Nicholas Verhelle, Richard Nicosia, Samuel Sonefeld, David Baca, Caryn Cooley, Deana Hunter, Adam Kociba, Elena Wood-Hallett, Sarah Rooks, Lara Steib, Connor Hegarty, Yuri Karpushenkoff, and Clay Roeder, of Clarkston, and Jack Schwartz, Cale Herzenstiel, and Brooke Martin, of Davisburg, received Academic Honors for the semester which ended in December 2020 at Ferris State University and Kendall […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor As Clarkston Community Schools went into mid-winter break Feb. 15-16, Superintendent Dr. Shawn Ryan said he remains “cautiously optimistic” as the district is “holding strong” more than three weeks into in-person learning. Ryan noted virus rates in the immediate area continue to trend in a positive direction, and staff […]
BY JACK MUELLER Clarkston News Intern Kids speeding through the monkey bars and dipping under the slides, their screams and giggles collide with the sound of bikes ripping through the trails and the loud pop of potato chip bags opening at picnic tables. It is a beautiful, sunny and 85-degree day at Depot Park, smiles […]
In lieu of this year’s annual trip to Washington D.C. to participate in the March for Life, Everest student government planned a “We Stand for Life” event for students in eighth-12th grades, Jan. 29. After early dismissal, high school students opted in to participate in a pro-life demonstration on Clarkston Road in support of the […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor As more of an onus gets placed on mental health, especially in schools with students and staff dealing with the ever-changing educational environment at home and in the school buildings, Clarkston Community Schools has been proactive in bringing therapy dogs to Pine Knob Elementary. Eighteen-month-old Black Labradors Charlie and […]
Last Saturday, February 6, brought freezing temperatures, but courageous Everest Academy families braved the cold for the school’s family sledding event. Celebrating families was the theme for Saturday of Catholic Schools Week. Families enjoyed sledding and warming stations. Father Thomas Salazar, the school’s chaplain, and Rose Wieber, elementary formation coordinator, joined in the sledding fun […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor Katie French certainly keeps herself busy. A teacher in the English Language Arts department at Clarkston High School, French is also an author of some 35 books as an Amazon best-selling author in Young Adult Sci-Fi and Fantasy whose book, The Breeders, was a semifinalist in the 2014 Kindle […]