First meeting of ’23

First meeting of ’23

The fifth grade Bailey Lake Elementary Junior Girl Scout Troop gathered at the school Sept. 19 for its first meeting of the year. Top row, left to right, is Jennifer Montano, Sophia Montano, Allison Gaff, Jane Smith, Ellie Smith, Addison Evans, and Audrey Winningham. Bottom row, left to right, is Paige Holland, Maeleigh Ondusky, Gianna […]

Everest Homecoming royalty

Everest Homecoming royalty

Sir Edmund joins Everest Homecoming Queen Kathleen Thibodeau and Homecoming King Matthew Bautel during the ceremony last Friday night, Sept. 29, at halftime of the Mountaineers’ home football game against Cardinal Mooney Catholic, a 21-7 win for Everest. Photo: Mary Roselli

Dressing for Homecoming

Dressing for Homecoming

Clarkston High School students show off dresses that the PTO helped sell at recent pop-up sales at the school in advance of the Homecoming dance on Oct. 14. Photo: Provided by Amy Darnell

Board exploring need for police presence at Everest

Board exploring need for police presence at Everest

By Matt MackinderClarkston News Editor INDEPENDENCE TWP. — At the Sept. 19 regular meeting of the Independence Township Board of Trustees, discussion took place regarding the township’s sheriff’s substation having a police presence at Everest Collegiate High School and Academy.Township Supervisor Jose Aliaga said Everest is proposing paying 80% of a deputy’s salary and the […]

Concert fundraiser

The Clarkston High School Choir is hosting an acoustic pops concert this Saturday, Sept. 30, at 7 p.m. in the CHS Performing Arts Center.Tickets are $10 and the event is a fundraiser for the choir’s trip to Italy next June.For tickets, visit showtix4u.com/event-details/76730.

Supporting the Mountaineers’ mission

Supporting the Mountaineers’ mission

Bill Merecki, Jake Taykowski, and Dan Brace were the big winners Sept. 11 at Everest’s annual golf outing at Shepherd’s Hollow Golf Club. The event netted over $40,000 for the school’s mission. Photo: Provided by Mary Roselli

Everest excellence

Everest excellence

This year, as a part of Everest’s expanded elective offerings, the school has worked together with FANUC to provide students in Robotics III with access to industry-level robots in Everest’s new innovations lab.EC teachers Jeffrey Stencel, Matthew Mileski, and Nghiem Nguyen attended FANUC academy in August to learn more about the robots.FANUC is a Japanese […]

Madrigals magic

Madrigals magic

It was a night to remember for the CHS Madrigals, opening for Loverboy and Foreigner at Pine Knob Music Theatre on Aug. 30. The group performed Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition” and ELO’s “Mr. Blue Sky” and even met some band members. Photo: Kelly Allen/CCS

Clarkston students to benefit from special professional training program

Clarkston students to benefit from special professional training program

By Matt MackinderClarkston News Editor On Aug. 31 at the Karmanos Cancer Institute inside McLaren Clarkston, McLaren Oakland, Project SEARCH, and Clarkston Community Schools announced a collaboration to open a student Project SEARCH site at McLaren Clarkston that will be a benefit to the local community.Project SEARCH is a nationwide initiative dedicated to providing young […]

Job training

Job training

Everest’s technology teacher, Amanda Maxim, recently attended a summertime computer science professional development course called CS Bootcamp in Marquette. The course was grant-funded, and Maxim said she is excited to bring back all she learned about coding and robots back to academy students. Photo: Provided by Mary Roselli

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