By Susan Carroll Review Writer Lake Orion held its National fall 2017 signing day and will send eight LOHS athletes off to play college sports after signing commitment letters on Nov. 8. This is the first of three official signing days for the school year. “This is a special day and we like to make […]
By Susan Carroll Review Writer Drew Towlerton, principal of Orion Oaks elementary school, started Monday morning on top of the roof of the school, greeting the students as he read to them. November 6-10 is National Young Readers Week, an annual event held during the second week of November to help raise reading awareness among […]
By Susan Carroll Review Writer Waldon Middle School has a new robotics team, the Waldon Dragons. The team had its first meeting on Sept. 9 and will compete in their first meet on Nov. 18. Robotics at the middle school level consists of a maximum of 15 students. The process to be on the team […]
Student count day was Oct. 4 in Lake Orion Community Schools and the unofficial numbers are in. The district had a total enrollment of 7,362 students, said Nancy Limback, pupil accounting specialist for Lake Orion schools. Lake Orion High School had 2,411 students. The Waldon, Scripps and Oakview middle schools had a total of 1,782 […]
Homecoming week is in full swing across Lake Orion schools, with the Homecoming Parade and student Activities Night on Sunday kicking off a week long celebration in preparation for the big game on Friday. The Powder Puff football game is 7 p.m. Thursday at the LOHS football field. The students hold a Pep Assembly at […]
By Susan Carroll Review Writer Last Friday (Sept. 29), during a sunny fall morning after a slight shower, the eighth-grade science class from Scripps Middle School gathered at the banks of Paint Creek in Children’s Park in preparation of putting their science skills to the test. The kids’ job for the day was to test […]
Some students at St. Joseph School in Lake Orion started off the school year by helping out others in the community. Sixth grade students went to Gleaners Food Bank in Pontiac to sort cans and other food products to be donated to needy families. The sixth graders collected over 400 pounds of food, which will […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor Lake Orion Community Schools plans to sell property it owns in Oakland Township and will repurpose Pine Tree Elementary, something the school board members had hoped for all along after announcing last November that the district would close the school. The board of education directed Superintendent Marion Ginopolis and the […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor For five years Penni Robertson has stepped into Flintridge Street near Joslyn Road holding her stop sign high and beckoning Carpenter Elementary students to cross the street, one eye on the motorists, the other on her charges. Now, when Robertson wades out into the street – with a smile for […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor As part of Lake Orion Community Schools restructuring plans, one elementary school principal has been laid off due to the closure of Pine Tree Elementary beginning in the 2017-18 school year. Three other elementary building principals have been reassigned to new schools to help the students with the transition process. […]