Claremont School News
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 varsity football team plays its first game of 2025 against Capistrano Valley Christian at 7 p.m. Friday, August 22 at CHS, 1601 N. Indian Hill Blvd.
The first Claremont Unified School District Board of Education meeting of the 2025-2026 school year wrapped up in just 15 minutes. The abbreviated session saw the board, including President Kathryn Dunn, pictured here, hear the first reading of new board policies pertaining to awards budgeting, updated observances, and summer course crediting, and the approval of a consent calendar item explaining the district’s use of federal dollars. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
As perhaps the world’s leading city in cultural and economic opportunities, New York consistently hosts Claremont Colleges students looking to develop their passions and careers. This year is no exception. Some have joined New York’s banking, finance, real estate, and wealth management scenes; others have flexed their humanities muscles, interning at art studios and local newspapers. Photo/courtesy of Columbia University
A group of 11 undergraduate students from Konkuk Business School in South Korea recently wrapped a weeklong summer program that featured “a hands-on learning experience in American business culture, leadership, and career development,” according to a news release, organized by Pacific States University and held at Claremont Graduate University Drucker School of Management.
by Madeleine Farr | Special to the Courier President Donald Trump’s federal legislation, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” will impact colleges and universities across the country, including the Claremont Colleges; given distinctions within the consortium, however, each college will face varying consequences. The legislation, which Trump signed into law July 4, makes sweeping changes […]
by Joy Cheng | Special to the Courier The Claremont High School cross country team is well-known for its achievements and legacy as a long-time top contender in the state. However, from 8 a.m. July 11 to 8 a.m. the next morning, the team laced up its running shoes for something beyond medals and accolades: […]
Cindy Cordoba, assistant professor of apparel merchandising and management at Cal Poly Pomona, was recently awarded a $398,926 Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program grant as part of the state’s Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program.
Claremont Unified School District’s Board of Education voted unanimously to name Diana Taylor as the new principal of Sumner Danbury Elementary and Heather Lyn as assistant principal at El Roble Intermediate at its June 19 meeting. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Pitzer College’s summer academic enrichment program, Project Think, with programs for transitional kindergarteners through second graders on language arts, math, science, and social studies, and classes in computers, art, science, creative writing, and theater for children in grades three through eight, run from 8:30 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday. Additional afternoon courses and child […]
CUSD’s Board of Education marked its last meeting of the 2024-25 school year on June 23 with a 4-0 vote to approve its 2025-26 budget, which will see it operating at a near $6 million deficit. The district projects $100,272,143 in revenues in 2025-26, and $106,263,389 in expenditures. The negative balance will be made up by using funds from CUSD’s reserves, which currently stand at $17.3 million. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
On the heels of winning its 10th consecutive Citrus Belt Speech Region league title earlier this year, the Claremont High Speech and Debate team competed in the June 15-20 National Speech and Debate Association’s national championship tournament in Des Moines. Pictured here are coach David Chamberlain, and team members Caroline Warren, Fiona Wu, Nina Wu, Kaitlyn Zhang, Henry Phillips and Reyhan Garcia. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
CUSD has announced plans to use grant funds to establish a new student and family resource center in Oakmont Elementary’s former art room. News of the new center spurred public comment at the June 19 CUSD Board of Education meeting. Oakmont parent Juliet Kane is pictured after speaking during public comment. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
The following is a list of colleges that Claremont’s class of 2025 high school graduates will be attending in the fall. If we’ve missed anyone, please write us at editor@claremont-courier.com.
The 74-acre former quarry owned by Claremont McKenna College that straddles Claremont and Upland at Claremont Boulevard and Monte Vista Avenue is being readied for the construction of Roberts Campus Sports Bowl, a 50,000-square-foot outdoor sports complex that will encompass athletic facilities and venues for a number of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps athletic programs. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
The criminal and civil cases involving former Claremont Unified School District Board of Education President Steven Llanusa stemming from a 2022 holiday party appear to be heading toward resolution. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
The class of 2025 received a classic send-off Thursday as more than 500 students from Claremont High, San Antonio High, and Claremont Adult School were awarded their high school diplomas.