Claremont School News
Paul Ghaffari and Evelyn Nussenbaum began four-year terms as members of the college’s board of trustees last month.
Charles Jiang and Salma Mohideen recently started Claremont Fresh, a free service connecting volunteers with Claremont residents who are in need of assistance with grocery shopping or running errands The pair are still looking for more Claremonters in need of a hand and those who want to be errand runners. The organization has three goals: […]
Charles Jiang and Salma Mohideen recently started Claremont Fresh, a free service connecting volunteers with Claremont residents who are in need of assistance with grocery shopping or running errands The pair are still looking for more Claremonters in need of a hand and those who want to be errand runners. The organization has three goals: […]
A line of Claremont High School seniors receive congratulations on their graduation from parents and former teachers as they walk past Sycamore Elementary School on Monday in Claremont. The parade served as a coronavirus era stand in for the “senior day” tradition where graduates return to their grade schools to greet the current elementary age […]
by Steven Felschundneff | steven@claremont-courier.com Claremont High School juniors Charles Jiang and Salma Mohideen have definitely not been sitting idly at home since CUSD officials closed their school in March. The pair of enterprising teens launched their own online school to teach coding to other youths for free. Salma, who has been interested in coding […]
This is not a story about the retirement of longtime Claremont High School Theatre Director Krista Elhai. This story should have been about all of her accomplishments over a 36-year career in theater education, 26 in Claremont. The gargantuan fundraising effort to get the Don F. Fruechte Theatre for the Performing Arts built 10 years […]
Chaparral Elementary School teachers line Chaparral Drive and wave to their students as they pass by in a series of automobiles on Wednesday in Claremont. The event, called a “social distancing parade to show our love and support,” was conceived as a way for Chaparral parents, teachers and students to reconnect after weeks of distance […]
People driving past Claremont High School on Tuesday no doubt saw a smattering of homemade signs planted in front of the school with messages like “CHS best teachers ever,” “happy teacher day,” and “thank you,” The signs, which popped up sometime the previous night, were apparently placed to show support for our local instructors during […]
by Steven Felschundneff steven@claremont-courier.com Claremont public school students will not be returning to in-person classes for the rest of the 2019-2020 school year following actions last week from the governor on down to our local superintendent. In a letter to “parents, guardians and students” sent on April 1, Claremont Unified School District Superintendent Jim Elsasser […]
by Michael Ceraso | www.claremont-courier.com Claremont is known for PhDs and trees. And, apparently, for its active book clubs. There are 45 book clubs that meet in Claremont. The groups range from eight to 12 book lovers, convening monthly to share their thoughts and reflections on whichever book their group has collectively agreed to read. A […]
by Mick Rhodes | mickrhodes@claremont-courier.com Ask any parent of multiple children: though the ingredients may be the same, kids always turn out different from one another. Even twins can fight like caged animals over the smallest of things, and aptitudes and tolerances can and do vary wildly from child to child. So why do we […]
So why are all these El Roble students hopping around the school gym picking up pieces of paper off the floor? Each year about this time members from the Rotary Club of Claremont spend three days teaching students everything from first aid, to disaster preparedness, to CPR and more. It’s all part of Rotary’s Together […]
Upper grade students at Condit Elementary School try out the school’s brand new playground following a ribbon cutting celebration on Monday. The new play equipment, which includes slides, swings, a climbing wall and a sunshade, was officially unveiled just before morning recess. During the five month construction, most of the campus was fenced off and […]
El Roble physical education teacher Debbie Foster dons her turkey hat as she marks student’s wrists for each lap completed on Tuesday during the annual Turkey Trot at the school. The student’s had 16 minutes to run as many laps as they could in an effort to raise money for the school’s PE department. Last […]
Claremont High School Theater Department’s first show of the 2019-20 season, 26 Pebbles, debuts at 7 p.m. tonight at the Don F. Fruechte Theater for Performing Arts, with a repeat performance at 7 p.m. tomorrow. Admission is free, but donations are accepted for the staged reading, which tells the story 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting. […]
Skylar Segura first met Brian Gaeta-Symonds during a routine open house at the city of Claremont’s Youth Activity Center in conjunction with the beginning of a new semester. Ms. Segura was doing her job as a human services supervisor, greeting visitors to the YAC and talking up the various programs, while Mr. Gaeta-Symonds was busy […]
Dillon Lopez reacts with a big smile as he discovers that he has been selected as the homecoming king during a rally on Friday in Memorial Park. The crowning of the king is the first event of a full weekend of homecoming events including the parade, football game and of course the dance. COURIER photo/Steven […]