFA President Brian D’Ambrosia-Donner. “Increasingly, members feel like other areas of the CUSD Commitment rank higher in the budget on the CUSD priority list than those whose job it is to deliver the Commitment.” Photo/courtesy of Brian D’Ambrosia-Donner
“The Nation Fund for Independent Journalism held its annual conference for student journalists May 30 in New York City. As one of Claremont’s many aspiring student journalists — and, luckily, a lifelong Brooklynite — I had the pleasure of attending.
The Nation Magazine, first published in 1865 in the United States and founded by abolitionists, promotes independent journalism as an essential tool in cultivating equity and democracy. Over the last half century, the magazine has also empowered the youngest generations of journalists to enter the industry confidently with the establishment of The Nation Fund. The conference featured speakers from a wide range of independent publications, including The Guardian, Jacobin, THE CITY and Teen Vogue. Illustration/courtesy of Liberties EU
The Claremont Interfaith Council continues a decades-long tradition at 7 p.m. Sunday, June 8, when it hosts local high school graduates for its annual free and open to the public baccalaureate service at Claremont United Church of Christ, 233 W. Harrison Ave.
Claremont and San Antonio high schools, and Claremont Adult Schools’ 2025 graduation ceremonies will begin at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 12, at the CHS athletic field, 1601 N. Indian Hill Blvd.
University of La Verne’s May 31 commencement at Ortmayer Athletics Complex included 1,555 graduates.