Claremont School News
Cal Poly Pomona assistant political science professor Jarred Cuellar was recently named a 2026 emerging scholar by higher education news outlet The EDU Ledger.
Claremont Unified School District employees with the Best Learning After School Time program hold a protest on Thursday outside the Richard Kirkendall Education Center in Claremont. The CUSD Board of Education is scheduled to vote Thursday evening on a recommendation to lay off the BLAST employees because the district can not offer the program for […]
by Steven Felschundneff | steven@claremont-courier.com On July 1 parents and caregivers of students at The Children’s School at Claremont McKenna College received a surprise email announcing that the school would not reopen for the fall 2020 or spring 2021 semesters. “We are committed to your child’s learning, growth, and safety at The Children’s School. We […]
Claremont High School graduate Isabella Jakini holds a picture of her friend Dana Sanchez as she receives her diploma from CHS Principal Brett O’Connor on Tuesday during a drive-up commencement at the school. Ms. Jakini brought her friend’s portrait along because Ms. Sanchez, who is also a member of the class of 2020, could not […]
by Mick Rhodes | mickrhodes@claremont-courier.com With Claremont Unified School District officially going to online school in the fall, parents and caregivers are readying for their new role as de-facto homeschool teachers and those who work outside the home are balancing this responsibility with full-time employment. Adjusting to the new, ever-changing normal has forced parents and […]
Months after its cancellation and subsequent rescheduling, Claremont High School’s in-person commencement has once again been cancelled. In an announcement sent out Thursday, CHS Principal Brett O’Connor said he had hoped until recently that a modified graduation on July 30 could go forward. However, the surge in COVID-19 cases across the region, combined with the […]
by Mick Rhodes | mickrhodes@claremont-courier.com Claremont Unified School District Board of Education voted unanimously Wednesday to implement a “blended learning program” for 2020-2021, and to open up each of its 10 campuses for in-person learning beginning September 2. In approving the recommendation from the district’s reopening task force it mandated the following: • Elementary schools will […]
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 […]