Claremont School News

Nancy Sample might only have one biological son, but her profession has blessed her with hundreds of surrogate daughters. Ballet instructor and mother are interchangeable terms for the doting dance teacher who has guided multitudes of budding ballerinas, some of whom have gone on to perform with companies like the Inland Pacific Ballet.   Dance […]

Put a little spring in your student’s step Flowers won’t be the only thing blooming this spring. With an array of educational and fun events for the children of Claremont to participate in, the love of learning will be planted early on in the season. With almost two months gone from the school year’s second […]

The Oakmont Elementary Owls treaded water with the Sumner Elementary Dolphins before finally taking home the win with a score of 14-7 in the 14th annual Superbowl game held Wednesday at Oakmont. The game is part of the Best Learning After School Time (BLAST) program. The game started quick with the Dolphins scoring the first […]

Vista del Valle Elementary and Oakmont Outdoor School are helping students focus on character building. Both schools are participating in “Project Champion” in connection with two-time Olympic medalist Bryan Clay. The project has students working towards walking, jogging or running 100 miles by the end of the year, while learning about the traits that define […]

One attribute great school librarians share is the desire to instill love of books in their students. Such was the theme at a recent Vista Del Valle Elementary School assembly during which the teachers and students said goodbye to longtime librarian Cindy Dewey. As a swan song to the school she served for eight years, […]

Professional hockey player Brian Cooke plays street hockey with a group of fifth and sixth grade students on Friday at Oakmont Outdoor School in Claremont. Mr. Cooke’s visit was part of the L.A. Kings Fan Development program that visits Oakmont and Vista del Valle every year. More in our special children’s section of the COURIER […]

The Thespians of Claremont High School are ready to talk with their production of “The Locker Next 2 Mine” addressing the topic of suicide and mourning. Playwright, Jonathan Dorf’s play gives the perspective of high school students when it comes to moving on after a death. Mr. Dorf has written over 50 plays that include […]

This year was marked by the Claremont Unified School District saying goodbye to valuable land deemed surplus, including the closing of escrow on a large parcel sold last year and the auction of two more significant pieces of real estate. With escrow closed on the district’s former district office, located at 2080 N. Mountain Ave., […]

Dwarak Reddy, with his debate partner Nathan Morgan seated, responds to a question from the other team during the annual Claremont High School debate competition on Thursday at Taylor Hall. Dwarak and Nathan went on to be the champions of the elimination style tournament that took place over the course of several hours. The teams […]

Claremont High School Principal Brett O’Connor reads from the children’s book “How Santa Got His Job” on Saturday during a Claremont Educational Foundation fundraising event at Barnes & Noble Booksellers Montclair Plaza. During the weekend-long book fair, 20% of sales proceeds were donated to CEF. The book fair continues online through the end of the […]

Claremont’s littlest bookworms have found home just in time for the holidays with the recent soft reopening of the Claremont Public Library’s children’s section. The library welcomed local kids to cozy new digs last week following a long-awaited $125,000 remodel, made possible in part by a hefty donation from The Friends of the Claremont Library. […]

It was thanks and more thanks last Friday when the San Antonio High School community celebrated their annual Thanksgiving Feast. Students and employees queued up for a meal of turkey with all the trimmings, served by teachers and staff. Some special guests also showed up for the holiday repast, including Claremont Unified School District Superintendent […]

The Thursday, November 21 school board meeting represented the last time board president Mary Caenepeel and board member Jeff Stark would take to the dais to deliberate the future of Claremont schools. Ms. Caenepeel’s current term expires this December after eight years of service. Mr. Stark has been on the board for four years. Neither […]

As integral as computers have become to our daily lives, we often forget the experts who help us navigate this brave new world: technical support staff. This crucial role was acknowledged at the November 7 school board meeting when Michael Patrick, a desktop support tech with the Claremont Unified School District, was awarded the district’s […]

At the last school board meeting, Claremont Educational Foundation President Richard Chute was pleased to present a hefty $201,000 check to the Claremont Unified School District. The oversized check was merely ceremonial, the nonprofit having already given the funds to CUSD for the 2013-2014 school year. There is nothing phony, however, about the steady support […]

Great struggle affords great opportunity to those willing to seize it. This is the guiding principle that led Carol Corwin and her husband, Pete Bekendam, from their battle with alcoholism to the founding of Claremont’s thriving nonprofit Crossroads, providing transitional housing for incarcerated women. Her recently-debuted memoir, A Spacious Place, is about the journey.   […]