I am responding to the June 9 letter to the editor captioned, “The filibuster is racist and needs to go,” (Lake Orion Review, June 9, 2021, page 6) Saying that the filibuster is “racist” and a “Jim Crow Relic” is absurd. The filibuster goes all the way back to Roman times and was not created […]
Dear Editor, Julia Cornacchia’s June 9th letter (‘The filibuster is racist and needs to go’) about the filibuster being racist contains some inaccuracies, as well as some valid points. First, it is not “a Jim Crow relic” since it was first used in 1837, some sixty-odd years before the advent of Jim Crow legislation. Secondly, […]
Orion Area Youth Assistance would like to thank the members of the Lake Orion community who donated shoes to our first ever Shoe Drive fundraiser during this past April and May. Our goal was to collect 2,500 pairs of shoes and we were successful! We are working with an organization called Funds 2 Orgs who […]
I attended the Lake Orion High School graduation this last Tuesday. It was the best I have ever attended. There were 535 graduating, and the behavior of all attending is to be congratulated. There was only one message on a mortar board hat, no beach balls, no silly string, no unruly behavior of any kind. […]
Parents: Ryan and Lori Giacolone Grade: 12 GPA: 4.0 Favorite subject(s): Biology and Chemistry Extracurricular activities: I love to paint and also play lacrosse. Hobbies/Interests: I am on the varsity lacrosse team and I also paint shoes and sell them to customers. Plans after graduation: I plan to work and take classes and then eventually go […]
Cate Leonhard, a senior on the Lake Orion High School girls track and field team, was selected to compete on Team Michigan at the Midwest Meet of Champions on June 12 at Olivet College. Each year since 1974, the top-ranked senior track athletes are invited to compete on Team Michigan versus a all star team […]
Lake Orion High School Coach Eric Bracciano was selected as the 2021 Overall State Girls Tennis Coach of the Year for Michigan. Prior to this honor, Bracciano had been voted 2021 Regional and Division 1 Coach of the Year. Lake Orion was the Oakland Activities Association (OAA) White division tennis champs in 2021, and finished […]
27 Learning Option students and three Phases students graduate this year By Megan Kelley Review Writer Lake Orion High School graduated 535 students at the school’s commencement ceremony on June 8 at DTE Energy Music Theater. “This has been a year to remember for all of us and I am thankful to be standing here […]
On Thursday, Lake Orion Community Schools announced that Sarah Perry would be taking over as the new principal of Oakview Middle School for the 2021-22 school year. Perry succeeds former Oakview principal Sarah Manzo who retired this year. Perry’s previous experience in LOCS includes working as the assistant principal at Oakview and Waldon middle schools […]
Students to stay masked through end of the school year By Megan Kelley Review Writer Lake Orion Community Schools Superintendant Ben Kirby gave the final extended COVID-19 update plan of the school year at the district’s Board of Education meeting on June 2. As a whole, the plan has not changed much from the plan […]