Natalie Nance, a 2003 Lake Orion High School graduate and Oxford resident, was killed in a car accident on Jan. 14 while traveling near Cadillac. Nance, 21, was riding in a vehicle with her boyfriend, Mike Pisha, of Wixom, and his cousin Phillip, on their way to Boyne Mountain. As Pisha was driving, the vehicle […]
Sarah Franklin had no idea she was about to be named Lake Orion High School’s Teacher of the Year, until she heard LOHS Principal Todd Dunckley describing some ‘childhood memories? from this year’s winner. Franklin, an English and expository writing teacher at LOHS for the past five years, and co-chair of the English Department, is […]
I started actively trying to get healthy, eat better and lose some weight long before the New Year, starting back in October of last year. Between October and early December, I managed to lose 20 pounds by exercising about 20 minutes a day, and good, old-fashioned just-eating-less. Then the holidays came. I actually didn’t do […]
The Lake Orion Education Foundation recently awarded nearly $6,600 in mini-grants for projects in Lake Orion Schools, and plans to award the next round in May. LOEF president Michael Palmer said the foundation received 13 grant applications, awarding 11. These are the first grant awards since the LOEF was ‘reinvigorated? last spring. The grants were […]
Natalie Nance, a 2003 Lake Orion High School graduate and Oxford resident, was killed in a car accident on Jan. 14 while traveling near Cadillac. Nance, 21, was riding in a vehicle with her boyfriend, Mike Pisha, of Wixom, and his cousin Phillip, on their way to Boyne Mountain. As Pisha was driving, the vehicle […]
Lake Orion Schools is preparing to once again tighten its budgeting belt, putting a Headlee override to a vote in the May 2 election. If the Headlee override passes, it will allow the schools to again levy 18 mills. LO Schools Executive Director of Business Services Jillynn Keppler told the school board on Jan. 11 […]
Lake Orion Schools Middle School Teacher of the Year has been working in the district for 29 years, and once tought in a women’s prison. Donna deWitt-Schnell, computer applications teacher for sixth, seventh and eighth-grade at Waldon Middle School, was surprised to learn she had been named Teacher of the Year on Jan. 12. Faculty […]
The deadline to file for anyone interested in running for the Lake Orion Board of Education in the May 2 election is Feb. 7. Paperwork must be filed, in person, by 4 p.m. at the Oakland County Election Division. School board members are elected to four-year terms. On the Lake Orion board, two members have […]
If an application for a grant through the Road Commission for Oakland County is successful, the Village of Lake Orion could receive federal funds to help pay for the repaving of Flint Street. The village council voted to have village manager JoAnn Van Tassel sign the grant application on behalf of the village at their […]
This will be the last year that Lake Orion High School’s graduating seniors receive their diplomas at Meadowbrook Music Theatre, located on the campus of Oakland University. Lake Orion Schools Superintendent Christine Lehman said starting in 2007, LOHS will hold their graduation ceremony at the Freedom Hill Amphitheater. Freedom Hill is located on Metropolitan Parkway […]