Claremont School News
All five undergraduate Claremont Colleges, including Pomona, earned national recognition in recently released collegiate rankings, each placing among the nation’s top 50 small colleges in the Forbes 2025–26 list and performing strongly in the 2025–26 U.S. News & World Report Liberal Arts College rankings. Photo/courtesy of Pomona College
“To me this is the type of feel good program that we love to have.” So sayeth Stuart Wood, executive director of Sustainable Claremont, on the occasion of the Wednesday installation of a raised bed garden at Sumner Danbury Elementary School.
On Wednesday, March 9 dozens of Keck Graduate Institute personnel and city officials gathered on the corner of Watson Drive to celebrate the official inauguration of KGI’s newest physician assistant and occupational therapy center, Building 555. The building is meant to serve the first cohort of KGI’s newest graduate study program. The Master of Science […]
by Mick Rhodes | mickrhodes@claremont-courier.com Nearly two years to the day from when they abruptly shut their doors after the coronavirus pandemic took hold in the United States, Claremont schools will reach a symbolic milestone Monday when masks will no longer be required on their campuses. “I see this as a great opportunity to sort […]
NASA astronaut Jose Hernandez will visit Harvey Mudd College on Wednesday, March 9 to share his life’s journey with students at an Office of Institutional Diversity (OID) event titled “Perseverance: a trait that takes you to new heights.” And did it ever for Hernandez.
by Mick Rhodes | mickrhodes@claremont-courier.com California Governor Gavin Newsom announced last week vaccinated people were no longer required to wear masks indoors beginning March 1, and that after March 11, “schools and child care facilities, masks will not be required but will be strongly recommended. Just what that proclamation will mean for Claremont Unified School […]
Friday morning art groups at the Claremont Joslyn Center meet on the center’s patio beginning at 9 a.m.
Sofia Dartnell is the one in her friend group who halts everyone during a trip to educate them about, and then photograph, whatever bug has caught her attention. The 23-year-old Pomona College senior loves the outdoors and knows her insects.
Early in the 20th century, before regular radio broadcasts, many people learned to play instruments so they could enjoy music at home. Not surprisingly, during this era sheet music was plentiful and popular tunes would sell in the millions of copies.
Over the course of two days, production crews and actors from the FOX series, “9-1-1: Lone Star” visited the Pomona College campus to film scenes for an upcoming season 3 episode. COURIER photo/Andrew Alonzo
by Andrew Alonzo | aalonzo@claremont-courier.com At 10 a.m. last Friday, Claremont’s Mayor Jed Leano made a special appearance at Condit Elementary School to give thanks and city-branded pencils to Sue Felton’s second grade class for their recent, thoughtful assignment about last month’s windstorm. Following the blistering winds on January 21, which toppled over 300 trees […]
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 way for a possible sale back to the Colleges. Judge Peter A. Hernandez ruled on January 7 the terms of the 65-year-old purchase agreement is […]
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 board has been dealing with the COVID crisis over the two years with as much flexibility as can be expected in a situation that is […]
Claremont Unified School District parents and students line up on Sunday to get a coronavirus test at El Roble Intermediate School. School officials said they hoped to test 1,400 people on during the special clinic, one day in advance of classes resuming. COURIER photo/Steven Felschundneff
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.