You can read textbooks, listen to lectures and take tests, but when it comes to actual learning, nothing beats a hands-on experience. That’s exactly what Oxford Middle School’s sixth-graders got last week when they conducted scientific tests on their pond. They rolled up their sleeves and tested water samples for phosphates, nitrates and dissolved oxygen. […]
BY ALICIA DORSET Clarkston News Staff Writer Sometimes the best way to learn about something is to try it yourself. That’s exactly what the students of Doug Slater’s marketing class at Clarkston High hope to do. With the help of Glitz Salons of Clarkston, students will unveil ‘Day to Night?, a fashion show highlighting the […]
Wag & Walk The K-9 Stray Rescue League will host its 2011 Wag & Walk fund-raiser on Saturday, May 21 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The walkathon will take place at Powell Lake Township Park (adjacent to the Oxford Public Library, 530 Pontiac St.). Participants can either walk one mile of paved trail or […]
BY ALICIA DORSET Clarkston News Staff Writer Tired of giving your sweetheart the same old box of obligatory chocolate chews for Valentine’s Day? Then maybe a singing quartet might be the solution. For the fourth year in a row, the Pontiac-Waterford Big Chief Chorus is offering special barbershop quartets for a twist on the holiday […]
Lady Hitters headed to mid-Michigan to win the Alma Tournament, May 7. The girls started out with a win against tournament host, Alma, 13-4 in five innings. Shauna Siwicki hit a home run and had three RBIs for the first game. Teammates Sydney Hasselbach and Sarah Altene hit a double for the game and had […]
The Clarkston hockey team’s Division 1 ranking dropped from second to seventh after losses to Port Huron Northern and Birmingham. Captain Kyle Buzzo called a team meeting and they responded by pounding Royal Oak 9-1 Jan. 29 and beating number-one ranked Division 2 Grosse Pointe North 8-3 on Jan. 31. Clarkston was down 1-0 to […]
The Clarkston Wolves powerlifting team put forth another outstanding effort on Jan. 31 at the Thumb Regional Powerlifting Meet, hosted by Croswell-Lexington High School. Seventeen teams and 200 athletes participated in the event. The Wolves brought home second place team trophies in the boys JV and varsity categories. The girl’s team narrowly missed the third […]
Clear Lake Elementary students took a break Friday from their usual reading, writing and arithmetic to increase their cultural and global awareness through a special event called ‘Backstage Pass to the World.? All K-5 students spent the entire day going from classroom to classroom learning things such as Kung Fu, belly dancing, salsa dancing, yoga, […]
Elements Boutique, The Orion Art Center (OAC) and the Lake Orion Downtown Development Authority announce the annual Mystery Tour & Wine Tasting to benefit the Orion Art Center (OAC). The event begins at the OAC located at 115 S. Anderson in Downtown Lake Orion on Friday, May 20 from 6 to 10 p.m., includes a […]
Phoebe Holmes, 13, was honored in the nation’s capital for her volunteer work, at the 2011 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards. Phoebe ? along with 101 other youth volunteers from across the country ? received a $1,000 award as well as congratulations from Academy Award-winning actress Susan Sarandon at the 16th annual award ceremony at […]