Claremont School News
The Claremont Colleges women’s rugby team the Claremont Foxes preserved their undefeated season Saturday in a tightly contested 17-12 win over visiting UC Santa Barbara, improving to 4-0.
Later this month, 17-year-old Max Leeper will trade the maroon and white of Claremont High School for the cherry and silver of the University of New Mexico, colors fitting of his life’s next chapter. He completed high school a semester early this fall and signed a letter of intent last month to play football at UNM in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Now he’s about to travel some 760 miles east begin the next chapter of his young life as a Lobo freshman majoring in business administration. Photo/courtesy of CUSD
If there’s one Claremont High Schooler who’s having one heck of a start to their senior year, it’s Joy Cheng. The student-athlete recently learned she had won a full-ride scholarship to Princeton University, adding to this year’s successes as captain of CHS’s cross-country team, which recently won Palomares League and CIF-Southern Section titles. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Pomona College has entered into exclusive talks regarding the possible purchase of Claremont Graduate University. “This collaboration would preserve CGU’s important role in the consortium while positioning both schools to innovate and thrive in an evolving higher education landscape,” read a post on Pomona’s webpage. Pictured here is CGU’s Harper Hall. Photo/courtesy of CGU
Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization, The Council on American-Islamic Relations, has decried Pomona College’s settlement of a federal Title VI investigation that alleged antisemitism at the school. CAIR California Executive Director Hussam Ayloush’s December 17 letter to Pomona College President G. Gabrielle Starr, which names several areas of disagreement and lays out the group’s suggestions for addressing its perceived shortfalls, is excerpted here. Photo/courtesy of CAIR
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights opened a Title VI investigation of Pomona College in August 2024 after the Louis D. Brandeis Center and others brought a complaint against the school alleging Jewish students experienced antisemitism on campus and the school failed to protect them. The following is a transcript of a December 17 email exchange with Brandeis Center attorney Deena B. Margolies. Photo/courtesy of the Brandeis Center
Christmas came early for two dozen elementary school students Saturday, including Edward Martinez, 3, pictured here with his mother Martina Moya, when elves with the Rotary Club of Claremont and Claremont High School Interact Club gave away 24 new bicycles at the 25th annual Rotary Club bike giveaway. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Harvey Mudd College assistant professor of physics Eduardo Ibarra Garcia Padilla recently.
Claremont Unified School District’s Board of Education learned last week its current fiscal year’s financial deficit is now projected be $11,489,892, nearly double the shortfall district staff had predicted in June. Courier file photo
Claremont High boys soccer player Leonel Moran converts a penalty in the first half of Wednesday’s match with Diamond Bar, one of his two goals in the 3-1 home victory. Read on for a complete Claremont and Webb high school sports roundup. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Cal Poly Pomona is among other California State University cohorts named in the 2025 California State University Economic Impact Report.
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
by Andrew Alonzo | aalonzo@claremont-courier.com The start of the school year is often a busy time for Claremont High School’s Lyle Mideiros. The 17-year-old, now in his senior year, juggles the demands of school work and teenage social life with the rigorous schedule brought by autumn’s cross-country and band competitions. Even so, he manages to […]
The Claremont High School Band and Color Guard claimed second place in the 4A Division at the November 13 South Hills Field Competition.
Claremont native Tyler Anthony and his metal group Dissonance are competing in Danny Wimmer Presents’ “Battle for the Big Stage,” a national music contest that streams on Twitch TV every Sunday, with unsigned bands competing for a chance to play the 2026 Welcome to Rockville Festival in Daytona Beach, Florida. The weekly event, part of […]
The Claremont High girls’ varsity cross-country team placed first with 19 points at the November 7 Palomares League Championships at Ayala Park. The boys finished second with 44. The teams are at Mt. San Antonio College Friday, November 14 for the CIF-SS Division 2 cross country races. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Pomona College professor of mathematics and statistics Edray Goins was recently elected president of the Mathematical Association of America. “At its fundamental heart, the MAA has this goal of saying math is something we all need to be happy in our lives,” Goins told pomona.edu/news. “That’s a very powerful statement to make. But I can say in everything the MAA does — programming, conferences — we put that mission statement at the forefront.” Goins is both the first mathematician from Pomona College and first African American to be elected MAA’s president in its 110-year history.