Physical education teacher Debbie Foster demonstrates some of the upgraded features of the new RealCare dolls on Wednesday at El Roble Intermediate School. Computers inside the dolls record everything they go through, both negative and positive, so that the students can get feedback on how well they cared for the doll. COURIER photo/Steven Felschundneff
The OLA Fiesta at Our Lady of the Assumption Church returns to Claremont for a 68th year on Mother’s Day weekend, May 8, 9 and 10.
Among the most popular events in the city, the Fiesta attracts 15,000 visitors over the weekend to its renowned international food booths prepared by OLA’s own Hispanic Vietnamese and Filipino communities.
Student leaders from Claremont's San Antonio High School Associated Student Body (ASB) were challenged to create a business plan for using a Rotary district grant of $1000 to plan and stock the ASB store, designed and built last school year by the students with a Lefler grant from Rotary.
The project provided a framework for students to learn important planning concepts and skills, useful in business and in life.
By definition, a library is a place where books, magazines and other materials are available for people to use or borrow. While the Claremont Library continues to serve the city in a traditional capacity, the scope of its reach extends far beyond the bookshelves and into the community itself.
As a designated Family Place Library, the Claremont Library builds on the knowledge that early learning, parent involvement and supportive communities play a critical role in young children’s development
Registration has begun for the Claremont Educational Foundation’s SLICE of Summer enrichment program. An array of classes will be offered beginning on June 17, with courses ranging from academics to sports to activities like sculpture, cooking, coding, drumming, music video production and much more.
Senior Andrew Lopez works with fellow AP Environmental Sciences students on a water efficient garden on Tuesday at Claremont High School. The students, along with volunteers from BAM Landscape, worked for over a month removing grass from a 1500 square foot area adjacent to the School’s administration building and planting mostly native California plants. COURIER photo/Steven Felschundneff
Sycamore played host to some pretty famous people on Wednesday, March 11 during the local elementary school’s annual Biography Day.
From Egyptian royalty to Brazilian soccer legend Pelé, the students in Ann O’Connor’s second/third grade combination class channeled leaders who have made a mark on the world.
The kids (and several teachers) dressed as their chosen heroes, with each carrying a representative prop. COURIER photo/Steven Felschundneff
Citrus College administration raised some eyebrows and hackles recently when preliminary plans were made to add a dose of reality to an active shooter drill.
Citrus College Faculty Union President Paul Swatzel says he first heard of what he considered to be a dicey idea at a March 9 Steering Committee meeting.
Eighth grade students from El Roble ended three days of safety training with the help of members from the Rotary Club of Claremont. The training included CPR, first aid, disaster preparedness, and other aspects to help the students be ready for any emergency. The school's gymnasium was full of students as the entire eighth grade class participated. In this photo, Rotarian Mike Pearlman shows the proper techniques when doing CPR. The Claremont Rotary first began teaching the classes in 1979, and has since grown into a complete "Together we Prepare" training program. COURIER photo/Peter Weinberger
The Claremont Teen Committee wants to make mental health a casual conversation. On Thursday, March 19, the committee will present a screening of the PG-13 rated film It’s Kind of a Funny Story at Claremont’s Youth Activities Center (YAC). Stressed by adolescence, 16-year-old Craig Gilner (Keir Gilchrist) checks himself into a mental-health clinic. Unfortunately, the youth wing is closed, so he must spend his mandated five-day stay with adults.
Claremont High School is well represented, with over 30 students juried into the show, Art Reach, on view at the Millard Sheets Gallery at Fairplex.
Hundreds of entries were submitted from area high school students. CHS students working in ceramics, computer graphic arts, photography, visual art, art production and 2-D and 3-D studio art, as well as some beginning visual art students participated in creating art inspired by “The Art of Music” theme.
Claremont Graduate University has named former Nestlé USA President and Chief Operating Officer Robert “Bob” Schult as interim president. Mr. Schult will step in for current President Deborah Freund, who announced in December she would not seek a second term.
He takes office on July 1 and will work closely with Ms. Freund and other administrators over the next three months to ensure a smooth transition.
Mr. Schult will bring a distinct business sense to an already established academic leadership team.
Zip-lining above jungles and snorkeling through the reefs of Cancun is not a typical vacation itinerary for a young child. Most adults can’t say they have gone on adventures through Ireland and England. In the case of 10-year-old Jake De La Rosa, however, it is reality.
The young Claremont resident has gone on a few exotic vacations with his family, but has now been offered a golden opportunity as a student ambassador with People to People in their upcoming trip to Australia.
While no cases of measles have been reported in Claremont, local educators and physicians are worried about a potential resurgence of an infectious disease once considered to be eradicated.
The concern arose after the Disneyland measles outbreak in December of 2014. In its wake, 131 people have been infected in California, according to an Associated Press story earlier this week. The Centers for Disease Control says most of those who have fallen ill were unvaccinated.
