Lake Orion Middle School readers went head-to-head in the districts most competitive reading comprehension competition on Feb. 7 at Scripps Middle School. A total of 167 students and 34 teams compete in this year’s Battle of the Books competition. The three Middle School Media Specialists: Rebecca Lowe, Scripps Middle School, Melissa Kempski, Oakview Middle School, […]
By Megan Kelley Review Writer As summer approaches, Lake Orion Community Schools is preparing to lay out their construction projects for Carpenter Elementary, Orion Oaks Elementary and for new Astro-Turf on the high school soccer field. During their Feb. 11 meeting, the Lake Orion Board of Education approved bid awards for the two school bond […]
By Megan Kelley Review Writer Will possible new policy changes force the district to rename Blanche Sims Elementary once the new building is finished? No, and you won’t see any unapproved drones flying over school facilities either. The Lake Orion Community School’s Board of Education met on Wednesday for a regular meeting that included discussions […]
By Megan Kelley Review Writer Lake Orion Community Schools often boasts about the outstanding staff in the district and for good reason. It isn’t often that you find a LOCS student who hasn’t been positively impacted by a teacher they have had in their years in Lake Orion, and district wide M-STEP scores show that […]
Students at Carpenter Elementary celebrated their 100th day of the school year last week with activities themed around the number 100. Pictured to the left is probably the highlight of the day for first grade students in Ms. Freeman’s class: Lucy is selecting 100 snacks which she then got to eat… yum yum! Above, Ainsley, […]
By Teddy Rydquist Review Sports Contributor With the ambient temperature remaining steady at a couple of degrees below freezing, the Lake Orion Dragons boys and girls skiing teams hit the slopes at Pine Knob in Clarkston to compete in the Michigan High School Athletic Association Regional 2 Meet on Feb. 12. Like how the scoring […]
Lake Orion High School will hold their second annual Career Day during the school day on May 28. Eleventh grade students will have the opportunity to job shadow a professional in their potential career paths in order to help them further explore their interest. Students will be paired with a mentor in the field of […]
By Kristie Orselli Review Sports Contributor The wrestling team’s post-season play did not start off well; losing to Clarkston in team district action on Feb 12. However, the Dragons fared much better in individual districts on Feb. 15, qualifying nine wrestlers for regionals. Senior Issac Kinne was the lone first place finisher, avenging a prior […]
Lake Orion’s girls varsity basketball team headed to Avondale High School on Feb. 11 to take on the OAA White division leaders. The Yellowjackets dominated the court, extinguishing the Dragons 54-21. Freshman Madeleine Ebbert led Lake Orion in scoring with six points, followed closely by senior captain Grace Vukelich with five points. On Friday, the […]
By Megan Kelley Review Writer One thing that sets Lake Orion apart from districts throughout the country is their athletic program. Each year, Lake Orion High School sees Dragon athletes go on to further achieve their dreams by signing to play college level sports. LOHS held their second signing day event of the year on […]