Fourth grader Kate Meyer was the first place winner in North Sashabaw Elementary’s 2016 National Geographic GeoBee. Fifth graders Gauge Falk and Dillon Hunter came in second and third. All students took a written qualifying test, with top students moving on to a qualifying bee that included questions about U.S. and world geography. The top […]
Observing Clarkston’s students on stage, in class, online, on playing fields engaged in their joys and passions, represent some of the happiest moments of my life as the superintendent of schools. In our young people, I see clearly transcendent hope for a wonderful future. Recently, I became aware of a brilliant Clarkston Junior High School […]
Water sports enthusiasts rejoice for the boat launch at Stony Lake Township Park will be open for Memorial Day weekend. ‘It should be ready to go,? said Ron Davis, director of the Oxford Township Parks and Recreation Department. Much to the dismay of area boaters, the launch was closed all last summer because the floating […]
It’s official ? Oxford Community Schools is now the proud new owner of a prime piece of real estate in downtown Oxford. The district closed Monday morning on its $785,000 purchase of the historic Meriam building, located at 10 N. Washington St. Eventually, the district plans to move its central administration and board of education […]
Andersonville Elementary students had fun at the school carnival last Friday, but also took the opportunity to show off some of their education philosophy, posted on their walls and shirts.
By Frank J. Granett R.ph. The brain is the most complex organ system of the human body. With an intricate communication system involving neuronal cells and multiple forms of chemical neurotransmitters, the brain efficiently transmits impulses guiding children as well as adults to achieve normal behavioral development. However, today’s toxic environment is impeding normal behavioral […]
Compassion for others and a terrific sense of humor is how Oxford-Orion FISH President John Thomas Cass is being remembered following his Wednesday, April 14 death. He was 74. ‘He was a kind and warm man who loved a good joke,? said his wife of 31 years, Valarie Cass. ‘He was just an all-around good […]
It’s been about eight years since Oxford Community Schools had a law enforcement officer working exclusively with its students and staff on a daily basis. Now, it appears the district and Oxford Township are looking into possibly reinstituting the position of school liaison officer. The only obstacle is funding. ‘I would be supportive of having […]
Atlas Twp.-At the Jan. 25 board of trustees meeting, township attorney David Lattie presented the first draft of an ordinance to regulate drones and unmanned aircraft in the township. The board is expected to further discuss the ordinance at an upcoming meeting. According to the proposed ordinance, drones will be prohibited from flying under 250 […]
Brandon Twp.- It’s back to the drawing table for a school district wastewater treatment plant and officials will likely return to a plan to ask voters to fund the project through a sinking fund millage. Last month, district administrators were excited about the results of an independent study they commissioned that contradicted findings of the […]