Does your student need additional help with school? Looking for tutoring, but unable to afford it? Clarkston Area Youth Assistance may be able to help. Skill building scholarships for tutoring are available for families that income-qualify. Scholarships can be used for tutoring sessions with a tutor of your choosing. Contact Clarkston Area Youth Assistance now to see if your student qualifies […]
Everest Collegiate student government elections were held the week of Oct. 5, and winners were announced on Monday, Oct. 12. Pictured, from left to right, are Anthony Felix (secretary), Amelia Shripka (10th grade rep), Jake Jackson (11th grade rep), Lucia De Nigris (treasurer), Jose De Nigris (10th grade rep), Celeste James (11th grade rep), Michael McGrath […]
The early part of October brought about fun events for students at Everest Collegiate High School and Academy. One of them was October 2 – the feast of the guardian angels. Each year on this day, students in preschool through second grade celebrate God’s special protectors, while fifth grade students prepare special activities for younger […]
Each month, Everest’s junior kindergarten class learns about an author. October’s author of the month is Eric Carle, author of many popular children’s books. The students read the book ”Pancakes! Pancakes!” on Oct. 6. In the story, Carle teaches students all about how to make pancakes from scratch – and that is just what the junior […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor When Noah Castillo was a senior at Clarkston High School during the 2018-19 school year, he didn’t want his three years attending Oakland Schools Technical Campus-Northeast (OSTC-NE) learning the welding trade to go to waste. Two years later, Castillo is enjoying his time as a lead welder working for […]
John Keller, of Clarkston, has been named to the 2020 spring semester Dean’s List at Ohio Wesleyan University. To earn Dean’s List recognition, Ohio Wesleyan students must achieve a grade point average of 3.5 or better on a 4.0 scale in all applicable classes. Ohio Wesleyan is located in Delaware, Ohio, approximately 30 miles north […]
Many years ago, President Abraham Lincoln led the country in uniting in days of prayer and fasting for the nation during the Civil War, held on the last Thursday of September. This invitation was renewed this year by Father John Riccardo, a priest of the Archdiocese of Detroit. Regardless of religion, the entire nation was […]
One of the highlights of every Everest middle schooler’s year is the middle school integration. Held early in the school year, this trip ordinarily takes middle schoolers to a camp for an overnight. At the camp, students participate in team building activities and fun. With current COVID-19 restrictions, the activity had to be adapted, but […]
This week, Clarkston Community Schools students began their gradual transition back to face-to-face instruction in buildings. Students in Young Fives and Kindergarten returned on Monday, with the other elementary grades added on Wednesday and Thursday. Students in grades 6-12 with last names beginning with A-K will resume school on October 12. The other half of secondary students […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor In a unanimous vote Monday night from the Clarkston Community Schools Board of Education, the doors to all schools in the district will gradually reopen to staff and students starting next Monday, October 5. The board had voted August 10 to start the 2020-21 school in an online capacity […]