It started with money-saving ideas and ended with two well-known Lake Orion School entities joining forces to now offer Guided Afterschool Programs (GAP). No, not Guided Activities Programs, or the old GAP. That department and Community Education joined up to form the new GAP. ‘It’s a combination of two awesome brands that have been around […]
Looking to build off last year’s 7-2 momentum, boys? tennis Coach Eric Bracciano says he and his team are setting up for a good season. ‘We graduated seven or eight guys last year, which is a large portion of the team. But the guys have been working hard in the off-season and they’ve back come […]
Soon, there will be another new face on the school board. Just two months after the Lake Orion Board of Education voted in Kelly Weaver to fill a seat vacated by retiring Bill Walters, board Secretary Tina Peterson announced her resignation. Now that her youngest daughter is graduated from Lake Orion High School, Peterson plans […]
Cassie McElwain is a 13-year-old with alopecia areata (AA). That means people stare at her in public, says the Oakview student with no hair on her body except a little ‘peach fuzz? on her head. AA is an autoimmune disease where a body’s white blood cells attack hair. There’s no cure, though it’s not life-threatening […]
In 2009, door-to-door salespeople were all over last Orion. This year, their numbers are over twofold, along with the potential for scams and criminal activity coming with them, say police. According to Lake Orion Police Chief Jerry Narsh, the number of door-to-door permit requests coming through his department has more than doubled since last year. […]
Not everybody can do the national three-day walk for breast cancer, says Diane Schlitt. Schlitt is a member of Luby’s Boobies, a three-day walk team that walks in honor of Kathy Luby, a former Lake Orion teacher who passed away from breast cancer in 2008 at age 40. Now, Schlitt and fellow teammates Patty Jarvis […]
This year’s girls? cross country team is young, says Coach Debi McDonald, but there’s been a change in attitude that will help them on their feet. ‘I think we’re showing a lot more depth than last year. We’ve got several returning varsity runners who put in some good mileage this summer,? she said, adding ‘This […]
The Oxford Wildcats definitely have something to brag about. Two weeks ago, they won the eating contest against Lake Orion athletes. But that’s about all they have to brag about after the football game, Friday, Aug. 27. In the first Lake Orion-Oxford football faceoff since 1983, Dragons took back the ‘Double-O? trophy from Oxford, scorching […]
Summer ended yesterday for over 7,000 Lake Orion students, as they filtered back into elementary, middle and high schools. Lake Orion Review Facebook fans, like Terri K. and Peggy B., said they were ‘shopping, shopping, and oh yes, shopping? to get ready for the school year. Birgit M. had her hands full with LOHS and […]
The countdown is officially over. Summer is gone. Now is an appropriate time for beach bums to breath a heavy sigh of remorse and parents to breath a heavy sigh of relief. The school year is here. My husband and I have our own countdown going. In exactly five years and 37 weeks our baby […]