Claremont School News

Condit Elementary School students who raised the highest pledges per mile during the Condit Spring Fun Run recently had the honor of sliming outgoing longtime Principal Christine Malally, pictured, and Parent Faculty Association President Randy Lopez. Photo/courtesy of CUSD

Claremont Unified School District students are reminded that today is the deadline to submit their essay entry for the 32nd annual making change contest, which offers students an opportunity “to honor and remember all that these advocates of social change have done to transform our world for the better,” City Manager Adam Pirrie wrote in a news brief.

Despite being the daughter of a teacher, Vivian Webb School’s Dean of Students Sarah Lantz said she took a round about way to teaching. Photo by Scott Nichols/The Webb Schools

by Mick Rhodes | mickrhodes@claremont-courier.com A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has upheld the terms of a 1957 agreement between the Claremont Colleges and Claremont School of Theology, clearing the […]

Like most everyone in public education in the U.S., the last 22 months have been trying for newly minted Claremont Unified School District President Steven Llanusa. LISTEN TO PODCAST “The […]

City holiday closures: beginning Friday, December 24, Claremont City Hall, the Alexander Hughes Community Center, the city yard and the Joslyn Center will all be closed throughout the holidays and will not reopen until Monday, January 3.

Claremont Boy Scout Troop 402 has welcomed six new Eagle Scouts following a ceremony on Sunday at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church.

On Monday, Claremont Graduate University (CGU) announced “lead gifts in conjunction with several additional gifts” totaling over one-million dollars — had been secured to create the Ellis Cumberbatch Professorship. The […]

Across the United States last week, thousands of stories were shared at the Thanksgiving table. And Claremont McKenna College senior, Sarah Chen was the talk of her family’s Thanksgiving as her mother, father and younger brother told guests about how the Alaskan native earned the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship, one of, if not the most competitive scholarships in the world.

Claremont’s San Antonio High School was recognized this week as an Apple Distinguished School, one of only 690 from 36 countries around the globe, and the only continuation school in the world to be honored with the coveted distinction.

by Gabriel Fisher It’s 11:40 a.m. I sit on the concrete ground to the side of the outdoor COVID-19 testing stations, waiting to observe students passing through. Two people have […]

by Andrew Alonzo | aalonzo@claremont-courier.com On Wednesday afternoon, all eyes were on Webb School senior Victor Zhang. Students, faculty, and staff at the school have heard talk over the last […]

With over 100 in attendance, there was no shortage of people ready to show support for CLASP (Claremont After-School Programs) during their annual event on Sunday. The gathering was in […]

By Andrew Alonzo | aalonzo@claremont-courier.com Claremont High School’s head varsity football coach Shane Hile ended Friday’s game against Laguna Beach with a huge grin on his face as he told […]

The big news this week for Claremont Unified School District is its elementary school students are now eligible to be vaccinated against COVID-19, a move officials anticipate will help to keep more kids healthy and in school.