BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Staff Writer Students in the Clarkston High School Team RUSH 27 Robotics team usually spend most of July finishing their duct tape and cardboard boats for the annual regatta. Like many events during the COVID-19 pandemic, the RUSH Regatta was also cancelled but plans for another event are in […]
Everest soon-to-be third graders have been making their first communions over the past few months. Mountaineers are members at parishes throughout the Archdiocese of Detroit and Diocese of Lansing including St. Daniel, Our Lady of the Lakes, St. Joseph the Worker, and Holy Redeemer. As churches have been reopening and catching up on missed opportunities […]
Cedar Lodge #60 F&AM awarded three scholarships to 2020 Clarkston High School graduates on July 2 in a ceremony at the lodge, located at 1 E. Washington Street in Clarkston. The 2020 Elwin Brown Masonic Scholarship winners were Cali Ehrenberger and Amanda Sutherby, while the 2020 Elwin Brown Masonic Vocational Scholarship winner was Cody Neumann. […]
Five students from Clarkston – Delaney Brown, Emily Comos, Raegan Kerr, Ryan Larkin, and Ian Stuart – earned their degrees recently from Miami University during the school’s virtual spring commencement ceremony, May 16-17, 2020 Miami University is a public university located in Oxford, Ohio. *** Katerina F. Powers, of Clarkston, received a Juris Doctor in […]
Clarkston’s Acorn KinderHouse ended the 2019-20 school year with a special ceremony created by and celebrated in Waldorf Schools around the world. This annual event marks the transition of the Pre-K children ending their time at the KinderHouse and moving to Kindergarten. The children and parents gathered outside, socially distanced, with the faculty and staff […]
Three 2020 Clarkston High School graduating seniors recently received scholarships from MSU Federal Credit Union for their college educations. Nathan Abolish, Jordan Mountain, and Timothy O’Donnell each received a $500 scholarship. ”We are grateful for this opportunity to assist high school seniors to pursue post-secondary education in our communities,” said Whitney Anderson Harrell, MSUFCU chief […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor As summer continues on in Michigan, parents can’t help but wonder what school will look like come September with COVID-19 still an issue. Last Friday, Clarkston Community Schools Superintendent Dr. Shawn Ryan sent out an e-blast to school families letting them know two options – face-to-face instruction and online […]
The Huntington Learning Center in Clarkston wants to help with concerns about schools and impact on children. Clarkston Director Charlie James feels it is now essential parents act in order to ensure their children are ready for school in the fall. “The unfortunate truth is while school districts pulled remote learning together in rapid time, […]
Jacob M. Kersten, of Clarkston, graduated from Wichita State University after the Spring 2020 semester with a Bachelor of Business Admin., Human Resource Management degree, and also attained Magna Cum Laude status. Undergraduate students who have attained a grade-point average of 3.55 received the Magna Cum Laude award. Wichita State is located in Wichita, Kan. […]
When COVID-19 shut down Michigan schools this past spring, State Rep. Andrea Schroeder said she was amazed to see the creativity Oakland County teachers and parents used to keep students engaged while sheltered at home. In Clarkston Community Schools, hundreds of Chromebooks, headphones, and hotspots were distributed to those in need for a “robust ‘at […]