Claremont School News
Claremont High School recently earned bronze in the Advanced Placement School Honor Roll, which offers schools with AP programs bronze, silver, gold, and platinum distinctions, “recognizes schools whose AP programs are delivering results for students while broadening participation,” according to a news release at apcentral.collegeboard.org.
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.
Last week the Claremont Courier published a letter from a faculty member at the Claremont School of Theology (CST) describing events which they say have led it to stay in Claremont.
Being a leader and teaching others run in the bloodlines of Rahkiah Brown, who just a few weeks ago became the new principal for Sumner Danbury Elementary School.
The last time you heard from Claremont School of Theology (CST) in the COURIER, we were planning a move to Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. In case you did not know, we never moved. I am writing today to share the story of why we never left. My name is Dr. Frank Rogers, and I moved to Claremont more than thirty years ago as a young scholar.
After 18 long months of no full-time, in-person classes, CUSD students returned to school this week. You could feel the excitement as students met their teachers for face-to-face learning this school year. Check out our coverage showing what it was like at Condit and Oakmont Elementary Schools at about 8 a.m. Wednesday morning. Produced By: […]
by Mick Rhodes | mickrhodes@claremont-courier.com On Wednesday I trod the familiar sidewalks I’ve marched for 13 of the past 14 years (with one dark year courtesy of COVID), my youngest child in tow, making our way to Condit Elementary School for the first day of school. My ex and I were walking our son Everett […]
Claremont students are returning to in-person fall classes for the first time since 2019, as we mark the second full academic year COVID-19 has altered time honored back-to-school rituals.
The COVID-19 pandemic of the last year and a half has changed so much about the world as we know it – likely leaving some changes as a permanent mark on our culture and society. While many of us are still wondering if we’ll ever find a “new normal,” we’re still preparing to move forward […]
Construction at Pomona College continues right into the fall semester with the building of the Center for Athletics, Recreation and Wellness on Sixth Street in Claremont. The $57 million renovation project will be the home for several shared programs with Pitzer and Pomona College. The building will be home for all Pomona-Pitzer athletics including space […]
Lizeth Hernandez, right, listens to the introductionary remarks of Community Groundwork Executive Director Mike Ceraso during a mixer for the non-profit last Thursday in Claremont. The start-up trains community college students in the mechanisms of politics and matches them with mentors with the goal of finding employment. Ms. Hernandez is one of 17 students who have completed Community Groundwork’s 20-hour coursework and aspires to become an elected official.
Outside of Pitzer Hall, incoming freshman Annie Pugh, left, her dad Bruce Reyes-Chow, middle, and her mom Robin Pugh, right, attempt to fit in Annie’s personal belongings brought from home on Saturday for the Claremont Colleges’ move-in day. The higher classes will move in the remainder of this week. School starts on August 30. COURIER […]