Over the weekend of March 18-20, hundreds of spectators came to the Everest campus in Clarkston to see the performance of “High School Musical” on stage. The Mountaineers became Wildcats, “brainiacs,” and “jocks” in one of the drama program’s largest productions yet. Wildcats in the performance, Everest dedicated this performance to the Oxford Wildcat community. […]
Clarkston Team RUSH Robotics team traveled six hours for the Greater Pittsburgh Tournament in California, Pennsylvania. The weekend was filled with excitement as Team RUSH, seeded second with a ranking record of 16-1-0, were regional winners and received the Autonomous award. For the Autonomous award, which is sponsored by Ford, the judges shared it celebrated […]
St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated annually on March 17, the anniversary of his death in the fifth century. The Irish have observed this day as a religious holiday for over 1,000 years. On St. Patrick’s Day, which falls during the Christian season of Lent, Irish families would traditionally attend church in the morning and celebrate […]
Clarkston Community Schools and the Board of Education announced last week that the district has saved taxpayers $4,029,346. This savings results from the successful sale of approximately $54 million of refunding bonds to refinance outstanding bonds, originally issued in 2016 to finance school building and site improvements throughout the district. Seventeen different financial institutions purchased […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor The increased safety precautions at Clarkston Community Schools keep increasing, and in the most recent case, knowledge certainly is power. St. Joseph Mercy Oakland trauma experts have teamed up with CCS to educate and train school district employees on how to apply first aid and control bleeding following a […]
Three winners of this year’s Clarkston Area Optimist essay contest have been announced, with two coming from Clarkston High School and one from Everest Collegiate High School and Academy. Taking first place was CHS senior Sophia Walker, while second was classmate Savannah Kacanowski and third place was Everest senior Molly Burgess. Winners received $250, $150 […]
The annual elementary Battle of the Books competition was a rousing success this year, wrapping up with the final round of competition last Wednesday, March 9, at Pine Knob Elementary. Students read a variety of books over the past several weeks and had to answer specific questions about each book in a limited amount of […]
Clarkston High School Leadership has been volunteering at the Clarkston Family Farm prepping for spring. On March 1, students worked on garden beds and organizing the space. From left, are Mekhi Battle, Anne Kuebler, Josh Powe, Wiley Gibbs, Liam Zimmerman, Ben Bacon, Ella Chamberlain, Gracie Howard, Aiden Day, Lucas McKinney, and Annie Gates. Photo provided […]
Last fall, the National Merit Scholarship Program announced the names of the 16,000 semifinalists. Last month, the program notified students who have been named finalists, including Everest Collegiate senior Nathaniel Beggs, pictured with his parents William and Karen Beggs. Photo provided by Everest Collegiate
The Clarkston Farm and Garden Club is accepting scholarship applications from 2022 high school seniors that live in the Clarkston Community Schools attendance area. Students may attend Clarkston High School, a private school, or be homeschooled. The scholarship application is located at clarkstonfarmandgardenclub.org or in the Clarkston High School Counseling office. Applications are due on […]