A week after receiving the school attorney’s legal opinion recommending Board of Education members not post to social media about board business, board Trustee Steve Hyer did just that. Hyer posted about 15 tweets during the May 19 school board meeting ? headline-type updates as the board worked its way through the agenda. According to […]
William Gunther is this year’s Clarkston Teacher of the Year. The Clarkston Junior High School health teacher was selected from 15 nominees. “I’m a little bit awed to be among such an awesome group,” said Gunther at the awards reception, May 8. “I hope to live up to all of your expectations.” This year’s award […]
Math is the name of the game during the month of May at Clarkston Elementary School. “It’s been quite a tournament,” said parent volunteer Sherry Snudden, helping with the Math Pentathlon tournament, part of May Math Madness at the school. Their game of choice, Queens & Guards, teaches logic and strategy, said student Hayden Payne. […]
Earning Clarkston Optimist Club’s final Student Citizen Awards of the 2014 school year are Garrett Dellinger of Bailey Lake Elementary, North Sashabaw Elementary student Kaden Lockwood, and Eliza Mansour of Springfield Plains Elementary. “This is my eighth year taking part in this award ? this year was different,” said Principal BLE Glenn Gualtieri. “I knew […]
Clarkston High School’s Senior Scholars have big plans this fall. The 25 graduates, selected based on grade point average, course load, and service, will be studying, working, and making a difference “from sea to shining sea,” said Superintendent Dr. Rod Rock at Clarkston State Bank’s annual Senior Scholar Breakfast, May 28. “Something I see in […]
Independence Elementary’s Learning Garden started small but grew into something great. “It’s a phenomenal garden club,” said Director Chelsea O’Brien, organizer of the IE Garden Club, along with Camila Duarte and Jessica Sorensen. “We have big plans for next year.” The project is a student-led garden providing outdoor learning opportunities for all students at the […]
Terri Trantham and Diane Moeller opened Express Weight Loss and Wellness, 6647 Dixie Highway, to make a difference in people’s lives. ‘We’ve seen how weight affects people, their quality of life,? Trantham said. ‘It’s emotionally upsetting. It affect your career.? The sisters, both with experience in the engineering field, wanted their first business together to […]
The Clarkston Area Farmers Market opens for a new season on Saturday, June 21, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., outside the Community Education Building, 6558 Waldon Road. The market features locally grown produce and products, including onion, garlic, heirloom tomatoes, potatoes, maple syrup, honey, soaps, bath oils and other bath products, sodas, Llama yarn, eggs, free range […]
Home after a weekend trip, Shane and Jennie Kelly of Clarkston made a gut wrenching discovery. Their beloved dog, Daisy, was missing. “We didn’t get home until about 1, 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday and she wasn’t here,” Jennie said. “We put on shoes and went looking for her.” The dogsitter had accidentally let the black-and-white […]
A Right-to-Work case, which includes a Clarkston paraeducator, continues against Michigan teacher unions. The Mackinac Center for Public Policy filed a request with the state, June 5, asking the Michigan Employment Relations Commission to make a new rule. The new rule, requiring public-sector unions to notify employees of their ability to opt out three weeks […]