The Clarkston Schools Instrumental Music Association is raising funds to help support the students in Clarkston’s Bands and Orchestra programs with a virtual run/walk 5K that can be done at your leisure any time between June 4 and June 13. Runners/walkers will not meet for this event, and individuals can participate in the location of […]
The Michigan Education Association announced the recipients of the 2021 MEA Scholarships, honoring exemplary public school students from across the state who will be attending a Michigan public university next fall. Among the 444 applications submitted for scholarship awards this year, the MEA Scholarship Fund Trustees chose 22 new award recipients who will each receive […]
Everest Collegiate high school students presented forensics pieces, and six finalists advanced to the final competition. Winners were awarded the $100 St. John Chrysostom Scholarship. Pictured, from left, are sophomore Diego Kittinger, junior Sawyer Arbogast, sophomore Amelia Shripka, freshman Kathleen Thibodeau, freshman Caroline Beggs and senior Theresa Waller. Photo provided
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor Gino Pacifico is yet another Clarkston Community Schools success story. A 2017 Clarkston High School graduate and currently a Dean’s List student at Northern Michigan University studying Biochemistry, Pacifico recently won the Technology Innovation Student Award for a project he proposed on developing novel ways to increase drug efficacy in […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor Temujin Kensu, formerly known as Fred Freeman, has spent the past 35 years in jail for a murder many say he didn’t commit. Recently, students at Clarkston High School joined the cause to help free the man they say has been wrongfully jailed since 1986. “I was approached by […]
Janet Downey, of Clarkston, has graduated Magna Cum Laude from Western Michigan University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology: Behavioral Science. While attending WMU, the 2017 CHS international baccalaureate grad was a teaching assistant, participated in laboratory research, and was a member of multiple registered student organizations. She served as president of the […]
In-person instruction is not going anywhere for Clarkston Community Schools after Governor Gretchen Whitmer urged high schools to go virtual for two weeks during a press conference last Friday. Clarkston Superintendent Dr. Shawn Ryan responded to Whitmer in an email to the local community. “As your superintendent, I am not in a position to evaluate […]
Natalie McGowen, social worker for Sashabaw Middle School and Renaissance High School, was recently named the School Social Worker of the Year Award for Oakland County by the Michigan Association of School Social Workers. McGowen was nominated for the award by her colleagues Kendall Stortz, Christina Fink, and Kylie Krentzin, who said, “Natalie is a […]
A few weeks ago, Assistant Superintendent of Administrative Services John Lucido and Director of Student Growth and Well-Being Staci Puzio hosted well-being focus groups with staff to learn how the district could support positive morale going into the last few months of the school year and recognize the sacrifices being made by our staff each […]
Natalia Gergle, Noah Bridger, and Mariah Drye, all of Clarkston, were named to the Dean’s List at Saginaw Valley State University for the Fall 2020 semester. To be eligible for the Deans’ List, a student must take at least 12 credit hours and carry a semester GPA of 3.4 or better. *** Elizabeth Smith and […]