Claremont School News

Condit Elementary third grader Elizabeth Hayward knows what it’s like to go without. She and her two brothers were in foster care before being adopted in 2018 by Claremont resident Victoria Hayward and her family. And now with six years of stability under her belt, the 9-year-old has launched a toy drive to supply summer gifts to Claremont Unified School District students in foster care. “I was in foster care, and it was really hard,” Elizabeth said. “I just want them to know that they’ll have something to do and that they’re not alone.” Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo

Claremont Graduate University cut the ribbon for its new Yuhaaviatam Center for Health Studies last week.

Nasira Bilqis Watts, a Pomona College graduate and senior class speaker, is all smiles with her family during the May 14 the college’s commencement ceremony. Watts graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English. See more photos from the more college graduations. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo

Claremont Courier high school sports roundup: May 12, 2023

Generations bond as granddaughter, grandmother team up for “philosophy of feminism” class at Scripps College.

Former Claremont Unified School District Board of Education President Steven Llanusa has pled not guilty to three misdemeanor counts stemming from a holiday party at his residence in December.

It was a busy weekend in Claremont, including prep work for May 13 and 14 graduation ceremonies at the Colleges, a Claremont-Mudd-Scripps/Pomona-Pitzer softball doubleheader, and local students taking part in Claremont Lewis Museum of Art’s ARTstART program. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger

Pitzer Professor of Sociology Alicia Bonaparte was one of the organizers of the Midwifery Is Public Health conference at Pitzer College. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo

Claremont Courier high school sports roundup: May 5, 2023

The controversial move to fill the Trustee Area 4 seat on the Claremont Unified School District’s Board of Education via special election was made still more interesting this week when the man behind the push for the contest threw his hat into the ring.

A dedication of Claremont Graduate University’s new $20 million Yuhaaviatam Center for Health Studies is set for May 11.

Claremont High boys varsity tennis players Caleb Settles (singles) and Lance Lao and Mateen Ghafarshad (doubles) took home Palomares League titles Wednesday at The Claremont Club.

The Claremont Faculty Association’s political action committee, led by CFA President Brian D’Ambrosia-Donner, pictured, has endorsed Alex McDonald in the July 25 special election for the open Trustee Area 4 seat on the Claremont Unified School District’s Board of Education.

Pitzer College’s Michelle Muturi, and Elisa Velasco, from Pomona College, recently received perhaps the biggest prize of their undergraduate careers: the 2023 Napier Initiative Award.

It’s official: Claremont School of Theology is moving, a lease has been signed, and after 66 years in Claremont it’s all systems go for the graduate institution’s new Los Angeles location.

The school is moving to Westwood United Methodist Church, 10497 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, and will remain Claremont School of Theology despite its new location.

The long-anticipated move, while disappointing to some Claremont residents, comes as no surprise. The school had long been seeking to sell all or a portion of its 16.4-acre Claremont campus.