BY JESSICA STEELEY Clarkston News Staff Writer For some students in Clarkston, schools meals are their main source of nourishment and breaks can cause them to go without. This spring break the Clarkston Transportation Department decided to help four families in this situation through a Michigan Education Department (MEA) Out Reach Grant. Clarkston Bus Driver […]
BY JESSICA STEELEY Clarkston News Staff Writer Artistic skill, a passion for creativity and performance were honored last week at The Clarkston Foundation’s Student Recognition Awards for Performing and Visual Arts. The ceremony was attended by several members of the foundation, as well as Clarkston Board of Education members Steve Hyer, Greg Need, Andrea Catalina, […]
Critter Guy Paul McCormack visited first grade classrooms at Pine Knob Elementary last Friday. He brought in a trove of animals for the students to feel, hold and learn about. First, he brought out Woody, an Australian tree frog. Then he brought out Pearle the Cockatiel. The colorful bird walked along students arms and stood […]
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of spending my day with Mrs. Murray’s ninth grade history classes at Clarkston Junior High School. The students were assigned a project to interview someone born before 1955 and the teacher asked me to come in and teach the students some interview techniques. Since I studied education […]
BY JESSICA STEELEY Clarkston News Staff Writer Bringing together his love of writing and World War II history, Clarkston High School Senior Alexander Gavulic won a Gold Key award in the 2017 Midwest Scholastic Art and Writing Competition. “There were only a handful of kids who received these awards,” Gavulic said. “It was an honor […]
BY JESSICA STEELEY Clarkston News Staff Writer Extra costs for electricity at Brady Lodge led to a $3,180 project overrun. Brady Lodge’s electricity cost the township a total of $31,763. In addition to electricity, the electrical work included dimmers for ballroom light switches, variable fan controls for ballroom switches, electrical circuits for a security system, […]
BY JESSICA STEELEY Clarkston News Staff Writer For Clarkston parent Linda Kisabeth, starting the school year before Labor Day spoils prepaid vacation plans. “I may be one, but I’m sure there’s others out there who are negatively affected,” Kisabeth said at the March 27 Board of Education meeting where the school board voted unanimously to […]
BY JESSICA STEELEY Clarkston News Staff Writer Writing bills, debating issues, voting on laws – Clarkston’s Youth in Government Club experienced them all at the YMCA Michigan Youth in Government Conference in Lansing last month. “It was great. We went up to Lansing and we wrote bills,” Senior Alexander Gavulic said. “We would get together […]
BY JESSICA STEELEY Clarkston News Staff Writer Emotions ran high last week at Clarkston’s Second Annual Sparkle Awards, an event honoring those who go “above and beyond” for students with different abilities requiring an Individualized Education Plan. All 130 nominees received an award and an individual or group from each category received an additional Special […]
BY JESSICA STEELEY Clarkston News Staff Writer Clarkston student Alex Czarnecki represented Everest Collegiate High School in the 60th Science & Engineering Fair of Metro Detroit. Czarnecki received second place in his category: Robotics and Intelligent Machines. He began working on his project in September through an independent study with Nghiem Nguyen, an Everest math […]