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 […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor Now that the new school year has started and the calendar has flipped to October, some students are learning from home and, admittedly, still adjusting. At school, most students work at a desk. At home, some may not have that luxury. That’s where Nate Hawes comes into play. Hawes, […]
Rielee Fetty, of Clarkston, is a member of the incoming undergraduate class at the University of Iowa that has topped previous records in achievement with a higher average high school grade-point average (GPA), at 3.78, than any previous class. The average high school GPA for the classes of 2023 and 2022 were 3.76 and 3.71, […]
Everest Collegiate High School and Academy parents, alumni, alumni parents, board members, sponsors, and more came out to Shepherd’s Hollow on September 21 for the annual Everest Golf Invitational, which had been postponed from the spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic. One hundred golfers teed off at 9 a.m. in support of the education of […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor After two weeks of all Clarkston Community Schools students and staff participating in online learning to start the 2020-21 school year, that may soon change as early as next week. Superintendent Dr. Shawn Ryan has been keeping busy monitoring the COVID-19 situation on a daily basis and will take […]
Daniel P. DeWitt, of Clarkston, and Mykala A. Wendt, of Davisburg, have been named to the Dean’s List at Grand Valley State University for the Spring-Summer 2020 semester, which concluded in August. To be on the Dean’s List, a student must have maintained a 3.5 grade-point average and been enrolled in a minimum of 12 credits. […]