Claremont School News
Claremont Unified School District’s Board of Education voted unanimously to name Diana Taylor as the new principal of Sumner Danbury Elementary and Heather Lyn as assistant principal at El Roble Intermediate at its June 19 meeting. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Claremont resident Jonathan Lopez, 5, helps magician John Abrams with a trick on Wednesday during an Animal Magic show at the Claremont Public Library. The show was part of the library’s Summer Reading Program, which will include other fun events throughout the summer. Claremont kids may have turned in their textbooks, swearing off studies for […]
Between Claremont High School, San Antonio High School and the Claremont Adult School, some 675 young people gathered to receive their diplomas at the recent commencement, held on Thursday, June 16 at the Claremont High School football field. There had been a bit of a kerfuffle in the weeks leading up to the ceremony, when […]
This summer, Chaparral sixth-grader Faith Nishimura is putting her social studies homework and geography lessons into real-world application. The straight-A student prepares to travel across the globe this month to represent her Claremont elementary school through the People to People Student Ambassadors program, a competitive educational travel course designed to provide students with global awareness. […]
Before the pandemonium of commencement week—which culminated last night with graduation—Claremont and San Antonio high school seniors took a moment from gazing toward their futures for a quick look back. Bob Dylan’s “Forever Young” and James Taylor’s “Lonesome Road” set the tone as students gathered together last Sunday for the annual Baccalaureate celebration, held at […]
Ask El Roble physical education teacher Terri Kegans, who helps run her family’s longstanding Ducey Swim School and is an incorrigible volunteer, how she does it all. Her answer is emphatic: teamwork. It’s true that Ms. Kegans relies heavily on her fellow PE teachers, who exemplify the camaraderie that prompted the California Department of Education […]
Ask El Roble physical education teacher Terri Kegans, who helps run her family’s longstanding Ducey Swim School and is an incorrigible volunteer, how she does it all. Her answer is emphatic: teamwork. It’s true that Ms. Kegans relies heavily on her fellow PE teachers, who exemplify the camaraderie that prompted the California Department of Education […]
For those who need a little liquid courage to get the creative juices flowing, Claremont Craft Ales and Otterspace Arts have the remedy. Art on Tap—an adults-only art class now offered once a month at Craft Ales—has the brews and the brushes necessary to lead its guests more calmly into the creative process. “And if […]
On a “scale” of one to 10, lizards and snakes are a 10, according to Chaparral Elementary School kindergartner William Roby Unkovich. One of 85 Chaparral students who took part in a kindergarten-wide trip to the Los Angeles Zoo on Monday, April 29, William was delighted to stop by the Living Amphibians, Invertebrates and Reptiles […]
Five Claremont High School students recently got a living lesson in history when they traveled to the Pilgrim Place senior community to interview veterans about their experiences. The teens—hailing from Lisa King’s CAHSEE English class for students who have not yet passed the high school exit exam and may need extra support in writing—were paired […]
“The History of Pharmacy,” a mural by local artists Paul Coates and Diane Divelbess, will be unveiled in the Founders Room of Keck Graduate Institute on Saturday, April 20 from 2 to 5 p.m. Mr. Coates and Ms. Divelbess, both of who earned MFAs from Claremont Graduate University in 1960-61 during the “golden age” of […]
From poignant to hilarious, the Claremont High School alumni gala ran the gamut. In celebration of the opening of the Don F. Fruechte Theater for the Performing Arts, the new high school theater played host to performances showcasing the talent of current and former students. From Shaelynn Parker’s (CHS, ’74) soulful rendition of “If You […]
Nearly a year after Harvard Square closed up its kitchen, a second longtime Village shop has called it quits. On March 1, Claremont residents said goodbye to Raku, an eco-centric boutique whose paper goods and knickknacks have added character to Yale Avenue for the past 30 years. But as one Claremont niche shop closes, another […]
With Governor Jerry Brown proposing a new K-12 funding system, the future of the Baldy View Regional Occupational Program is uncertain. At the Thursday, March 7 meeting of the Claremont school board, board president and Baldy View ROP Commissioner Mary Caenepeel reported that employees of the local Joint Powers Authority—which provides career technical education (CTE) […]
There’s no getting around it. Johnathan Thomas, a local psychologist and the founder of a fast-growing local meditation group, is a bibliophile. He devours 3 books a week, furthering his spiritual development with books on Buddhism and occasionally indulging in the guilty pleasure of a supernatural romance. As a student of Zen Buddhism, which teaches […]
If it had to happen to any production, this is the one. With the opening of the newly renovated Don Fruechte Theatre for Performing Arts delayed until March 22, the Claremont High School Theatre Department’s “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” opens tonight in the Multipurpose Room at Sycamore Elementary School. It’s a fitting […]
It was all good news when President Barack Obama appointed Pitzer College President Laura Skandera Trombley to the 12-member J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. In this prestigious position—for which she was sworn in at a February 11 ceremony in Washington, DC—she will not only be expected to meet quarterly to help establish policies for […]