Claremont School News
A mix of special and routine business played out at the November 20 Claremont Unified School District Board of Education meeting, including persons of the year recipients announced, including Jonathan Snapp (middle), pictured here, and a unanimous vote to spend $6.9 million for safety and security equipment. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Claremont High softball: at the Upland tournament, CHS lost, 7-1, against Roosevelt February 15, then fell, 4-0, to Upland the following day. The team beat Rancho Cucamonga, 10-4, February 23, and Western Christian, 15-4, February 27, then lost to Alta Loma, 6-2, March 1, Etiwanda, 11-2, March 11, Bonita, 7-1, March 13, and Ayala, 10-3, March 15. The Pack beat Alta Loma, 3-2, on Wednesday. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Longtime Claremont resident and University of La Verne professor Richard Rose is about to take a big idea to South Africa’s 2024 Ubuntu Festival, a four-day global conference held in conjunction with South Africa’s Human Rights Day. Rose, 64, and his daughter Rochelle will show a video they made, “Building the beloved community,” at the festival on March 22. The video describes a curriculum he is building, “the beloved course.” Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Ramadan is a special month for Muslims around the world in which prayer, fasting, and charitable giving are paramount. Each day of fasting begins with sunrise and concludes with sunset. It is a holy month and one in which some Muslims come together joyfully at sunset to break the fast (iftar) at the local mosque and to pray communally and recite/read the Qur’an. The Prophet Muhammad set a precedent when he nibbled on dates to break his daily fast, and Muslims everywhere follow that today. Photo/courtesy of CGU
A March 1 investiture ceremony to officially recognize Harriet B. Nembhard as Harvey Mudd College’s sixth president was delayed by a “die-in” protest by Claremont Colleges students calling for a cease-fire in Gaza. As HMC’s Board of Trustees Chair James Bean conferred the presidency to Nembhard, her daughter Naomi tied a ceremonial pendant around her neck. Video of the ceremony is at hmc.edu/inauguration. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Two groups of students and five individuals took home high honors Monday as part of the 34th annual Making Change contest. The annual competition by the City of Claremont and Claremont Unified School District asks CUSD students to submit essays and multimedia projects highlighting change-making figures throughout history. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Together We Prepare CPR and disaster preparation classes for El Roble eighth-graders have become a right of passage for thousands of middle-school students attending public schools in Claremont. Last week, the Rotary Club of Claremont just finished their 45th year of teaching at the school. The training includes three separate sessions covering not only CPR but also disaster preparation. Since its beginning, Rotarians have introduced CPR to over 21,000 students. Just this year it took 36 people to manage the classes, working with 459 students. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
In 2018, Sustainable Claremont began utilizing a small plot behind the Religious Society of Friends, or Quakers, meeting place to turn hundreds of pounds of old food scraps into usable compost, a mix of decaying organic matter that can used as fertilizer.
CUSD Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services Julie Olesniewicz presented an outline to this year’s LCAP during the Board of Education’s February 15 meeting, just ahead of the February 28 deadline set by the state. The update has been divided into two separate reports, the 2023-24 LCAP mid-year expenditure update and the 2023-24 metrics, which can be found in the board’s agenda for that same meeting. Image/courtesy of CUSD
Solveig Nelson, a postdoctoral fellow at Dartmouth College, will becoming Pomona College’s Benton Museum of Art’snew full-time curator of photography and new media in August. “I’m thrilled that Solveig will help us shape a vision for the further development of our photography and new media collections, the largest areas in our overall holdings,” museum director […]
by Andrew Alonzo | aalonzo@claremont-courier.com Claremont High School Boys soccer (8-6-2) Palomares League runner-up Claremont was shutout, 2-0, at Cathedral February 7 to begin the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs. Updated brackets are at cifss.org. Girls soccer (12-8-3) CHS lost, 3-1, at Edison in the first round of the CIF-SS Division I playoffs. Brackets are […]
Ba’ac Garcia, of the Tohono O’odham Nation, performs the traditional fancy dance Thursday at Foothill Country Day School as part of its international days week. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
After the Courier made Claremont Unified School District aware last week that its policy of checking visitors’ identification before they can attend Board of Education meetings may violate state law, on Thursday Assistant Superintendent, Student Services Kevin Ward said the district will change its check in policy beginning at the next board meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, February 15 at 170 W. San Jose Ave., Claremont, CA 91711.
A powerful storm that made its way into the region Sunday afternoon had dropped more than four inches of rain on Claremont as of 9:55 a.m. Monday. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning at 7:25 p.m. Sunday, which remained in place until midnight Sunday. Governor Gavin Newsom proclaimed a state of emergency for eight Southern California counties Sunday, including Los Angeles County. Despite the deluge, Claremont public schools remained open Monday. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
High school sports roundup: week of February 2, 2024
The Claremont Unified School District Board of Education held its first February meeting after press time Thursday at the Richard S. Kirkendall Education Center, 170 W. San Jose Ave. The board was set to consider a resolution allowing Dinah Felix, assistant superintendent, business services, to sign and execute the We-Can-Work program agreement between the State of California Department of Rehabilitation and the school district. Courier photo/Steven Felschundneff
The Claremont Unified School District Board of Education voted unanimously last week to approve its 2023-2027 Equity Action Plan. Natalie Taylor, CUSD’s director of intervention and English learner programs, gave a presentation to the board during it first meeting of 2024 on January 18, outlining the plan’s updates including several specific goals to strengthen the district’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.