Claremont School News

“Why is six afraid of seven? Because seven eight nine!” Does your kid spend more time with his joke books than his math books? Then you may very well have a burgeoning comedian on your hands. If you think your child may be the next Jimmy Fallon or Tina Fey, Flappers Comedy Club in Claremont […]

You might say that the students, teachers, parents and friends really had a blast at the 15th annual BLAST (Best Learning After School Time) Super Bowl football game on Wednesday between Oakmont and Sumner Elementary schools. If you think this was a low-key event, think again. This game had all the trappings of a big […]

Local elementary school kids got an up-close and interactive look at the rich and varied culture of American Indians last Friday when they took a field trip to the Pomona College Art Museum. One trip downstairs took the kids into a state-of-the-art depository of thousands of tribal artifacts, from clothing to cradleboards, housed in the […]

During the 2014-2015 academic year, the Pilgrim Place community will offer two $12,000 Napier Awards for Creative Leadership to graduating seniors at the five Claremont Colleges.  The awards were established as a memorial to Davie and Joy Napier, longtime residents of Pilgrim Place, who in earlier years had remarkable careers as prophetic advocates for a […]

Some of the Claremont Unified School District’s youngest students are becoming very avid about going to college. The increase in academic ambition comes after a move last year to bring the AVID college-readiness program—which was already at El Roble Intermediate and Claremont High School—down to the elementary school level. AVID, which stands for Advancement Via […]

Grade-A environmentalism In May, Vista del Valle won Grades of Green’s third annual Trash Free Lunch Challenge, a kudos that comes with a $1,000 reward. Vista nabbed the award after reducing the amount of waste produced at the school by 95 percent, going from nearly 1,000 bags of trash per year to less than 100. […]

A row of students playing Santa’s reindeer sing “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” on Friday during the Merry Everything holiday show at Sycamore Elementary School.  The show was a joint effort from teachers Kelly Diaz and Jodi Erlinger-Irwin’s kindergarten through second grade students. COURIER photo/Steven Felschundneff

The Lions have something to roar about, because San Antonio High School has been named a Model Continuation School. In order to nab the honor—which is awarded by the California Department of Education in partnership with the California Continued Education Association—the school submitted an application detailing the school’s strengths. These, according to Principal Sean Delgado, […]

After more than 12 years, Laura Skandera Trombley will step down as president of Pitzer College on June 30, 2015, according to a press release from the college. Ms. Trombley has been named the president of The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens. “Pitzer is fortunate to have benefitted from President Trombley’s distinctive leadership […]

Wolfpack music students marched to their own drumbeat at the Edison Invitational Competition held in Huntington Beach on November 1, and they were rewarded for their efforts. The Claremont High School Marching Band took first place, with additional individual first-place honors going to CHS Percussion and Color Guard. Kudos go to the dedicated students whose […]

On Wednesday, a group of local elementary school students took a motorcycle ride to Taiwan and back again, stopping for a while to learn a bit about the Chinese language and culture. No, it isn’t the plot of a new Magic School Bus book, but instead a 30-minute lesson imparted by Scripps College sophomores Maxine […]

Michaela Christiansen, top left, and her father Dale react as she is named homecoming Queen on Friday during halftime of the homecoming game at Claremont High School. The homecoming king honors went to Chandler Boldig, who escorted Ms. Christiansen from the stage. Claremont defeated Diamond Bar 25-0 bringing their record this year to 5-2 overall […]

Senior Donovan Robinson gives freshman Tommy Viata lift as they decorate the 9th grade homecoming floatrecently at Claremont High School. It’s homecoming weekend at ClaremontHigh School. Our Wolfpack will kick thingsoff at Memorial Park on Friday, October 16 at 3p.m. with the crowning ofthe king, followed by the homecoming float parade.The game starts at 7 […]

The instrumental music programs of El Roble Intermediate and Claremont High School will present their second annual community concert on Saturday, September 27 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the CHS stadium. The al fresco show, “Under the Lights.” which is free and open to the public, will feature appearances by the CHS Jazz Ensemble, […]

Natalie Taylor stepped in as Mountain View’s interim principal last February after the school’s former head, Clara Dehmer, moved on to a post as assistant principal of student services at Claremont High School. This year, it’s official. As Ms. Taylor becomes Mountain View’s permanent principal, she will likely have less of an adjustment period than […]

The Claremont Unified School District is pleased to welcome Lisa Yamashita as the new principal of Chaparral Elementary School. Ms. Yamashita spent the last school year as an adjunct faculty member at Cal State Northridge, teaching English Language Development standards and supervising multiple subject student teachers. Previously, she spent five years as an elementary school […]