BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor In his March 19 communication to Clarkston Community Schools families, Superintendent Dr. Shawn Ryan said he wanted to provide the “full picture” of where the district is in terms of current COVID-19 rates and resulting quarantines in CCS heading into the last week before spring break. “We are seeing […]
The Clarkston High School Drama Club will present two streaming performances in April. The first is “Check Please,” by Jonathan Rand. This Stay-at-Home Edition is a Zoom performance. Dating is hard and the audience follows the two main characters as they go through a series of blind dates. They think it can’t get any worse…until […]
Back in January, 22 Clarkston High School Business Professionals of America (BPA) members competed virtually at the Michigan BPA Region 4 Conference, partaking in a variety of events ranging from Java and C++ programming, to computer networking, to accounting and finance, to interview skills. Overall, Clarkston students placed in the top four in 21 different […]
The United States Coast Guard Academy has announced that 4/C Cadet Allison Osborn has been named to the Board of Trustees list for her academic, military and physical fitness performance in the Fall 2020 semester. Osborn earned three stars to be worn on her uniform. She earned the gold star for being named to Dean’s […]
Three Pine Knob Elementary students and one Sashabaw Middle School student participated in the Virtual D-I Destination Imagination Regional Tournament two weeks back and took second place in the region in the Improv challenge “Case Closed.” “It’s been a challenging year to compete in the D-I program, but they are doing well and are having […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor Nathan Clark, senior at Clarkston High School, and Bailee Pfahl, senior at Our Lady of the Lakes High School in Waterford, were recently presented with Good Citizen awards by the Daughters of the American Revolution’s Sashabaw Plains Chapter. The award is given to students from area high schools who […]
The BroncoBots, Independence Elementary’s Lego Robotics Team, competed last Saturday at a qualifying tournament and has advanced to the state tournament, set to be held on March 27. The team, which has been working together since October, posted a perfect score on their robot design evaluation. Pictured, from left, are Josephine Yedlin, Brandon Jaskulka, Zach […]
A year ago today on March 10, 2020, Governor Whitmer announced the first presumptive cases of COVID-19 in Michigan. We’ve had plenty of time to reflect on the profound losses of the past year, but as I visit with the students, educators, support staff, and parents of this incredible school district, I also see the […]
Everest headmaster and high school principal, Greg Reichert, was recognized as the 2021 Amazing Catholic Principal Award at this year’s Catholic Foundation of Michigan 2021 St. Katharine Drexel Catholic Education Celebration, which was held on Wednesday, March 3. Photo provided