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A year ago this week, a $13 million school budget deficit stunned school board members and residents. Not this year – Clarkston School Board's Jan. 24 meeting was canceled by board President Steve Hyer....more >> |
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Independence Elementary students honored the life and teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with their annual Peace Walk, Jan. 14. Students were led by Principal Chris Turner through the hallways to the music of "We Shall Overcome....more >> |
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Clarkston Community Schools honored 12 employees for the First Quarter Employee Recognition Awards at the Board of Education meeting, Jan 10. First-quarter awardees include, in back from left to right, Jody Sebring, art teacher, Pine Knob Elementary; Melissa Skyarce, Instructional Aide, Clarkston Elementary; Kim Chadwell, media tech, Clarkston Elementary and Springfield Plains Elementary; Michelle Laing, 3rd/4th grade teacher, Springfield Plains; Tim Berkquist, head custodian, Andersonville Elementary; Thomas Evans, day custodian, Clarkston High School; in front, April Killewald, first grade teacher, Bailey Lake Elementary; Kaki Gove, physical education teacher, Sashabaw Middle School; Jeanne Webster, Math Instructional Aide, SMS; Pat Kent, physical education teacher, SMS....more >> |
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Laughter ensued in Springfield Plains Elementary's gym as the students followed the adventure of Ned. During the assembly, Jan. 14, the students learned Never give up, Encourage other and Do your best, also known as NED - the character's name....more >> |
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| 1909: Sister Maria Innocentia Hummel, artist. |
| 1917: Raymond Burr, actor (Perry Mason). |
| 1921: Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist. |
| 1926: Robert Creeley, poet. |
| 1944: Mary Bourke Robinson, first woman president of Ireland (1990-1997). |
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| 1620: Present-day Martha's Vineyard is first sighted by Captain Bartholomew Gosnold. |
| 1790: Paris is divided into 48 zones. |
| 1832: The Democratic party holds its first national convention. |
| 1856: Lawrence, Kansas is captured and sacked by pro-slavery forces. |
| 1863: The siege of the Confederate Port Hudson, Louisiana, begins. |
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