Cutting the budget leads next Monday’s Clarkston Community Schools Board of Education meeting. The board already directed administration to cut $6.3 million from 2012 and 2013 fiscal years to balance the budget. Governor Rick Snyder proposed cutting $470 per pupil in his 2012 budget proposal on Thursday. Retirement costs will also go up $230 per […]
Clarkston Board of Education approved pilot implementation of the Blessings in a Backpack program, Feb. 14. “Families don’t struggle with food Monday through Friday,” said Bruce Martin, Andersonville Elementary principal, the school testing the program. “They struggle with food on weekends and during holiday breaks.? The program provides non-perishable food for the weekend for students […]
The Wolves are closing in on the OAA Red league title after improving their record last week. With their win at Oak Park last Thursday the boys are tied with foes Southfield and Pontiac for the title – all three with 6-2 records in the league. Clarkston’s win over Troy on Feb. 8 gave them […]
The Girls Varsity Bowling team finished their last set on Friday against Hazel Park with a celebration. They beat Hazel Park in a shutout 30-0 and locked claiming the OAA league title with an undefeated season, 10-0. “I am really proud of their performance,” said Coach Elanor Hallman. “The key to moving forward this season […]
Grapplers sent Waterford Kettering and Waterford Mott teams to their locker room without a district title last Thursday. The Wolves beat both teams for the crown and move on to MHSAA Regionals this week. “We wrestled really well,” said Boys Varsity Wrestling Coach Andy Auten adding the boys only lost seven matches between both duals. […]
Junior Brad Pizzey scored a hat trick and Troy Fasseel guarded the net in a shutout game in the first annual Michigan High School Hockey Invitational Showcase. Fasseel saved 18 shots from East Kentwood while his teammates scored three of their 33 shots on the net on Saturday. Two goals came from Austin Morse and […]
Continuing their momentum from the beginning of the new year the Lady Cagers added three more wins to their record to bring it to 11-5. They beat Troy-Athens on Monday and scored a season high in the 57-48 win. “It was a good team win,” said Girls Varsity Basketball Head Coach Tim Wasilk. “The girls […]
Clarkston High School student Angela Harris held onto the purple foam dodgeball and faced off with Clarkston Junior High School Language Arts teacher Sarah Wasilk. They watched for the other to make a move as the last minute counted down in the championship round at the First Annual Dodgeball Tournament, held by LEAD students on […]
Clarkston High School’s LEAD Program held Random Acts of Kindness throughout last week. It was a way to tackle the growing bully issue in schools across the nation. During the week the students performed random acts of kindness, raised money for Leukemia Foundation and stepped out of their box to talk to students outside their […]
Clarkston Community Schools Superintendent Dr. Rod Rock spent three days in the nation’s capitol, returning with national insights into education. “They were saying in Washington, even as employment rates decrease it still take time for the housing market and different revenue sources to come back,” Rock said. He was in Washington D.C., Jan. 23-25, for […]