Claremont School News

Willamette University and the Claremont School of Theology announced Monday that the two schools would “begin the due diligence process” to explore moving and embedding CST within the Salem, Oregon university. “Willamette and CST are both excellent schools with much in common—a focus on quality, and a mission to educate students and prepare them for […]

The Claremont High School advanced video production class entered a public service announcement film contest called Street Art Safe (http://www.streetsareforeveryone.org/streets-art-safe/), a Los Angeles based film contest aimed at raising awareness for safer streets. CHS entered seven films and all seven were selected as finalists, with six won additional awards, including taking the top honor or […]

At Oakmont and Mountain View Elementary schools, students had the chance to experience learning through ‘mixed reality.’ Combining virtual and augmented reality technology, the zSpace Learning Lab, a bus containing specialized computer equipment with 3D glasses, brought their virtual classroom to campuses on Monday, June 5 and Tuesday, June 6. zSpace is a technology company […]

Graduating seniors Alijah Dudart, Drew Villanueva and Parker Graffham greet students at Oakmont Outdoor School during a senior walk event on Tuesday. Seven members of the CHS class of 2017 returned to their former school to receive recognition and to offer encouragement to the current students. The same event took place at all seven elementary […]

A group of 48 Claremont High School students took home a multitude of awards and honors at the California State Thespian Festival in April, which was attended by more than 1200 theater students from 65 high schools throughout the state. CHS took home three first-place awards—stage management for Allegra Fass, makeup design for Morgan Lui […]

We had a lot of help organizing the event including volunteer from the Claremont Senior Bike Group, The Rotary Club of Claremont, CHS Interact Club and parents of the kids at Chaparral. The lady behind the drive to get everyone together and organize the event was Melinda Warren, a Chaparral parent. Chaparral Elementary School students […]

Theatre five at the Claremont Laemmle was packed high schoolers, their parents and other locals Wednesday, May 17, but they did not come to see the newest Alien movie or other Hollywood blockbuster. These patrons came to appreciate the work of the city’s own filmmakers from Claremont High School’s cinematic arts program at the third […]

From even a short conversation with Sumner-Danbury Elementary School third grade teacher Patricia Colinco, her passion for helping her students succeed is obvious. This drive has earned Ms. Colinco the Claremont Unified School District’s 2017 Teacher of the Year accolade. “I was very honored to receive this award, and it was also very humbling,” Ms. […]

Students from the video production at Claremont High School were honored for short films entered in the statewide Directing Change Film contest last week (http://www.directingchange.org/about/). The contest is aimed at breaking the stigma of mental health matters and suicide prevention by creating one-minute public service announcements. The class had five films that were recognized in […]

Pomona College President David Oxtoby receives a standing ovation from his faculty during commencement on Sunday at the school. Sunday’s graduation will be the last for Mr. Oxtoby who announced his retirement earlier in the year. Pomona, the largest and the oldest of the Claremont Colleges, was the next to the last of a weekend […]

Harvey Mudd College President Maria Klawe embraces 11-year-old Nicholas Zuniga after presenting him with his brother Willie Zuniga’s diploma on Sunday during commencement at the school. Willie died in February in his dorm room on campus and his family including his parents, Guillermo and Sara as well as two brothers Nicholas and Andrew, traveled to […]

To celebrate the start of the housing development, KGI will host a groundbreaking ceremony at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 11. The groundbreaking ceremony will begin with a reception at 5:30 p.m. with refreshments and appetizers, followed by the program at 6 p.m. Guests can RSVP by email to build.kgi.edu. “We are honored to invite […]

At his inauguration 14 years ago, Pomona College President David Oxtoby borrowed from W.E.B. DuBois. “The function of the university—and, I would add, the liberal arts college—is not simply to teach bread-winning, or to furnish teachers for the public schools, or to be a centre of polite society; it is above all to be the […]

Scripps College President Lara Tiedens receives a standing ovation during the processional of her inauguration ceremony on Saturday at the college. Ms. Tiednes, who has been on the job since August, is the ninth president of Scripps which is celebrating 90 years. The event featured 13 speakers including remarks from her parents, Claremont McKenna College […]

Amidst a tumultuous period of student demands, protests, strikes and sit-ins at the Claremont Colleges, the Pomona College administration is standing firm in response to criticism after hiring prominent sociologist Alice Goffman. After a student or group of students emailed Pomona officials a list of demands—chiefly, the immediate dismissal of Ms. Goffman, whose critically-acclaimed book […]

Fifth grade student Mike Sofalca brought down the house with his reading of “He is Just a Little Boy” on Friday during a poetry reading assembly at Chaparral Elementary School. The school had two assemblies, the first for the lower grades and the second for upper, where the students read either a poem they wrote […]