The robotics students from Team RUSH 27 were both excited and surprised when they finished second place in the FIRST Robotics State Championship in Grand Rapids, April 11. “I was a little surprised because we were expected to be in 50th place,” said Cody Hughes. “We were expecting to be one of the last picked.” […]
On a sunny day last week I found myself at the Clarkston Community Schools Administration Building. I had three slips of paper in one hand and my favorite ink pen in my other. I was about to select artwork for The Clarkston News to display for the fourth annual Community Art Connection, which is organized […]
Clarkston High School was full of activity last Saturday as girls in Kindergarten through seventh grade stopped by for the first Maker Girl Mania. While there girls were able to get a hands on experience with different activities in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) fields. “Usually the Maker Girl fairs are for a huge […]
Hilarity ensues as the Clarkston High School Drama Club takes the stage in Ken Ludwig’s ‘Leading Ladies? on May 1 and 2. Austin Hauptstueck, as Leo Clark, and Mitchell Biggs, as Jack Gable, are actors trying to make ends meet and then discover a millionaire is dying and wants to give two million dollars of […]
Diana Marsala, a junior at Clarkston High School, smiled as she talked about being a Dean’s List Finalist from Team RUSH 27. “I was ecstatic,” she said when she found out. “There are so many students in FIRST that do amazing things and to be recognized as one of the best is just amazing. I […]
Cameron Brosky plays soccer, softball and skis but it was while she was cheerleading her skills caught some attention. Rebecca Girard Smoker, the state director for Miss Michigan, saw Brosky cheering at the Bailey Lake Elementary Talent Show and asked her to do the pageant. It led to Brosky, a fourth-grader, winning the 2015 Miss […]
Congratulations to all the winter sports teams and your achievements! It was a great season and awesome to watch. It was also great to see the Jungle come alive during each game and the crowds get bigger for the different events. A great showing of Clarkstonites were at the MHSAA Class A Boys Basketball Quarterfinals […]
Spring athletes were anxiously waiting for the snow to melt last week so they could get onto the fields for practice and Clarkston High School senior Joe Popp was no different. Popp is getting ready for his final season with Clarkston Varsity Baseball as the Wolves set their sights making it to the state finals […]
Two nights made a difference for the Wolves as their intensity fueled them for their third showdown against Rochester Adams in the season – this time for the MHSAA Basketball District finals last Friday night. A jump to the lead in the first quarter for the boys kept them charged as they won their 37th […]
Jim Territo is preparing for next Wednesday as he makes his New York debut as Bryan Campione and Jacob Langfeld present “New Standards: Songs for the Stage by Jim Territo.” “It’s very exciting,” Territo said about the showcase which features an array of work from the 1997 Clarkston High School graduate. “It is 15 of […]