Claremont School News
The Claremont Unified School District Board of Education handled business in seven minutes last week with the only item of note being the first reading of updated policies regarding transitional kindergarten and high school graduation requirements. “These were existing Board Policies, but due to legislation and things that come down from the California Department of Education, a few changes needed to be made,” CUSD Assistant Superintendent, Educational Services Julie Olesniewicz wrote in an email. “We get our suggestions from the California School Boards Association.” Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
When P.J. Walker was in second grade he wanted to take classes in hip hop style dancing taught at Village Dance Arts in Claremont. Always seeking to encourage her child’s interests, Grace Kao was more than happy to accommodate, but with a slight caveat. She noticed that any boy who signed up for ballet lessons could take the other classes for free, so P.J. enrolled in both.
Last Saturday, Claremont’s Webb Schools announced the private institution received a “historic estate gift of at least $100 million” according to the school’s news release. The donation comes from an anonymous male donor — said to be an alumnus of the school — and is “the largest ever made to an independent high school west […]
Last week, the CHS Interact Club brought a festive cheer by decorating Wheeler Steffen Sotheby’s offices on Foothill Boulevard to prepare for the Drive Away Hunger event on October 31. Open from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., donors can easily drive through the parking lot behind the Sotheby’s offices to donate. Non perishable food items […]
On Monday the Claremont Police Department announced it had selected Brittany Sornborger to be the next school resource officer. The SRO handles most calls for service at Claremont’s public school campuses as well as related duties including attending afterschool events such as football games.
On Thursday, the Claremont High School girls tennis team added a fifth consecutive title to their history after they defeated Glendora High School at home, 16-2. The match not only closed out Palomares league play, but also extended the team’s unbeaten run to 12 matches.
The CHS girls varsity tennis team continues its dominance in the Palomares League with an impressive 15-3 win over the Alta Loma Braves on Tuesday, Followed by an equally commanding victory over Glendora, 16-2, on Thursday.
by Mick Rhodes | mickrhodes@claremont-courier.com COVID-19 cases at Claremont High School spiked again this week, rising from 43 to 55 as the outbreak there continued, but student quarantines across all 10 Claremont Unified School District campuses — which have fluctuated from dozens to hundreds since school began September 1— are at zero. “There are a […]
A Claremont High School teacher was off the job Friday after inflammatory comments allegedly made to students Thursday resulted in the school district opening an investigation into the incident. Witnesses say Rosalinda Castillo, a physical education teacher, was opposed to COVID vaccines and testing.
If you’re not a Sycamore parent, you might not have heard of the ‘Be-Leaf’ in Sycamore campaign; however, if you’re a resident or a frequent passerby, you’ve likely seen the yard signs popping up on residents’ lawns over the last few weeks.
A once strong partnership turned bitter over the purchase price of School of Theology property. On June 5, 1957, The Claremont Colleges signed off on a real estate transaction with the Southern California School of Theology (soon to be known as the Claremont School of Theology) to sell 16.4 acres of its Village-adjacent land for $107,500. Both parties coexisted happily for nearly 60 years, but in 2015, the relationship hit the rocks, hard.
Pitzer College announced in August that Don Gould had been elected chair of the school’s board of trustees.
by Mick Rhodes | mickrhodes@claremont-courier.com Reporting on COVID-19 among Claremont public school students is an unpredictable job. Just last week, the COURIER reported the district’s new cases fell to just one, with only 11 students quarantined. This after the previous two weeks’ quarantine numbers of 343 and 245. Early this week this story looked as […]
On Tuesday, Claremont High School cross country coach Bill Reeves’ frustration was growing. He had a room full of antsy teenagers but school health officials were concerned that it was over 100 degrees and might be too hot to exercise outside.
by Mick Rhodes | mickrhodes@claremont-courier.com Though officials are hesitant to celebrate, there’s no denying the good news out of Claremont Unified School District. After two weeks of rising positive diagnoses and quarantines, CUSD reported just one new positive COVID case over the past week, recorded Wednesday afternoon at Claremont High School. And, the number of […]
The bad news is the number of Claremont Unified School District students quarantined due to COVID-19 infection or exposure rose sharply this week, with Condit Elementary’s outsized numbers deemed an “outbreak” by Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
The defending San Antonio League champion Claremont High School Wolfpack football team is off to a rough start this season, but that may be part of the plan.