Each year, Everest students have the opportunity to bring in the Baby Jesus from their nativity scene at home to be blessed. Lower elementary students brought their Baby Jesuses on Tuesday when each class had a special time in the chapel to pray, as Father was unable to be on campus that day. Third through […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor In Clarkston Community Schools Superintendent Dr. Shawn Ryan’s weekly letter to the district’s parents, he wrote something that many parents have been hopeful to read. “It certainly feels strange to be experiencing December without the usual festivities, but a new year is around the corner and the likelihood of our […]
Each year, Everest faculty and staff in both the academy and high school buildings decorate their classroom and office doors for Advent, with the middle school student government judging the doors. The winners were Kristen Fazzoni’s class (preschool-second grade), Carrie Mazure (third-fifth grade), and John Haezebrouck (middle school). Photos provided
BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Staff Writer Clarkston High School Drama Club Troupe 803 attended the Michigan Thespian Festival during the first weekend of December for a virtual experience. “My experience for this year’s festival was not at all what I was expecting,” shared Halee Tisler, this year’s president of the Drama Club. “Honestly, […]
Pine Knob Elementary third-grade student Levi Baldwin created a wish list of hygiene items on Amazon.com and delivered over 10,000 items he collected to Lighthouse Clarkston on Dec. 4. Photo provided
When I came to Clarkston as a guest teacher in 1995, I was immediately drawn to the sense of community here. There was, and still is, tremendous pride associated with living and working in Clarkston, and in the way that the people here take care of one another. Having grown up in the small town […]
New concrete was poured last month at Clarkston Junior High School for the Building and Grounds Department’s fenced-in storage area. According to Steve Wyckoff of the Clarkston Construction Tech program, “We are pouring sections of concrete to help make it more manageable in sloppy weather.” Photo provided
Everest students bundled up and took to the outdoors to enjoy the season’s first wintry snowfall on Dec. 2, and many smiles were seen at the Clarkston campus. Photos provided
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor Even as Clarkston Community Schools buildings remain closed with all students adhering to distance and virtual learning until next semester, some parents think the doors should open to their students immediately. A small group of 15-20 parents gathered outside the CCS administration building this past Monday before and during […]
Every year, Everest Collegiate High School & Academy hosts a Thanksgiving food drive to benefit the Lighthouse of Oakland County. Students bring in items for Thanksgiving dinners for those who otherwise wouldn’t be able to celebrate the holiday. The EC student government hosted an in-class competition. Classes who met their goal of items donated had […]