Claremont School News
“Crochet with beading,” by Claremont High School senior Nadia Platonov, is among the works by CHS art students on display at Claremont Chamber of Commerce.
After a three-year hiatus during the pandemic, Claremont Colleges student organization Food Recovery Network, which provides leftover dining hall food to people in need, recently relaunched.
“The big goal for [FRN] is, one, to help feed people in the local community that need the help and, two, to reduce the amount of food waste going in the landfill,” said Pomona College Campus Executive Chef Travis Ellis.
“Back in the misty eons of time …” So begins the induction ceremony into the International Thespian Society, a dream for any middle or high school student in love with theater and the arts.
The International Thespian Society, now with over 2.4 million members, was founded in 1929 and remains a mainstay for student artists around the world. To be a member, you must earn a certain amount of thespian “points.” Points are earned by participating in your school’s theater productions and completing one or more of the many associated jobs necessary for the show to proceed.
At 8:30 a.m. March 23 a male El Roble student was riding his bicycle southbound in the bike lane on Mountain Avenue when a male driver, who was also headed south, attempted to overtake the boy and make a right turn into Claremont Presbyterian Church. There was insufficient time for the driver to make the turn and the boy collided with the car. The boy was wearing a helmet and gloves and was not seriously injured.
Scripps College president Suzanne Keen has resigned after just eight months on the job.
“In conversation with Board leadership, I have made the decision to step down as president of Scripps College,” Keen wrote in a brief statement. “I am very sorry for the disappointment that this news causes.”
Keen wrote she was grateful for the short stint as Scripps’ president and that she “sorely missed teaching,” her “core vocation.”
On March 25, about 80 soccer players from around Southern California competed in a seven-a-side tournament with international benefits.
The first Girls Kick Tournament, organized by Girls Kick founder and Webb Schools girls varsity soccer coach Malick Mbengue, was held at Webb’s Faculty Field with eight teams, four adult and four youth, battling to become premier league and LaLiga champions.
In early February, the California Interscholastic Federation’s State Federated Council voted unanimously to add girls seven-on-seven flag football to the list of state approved sports.
The move paves the way for female athletes across the state to have their fill of fall football at the high school level, effective the 2023-2024 school year, including at Claremont High and The Webb Schools.
Claremont High swim and dive: The teams both lost at Glendora on March 9, the boys, 103.5-66.5, the girls, 97-73. Claremont then welcomed Bonita Wednesday. The boys (3-1) won, 87-77, while the girls (1-3) fell, 76-61.
The Wolfpack travel to Mt. San Antonio College Friday and Saturday for the Mt. SAC Winterfest meet. The team is back in the water at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 22, when Colony comes to town.
The special election to fill the vacant seat on Claremont Unified School District’s Board of Education will take place Tuesday, July 25.
The election, which will cost CUSD an estimated $273,000, was triggered by just 99 Trustee Area 4 voters through a petition spearheaded by Joshua Rogers.
Thus far, the only candidate who has stepped forward is Alex McDonald, a physician and educator.
Claremont School of Theology announced Tuesday it will likely be relocating to Los Angeles over the summer.
The school, which has been in Claremont since 1957, is awaiting on final approval for its move to Westwood United Methodist Church, 10497 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles.
A three-year-old Title IX complaint filed against Claremont Unified School District is poised to be resolved by next school year if a softball site is constructed on the campus of Claremont High School, according to Kevin Ward, CUSD Assistant Superintendent, Human Resources.
In January 2020, former CHS softball booster president Rocio Herrera sent a letter to CUSD officials and the United States Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights outlining inequities between the school’s baseball and softball programs.
Of the 115 petition signatures, 102 were deemed valid by the registrar’s office, three more than the required 99.
The L.A. County Superintendent of Schools will determine the date of the election, which will take place on a Tuesday prior to July 29. California Education Code section 5091(c)(2)(A) includes information on the date range.
We asked the registrar if there an alternative to holding a stand-alone special election, such as folding it into the November 7, 2023 local and municipal elections. Sanchez’s one word answer was “No.”
In 1993, Gabby Giffords graduated from Scripps College with a B.A. in sociology and Latin American history. Eighteen years later, she had just begun her third term as an Arizona Congresswoman when on January 8, 2011, while speaking at a “Congress on Your Corner” event in Tucson, she survived a gunshot to the head. Six people were killed and 13 others injured in the mass shooting.
Giffords, who now runs an eponymous gun-safety advocacy group, embarked on a difficult and ongoing road to recovery, captured in the recently released documentary “Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down.”
Over the last decade, Christian Watts has had several titles, including college athlete, military police officer, probation officer, and master’s degree student. He picked up his latest — Claremont High School varsity swim coach — in November.
His love for swimming started early — at 5 — when he began swimming for the Exeter Eels, in the San Joaquin Valley. He stayed with the Eels through high school and began to coach youth teams in his downtime. He graduated from Exeter Union High School in 2012 after competing on its varsity swim team for four years.
by Andrew Alonzo | aalonzo@claremont-courier.com Claremont High School Baseball The team’s February 25 South Hills Tournament home game against Arcadia was rescheduled to Tuesday due to the recent storms. Claremont […]
A special election to fill the now vacant Trustee Area 4 seat on the Claremont Unified School District’s Board of Education will go forward.
The Los Angeles Department of Education notified CUSD Superintendent Jim Elsasser Wednesday morning that the petition drive to force the election had 102 valid signatures, three more than the apparent required amount of 99.
The notification also meant Hilary LaConte, who was appointed by to the board of education January 18, was immediately removed, returning it to a four-member body.
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Boys and girls wrestling
Results from the February 17 and 18 California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section Masters tournament: for the boys, senior Simon Bachman did not place in 182-pound weight class. For the girls, freshman Lauren Malvitz did not place in the 189.