Schools facing ‘period of belt tightening,’ loss of millions in state funding

BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor As the COVID-19 outbreak has affected businesses across the state, the impact will also be felt by Clarkston Community Schools. At the May 18 Board of Education meeting, Executive Director of Business Services Mary Beth Rogers presented the potential financial implications of an expected decline in state funding on […]

Culinary arts award

The Oakland Technical Center Education Association has given six graduating Oakland Schools Technical Campus seniors a total of $3,000 in scholarship money ($500 each). One of the 2020 recipients is Clarkston High School’s Danielle Little, who is specializing in culinary arts and hospitality.

Everest students honored

Everest students honored

Everest Collegiate High School and Academy has awarded two $6000 tuition scholarships to a pair of incoming freshmen students, as well as another $6000 to a graduating senior to continue their studies in college. Mary Beth Williams (pictured top), a 2020 Everest graduate, is this year’s Fr. Daniel Scholarship recipient. She’s off to Franciscan University […]

High school senior tabbed Good Citizen

High school senior tabbed Good Citizen

Nicholas LaCroix, a senior at Clarkston High School, is the 2020 winner of the Daughters of the American Revolution Sashabaw Plains Good Citizen Award. The Good Citizen Award has been given each year 1958 by the chapter with a few exceptions. The 2020 Good Citizen Award topic was “Our American Heritage and Our Responsibility for […]

Academic achievements

Daniel Simon of Clarkston was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi Simon at Louisiana State University Shreveport. Simon is among approximately 30,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year. Membership is by invitation and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the […]

High school senior awards announced for 2019-20 school year

Top 25 Senior Scholars Daniel J. Andary Richard E. Budny Jessica N. Buscher Hannah E. Cady Owen J. Dollins Jacob G. Draksler Madison R. Dryden Nicholas R. Galley Jack E. Gibbs Isabella S. Imirowicz Riley S. Kisser Kaitlyn A. Knight Chase A. Landis Logan L. Malone Jacob T. Marra Dylan L. Mattice Natalie M. Neumann […]

Reflections from Everest eighth graders

Eighth graders are finishing a chapter in their educational journeys as they finish their elementary educations and move on to high school. Each year, Everest recognizes the accomplishments of eighth grade students as they transition to high school. Their years at Everest Academy mark the foundation of their educational experiences. Here they learned to read, […]

Everest kindergarteners finish first year of school

Everest kindergarteners finish first year of school

Kindergarten marks the beginning of a student’s formal educational journey. The building blocks of learning are constructed under the careful supervision of loving teachers and parents at Everest. Mrs. McGrath is incredibly proud of this year’s kindergarteners, not only for achieving their academic goals in reading and more but also for their perseverance through distance […]

Art aplenty at Everest

Art aplenty at Everest

Everest art teacher Carrie Mazure prepared in a virtual art show providing parents and students the opportunity see student art work from throughout the school year which ordinarily would have been displayed as part of Everest’s fine arts night in May.

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