Claremont School News
Hamza El Lahib’s decision to join student government at Citrus College was spontaneous. After graduating early from Claremont High School — while simultaneously finishing his first year of college, thanks to dual enrollment — he overheard a classmate talking about the Associated Students of Citrus College. “I’ve always had a desire to be active in local government,” Hamza said. “Once I heard more about ASCC, I knew attending college meetings and representing student interests was the type of civic engagement I had always been interested in.” Photo/courtesy of Citrus College
Elizabeth Chua and her father Steven react to the announcement that she is this year’s homecoming queen on Friday night during halftime of the homecoming game at CHS. The crowning ceremony was the clear highlight of the evening as the Pack lost badly to South Hills, 45-7. COURIER photo Steven Felschndneff CHS homecoming parade video […]
Homecoming king Tommy Viat is congratulated by his friends Xiucoatl Mejia and Lucas Negritto moments after he received his crown on Friday just before the homecoming parade in Claremont. Homecoming festivities on Friday began with a rally at the school the continued with the parade and the football game. The weekend celebration ends with the […]
As a scholar and professor of English literature, published author, researcher in neuroscience and an academic dean, the multidisciplinary approach employed by G. Gabrielle Starr throughout her career has not been one of happenstance. “It is practiced curiosity,” she said. “There must be an effort to integrate different kinds of knowledge very intentionally.” Ms. Starr, […]
Four-year-old Zahra Cleveland seems a bit apprehensive as she waves goodbye to her parents during the first day of school at Mountain View Elementary School. Across Claremont students were experiencing the first day of a new grade, whether kindergarten or senior year of high school. COURIER photo/Steven Felschundneff
Bryan Brown from Claremont High School is one of four top scholarship recipients receiving $2,500 in financial aid and a new laptop from the California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC). Assemblymember Chris Holden, who is also chair of the CLBC, announced the scholarship recipients at his 18th annual block party and community resource fair on August […]
It’s undeniable: Over the past 100 years some of the world’s brightest lights have performed or lectured here, and the Claremont Colleges have been and continue to be at the heart of this small town’s outsized drawing power. A look through the Colleges’ archives reveals a stunning who’s who of 20th and 21st Century artists, […]
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 […]