Kyle Martens and Alexander Gavulic will represent Clarkston in the Optimists Oratorical Regionals Contest, May 3. The Clarkston High School students were honored along with other top boys and girls finishers in the speech contest at the April 2 Clarkston Optimists meeting. This year’s topic was “My Passions Impact the World….”
Friends and family from throughout north Oakland County gathered, April 12, at Boulder Pointe in Oxford to honor an icon in local news, Jim Sherman Sr., founder of Sherman Publications and retired publisher of The Clarkston News….
Part 6 on Clarkston schools’ new five-year Strategic Plan is on its fifth focus area, human resources. With 85 percent of the school budget funding employee salaries, benefits, retirement, and other personnel costs, human resources is a big part of Clarkston School Board’s Strategic Plan. “It is very important to be fiscally responsible in all […]
The 100 Yarden Dash kicks off this weekend, with demonstrations of gardening, composting, fencing, and other edible landscaping ideas. “At its core, it’s turning unproductive space into productive space,” said Mark Angelini of Springfield Township. “Food is central to everybody’s life. Everybody eats food.” A yarden, combination of ‘yard? and ‘garden,? is when part of […]
The Optimists honored Clarkston kids from three elementary schools with Student Citizen awards, April 16. Miguel Need was selected from Independence Elementary School. “Miguel is a wonderful student,” said Principal Chris Turner at the Optimist breakfast meeting. “The Optimist Creed is Miguel all the way down,” said teacher Rory Stevenson, who taught Need in third […]
Communications was a focus of Monday’s school board meeting. Board Secretary Craig Hamilton introduced a motion near the end of an almost five-hour-long meeting, April 28, for the board president to direct Superintendent Dr. Rod Rock to provide information to board members as requested. “I don’t think I get information in a timely manner,” said […]
More than 100 Clarkston kids were honored at the Clarkston Area Youth Assistance Annual Awards Ceremony, April 23, at Clarkston United Methodist Church. ‘You represent the spirit and values of this organization,? said James Tedder, keynote speaker. ‘Each of you are being recognized for different reasons ? starting a community organization, helping a friend in […]
With hashtags like “outofcontrol,” “ridiculousness,” and “budgetdiscussion gonewrong,” school board trustees’ Twitter feed at last week’s school board meeting were blunt and disrespectful. They may have also been a violation of the state Open Meetings Act. “Board members cannot communicate behind other board members’ backs during meetings,” said Mike Powell of Independence Township, who called […]
Years of work by students and staff at Renaissance High School to incorporate an environmental focus into everything they do received national notice ? a Green Ribbon School certification from the U.S. Department of Education. “I think it’s really cool ? I’m proud of the work we’ve done because I really think this is something […]
For graphic novelist Shaun Manning, growing up in Clarkston built a foundation for a career in comics.“My teachers included David Bihl – he was an unconventional teacher at Clarkston High School,” said Manning, who graduated from Clarkston High School in 1998. “Linda Denstadt was one of my English teachers. I didn’t appreciate it at the […]