Alyssa Harbaugh and Luke Hodgson represented Clarkston High School at the 4th Annual Ovation Awards at Wharton Center, May 17. ‘It was a cool thing to be chosen,? said Harbaugh. ‘It was an honor to go,? Hodgson added. ‘Just the support we got from our classmates and our director, Jeff Tice, was really a great […]
Little Free Libraries are popping up all over Oakland County and the Clarkston community can enjoy two added to downtown thanks to Girl Scout Troop 13363. The troop, comprised of incoming Clarkston Junior High School freshmen Lauren Dombrowski, Emily Herrmann, Hannah Music, Elizabeth Scheil, Bailey Schroeder, Nadia Smith, Olivia Thomas and Julia Walker, created two […]
Creativity was in the air at Clarkston Junior High School during the annual Teen Art Camp, June 15-18. Campers going into grades 6-12 were able to create using charcoal, paint, colored pencils and encaustic wax. The camp favorites were also back in forms of screenprinting and alternative sketchbooks. “They will probably be around for a […]
With today’s technology and the capability of cell phones, it’s not hard to take photos of everyday moments. I carry around my cell phone which has a better resolution when taking photos than any past cell phones had. I also carry a small Canon point and shoot camera, which goes through batteries quick but is […]
Reece Stachowiak went back to the laptop after his team’s robot went through one of the challenges on the course at RUSH Robotics Camp last Wednesday. The robot missed its mark by only by a small margin so he adjusted the program in the computer before downloading it to the robot. “I think it’s fun,” […]
The countdown is on as Team RUSH members finish the final touches on their boats for the eighth annual RUSH Regatta set for this Saturday at Deer Lake Beach. Students on the Clarkston High School’s robotics team take to the water in boats they created out of cardboard and duct tape. While building their boats […]
Clarkston gridiron heroes host their Seventh Annual Football for a Cure to raise money for McLaren Breast Center and McLaren Cancer Institute in Clarkston, Aug. 15. In this week’s edition, The Clarkston News sits down with a cancer survivor from McLaren. Last Friday was a special day for Cindy Jenko – it was her birthday […]
Here we are already in the first week of August and it doesn’t mean you should be thinking about the end of summer rapidly approaching. But you should start thinking about fall and not school supplies, which have been at retail stores since July or Halloween candy which I have also already seen on the […]
The recycle room was a bustle of energy and excitement during Camp Invention, held July 20-23, as students entering first through sixth grade looked for the perfect component for their project. This year’s Camp Invention curriculum was Illuminate and was inspired by some of the nation’s most brilliant minds. Every day the students were inspired […]
Emily Pobuda, a 2012 Clarkston High School graduate, has spent her summer helping others. She is currently a summer representative for Serengetee. The company purchases fabric from developing countries from impoverished women. They turn the fabric into pocket squares on shirts in a range of styles. “They then give the money back to the women […]