Claremont School News
A mother with two daughters, a father with two sons, both board presidents of high-performing school districts — at first glance, Sonja Shaw, left, and Richard Barrera, right, seem to have a lot in common. But the two candidates for state superintendent of public instruction have very different ideas about what is best for California’s schools. Photos/courtesy of EdSource
Standout Claremont High School baseball team pitcher Brady Houlton delivers during the team’s 6-5 loss at Diamond Bar on Tuesday. With the loss the Wolfpack is now 2-1 in Palomares League play, 13-4 overall. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Performances of Citrus College writer/actor Nick Dillenburg’s new play, “One Final Beautiful Impossible Year,” which is loosely based on Shakespeare’s “Love’s Labor’s Lost,” take place at 7 p.m. April 3-4, 10-11, and 2 p.m. April 4 and 12 at the Little Theatre, 1000 W. Foothill Blvd., Glendora.
Emmy-nominated screenwriter, filmmaker and 2014 Scripps alum Catherine Schetina will be the featured speaker at the school’s May 16 commencement. Schetina is best known for her writing on FX’s acclaimed show “The Bear,” where her episode “Napkins” was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award. Her screenplay “Pure” was named the top script on the 2022 Black List, an annual survey of Hollywood’s most well-regarded unproduced scripts. Currently, she is a writer and producer on the upcoming Netflix drama series “The Body.” Photo/courtesy of Catherine Schetina
El Roble Intermediate School eighth grader Abigail Haughton had plenty of peer support Wednesday at a signing event for her sophomore novel, “Treacherous Waters: The Rouge Voyage — April 13-16, 1912.” “We were so excited for her because she’s so young and people don’t expect the author to come out and be like ‘Hey, I wrote a book and I published a book,’” said Carol Braden, who was on hand with her daughter Abaeele, 12. “And to be my daughter’s age, it’s just inspiring to see such a young person just chasing the dream of writing.” Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
The Los Angeles County Department of Education has put Claremont Unified School District on notice: tighten up your budget or face “difficult decisions.” The news came during Assistant Superintendent of Business Services Desiree Reyes’ presentation of CUSD’s second interim budget report at the March 19 Board of Education meeting, and on the heels of the December 2025 announcement that CUSD’s budget deficit estimate had ballooned to $11.49 million. Board member Kathryn Dunn and Clerk Cheryl Fiello are pictured here at the meeting. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Three Claremont Unified School District campuses have earned recognition for excellence from the state of California.
Bridges Auditorium, 450 N College Way, Claremont, will host a 90-minute California gubernatorial debate at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 28.
El Roble Intermediate School was named a 2026 California Distinguished School by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond on March 10.
“Every person that comes through here — doesn’t matter if they’re current students, recent alumni, been out of school 40 or 50 years — they all say the same thing: ‘San Antonio saved me.’ And that’s a big deal,” said San Antonio High School Principal Andrea Deligio. Pictured here is San Antonio teacher Tyler Baugh getting soaked at the school’s 60th anniversary celebration on Wednesday. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
The Claremont High School speech and debate team was recently crowned Citrus Belt Speech Region league champion, qualifying several members to compete in the Southern California District Tournament.
The Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic School’s boys varsity basketball team recently concluded a historic season, going 21-2 and winning a Catholic Youth Organization Mountain East Conference championship under the leadership of head coach Matthew Moffitt and assistant coach Erik Villavicencio.
Standout Claremont High pitcher Brady Houlton, seen here practicing at first base on Monday, is 4-0 with a third best in state 42 strikeouts over his first four starts, and with Wednesday’s 7-4 win over Charter Oak, the Wolfpack is 8-2 in preseason play. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
While teaching English in Malaysia during her Fulbright year, Rhian Moore would often take her class to the theater to watch U.S. blockbusters. Since returning to Southern California, Moore has amplified Asian and Pacific Islander voices in entertainment as head of programs at the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment. And last year she cracked Forbes’ yearly “30 Under 30” list of rising Hollywood and entertainment groundbreakers. Photo/by Jeff Hing
Trampled by Turtles is not a bluegrass band. Yes, of the six members, there’s a banjo player, a mandolin player, and a fiddle player — all core instruments of traditional bluegrass — but the music they play, along with the lead singer/guitarist, bassist, and cello player, owes as much to folk, country, rock ’n’ roll, and even, it turns out, speed metal. Tickets for Trampled by Turtles’ 7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 12 show at Bridges Auditorium are $59-$69 at pomona.edu/administration/bridges-auditorium. More info on the band is at trampledbyturtles.com. Photo/by Cooper Baumgartner
Webb girls soccer team captain Kate Cook, right, looks on Tuesday as visiting Francisco Bravo High School players begin to celebrate their 2-1 first-round win over the Gauls in the CIF-State Division 5 tournament. Webb finshed the season 20-2-1 and won the Academy League and CIF SS titles. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Pomona College hosted a “coffee talk” session February 27 to update staff and students on next steps as it prepares for a final decision on the proposed acquisition of Claremont Graduate University, which may come as soon as May. Photos/courtesy of Wikimediacommons
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