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 […]
Friday morning, we awoke to a heavy blanket of snow in Clarkston. As superintendent, my wake-up call comes earlier than most (around 4 a.m.) when I connect with our transportation and facilities directors, our North Oakland County network, the Road Commission of Oakland County, and even sometimes a meteorologist to make an informed decision. Of […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor Clarkston Community Schools reopened this week after being in a distance learning environment since November. The district started the school year in a virtual mode before opening the buildings in October. A month later, schools closed again due to rising numbers of COVID-19 cases. Now, the schools are back […]
Ava Thewes, of Clarkston, has been named to the Dean’s List at the University of New Hampshire for earning honors for the Fall 2020 semester. Thewes is majoring in Sport Studies. Students named to the Dean’s List at UNH are students who have earned recognition through their scholastic performance during a semester enrolled in a […]
Jenson Walker, of Clarkston, has been named to the Southeast Missouri State University Dean’s List for the Fall 2020 semester. Students named to the list earned at least a 3.75 grade-point average on a 4.0 scale, completed at least 12 hours of standard graded credit, achieved no grade below a B. *** Lauren Brundage, a […]