By Megan Kelley Review Writer As the school year begins its descent into summer, Lake Orion Community Schools prepares for the next steps into the 2019-2020 school year. With Superintendent Marion Ginopolis’ previous two-year contract expiring at the end of this current school year, the board was tasked with deciding whether to extend Ginopolis’ contract […]
By Megan Kelley Review Writer Lake Orion Community School’s Curriculum Committee shared several new implementations that the district would be expecting to try out next school year. Two stand outs include Dragon University and High School Flex time. Dragon University would be offered to teachers throughout the district (and possibly outside of the district in […]
By Megan Kelley Review Writer Lake Orion High School’s DECA team headed to Detroit from March 8-10 to compete in the State Conference. DECA, formerly the Distributive Education Clubs of America, is a marketing co-curricular club that allows students to compete in various marketing related fields in the district, state and national levels. “It (DECA) […]
Lake Orion’s girls lacrosse team started their season two weeks ago, beginning with a rival match at home against Oxford High School on March 21. The Wildcats led the Dragons throughout the entire hard-fought match, with Lake Orion losing the battle, 12-11. Lake Orion’s Allison Romanski scored five goals for the Dragons, with Natalie Maki […]
The Lake Orion boys lacrosse team headed to Plymouth High School on March 26 to take on the Wildcats. The Dragons started out strong with an early 4-2 lead in the first half but lost momentum in the second half, eventually losing to the Wildcats 9-6. Hunter McCarty led Lake Orion with two goals. Sam […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor The Lake Orion varsity girls track and field team started the season out strong with a decisive 82-46 win over Oxford on March 27, the first outdoor meet of the season. The Oxford meet was also the team’s first OAA dual meet competition and the Dragons were able to pick […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor There are few teams in the area that have known the success and dominance that Lake Orion’s boys varsity track and field team has over the past seven years. Coach Stan Ford’s teams have won seven OAA Red division championships in a row, and, last year, took second place at […]
By Megan Kelley Review Writer Students in Lake Orion put down their technology and picked up a book to participate in reading month this March. Students in the LOCS district were surprised by special guest readers thoughout the month, including Lake Orion superintendent Marion Ginopolis, State Senator Rosemary Bayer and State Representative John Reilly. Many […]
Night at the Races benefits LOHS scholarship program By Jim Newell Review Editor The Lake Orion Lions Club hosted the 5th annual Night at the Races on Saturday with the lions once again prowling the lanes to raise funds for the club’s scholarship program. “All proceeds from the races go to support the scholarships,” said […]
By Megan Kelley Review Writer Lake Orion fifth graders spent their morning on March 23 competing in the Orion Township Public Library’s annual Battle of the Books competition. Every year, the Orion Twp. Library invites fifth graders in teams of 3 – 5 to read 12 books that were chosen by Youth Services Librarians and […]