I'm still processing all of this... Here's what I've got so far:
1) I'm so sad
2) No one should be afraid to go to school
3) Oxford (& Clarkston) will never be the same. Huge loss of innocence
4) Gun control isn't good enough
5) We need to do better
6) We need to be better
Sigh
12 months of Clarkston Athletics:
Boys Basketball - State Champs
Softball - State semis
Boys Golf - 4th in Mich
Boys Lacrosse - State quarters
Boys Tennis - 9th in Mich
Girls Golf - 6th in Mich
Girls XC - 8th in Mich
Boys XC - 8th in Mich
Football - State finals on Saturday
Heard in school tomorrow:
"I can't believe we have school today, the roads are so bad"
"Do they even use salt here?"
"Someone parked in my spot"
"Sophomores suck at driving"
"Did you see Monday's weather?"
"Does this school even have heat?"
Dang, what a crazy day. Thanks to
@ClarkstonFound
for the nod. Also, thanks to my fellow nominees. There's no way that I'm more deserving than you. You are the reason I love working in this awesome district.
@LearnAtCCS
@subcollection
The strangest weather phenomenon is happening on the Clarkston/Waterford border right now with some sort of reflection of car headlights. It looks as if all headlights are going straight up. Ice in the atmosphere?
I swear I'm not on drugs.
Like this:
Approaching 12 hours from when I wake up to the weirdest school year ever.
(by the way... I am not worried about teaching virtually but I am worried about doing so much typing that I somehow drop a "lmao" or "wtf" or "af" in mid-conversation)
Down goes Clarkston*
*Down goes ___ started as a fun way to document snow days. COVID has ruined that too (I guess I let it). Last night our school board deeply debated the serious issue of starting school face 2 face vs starting online. I know it was a tough decision. 1/
Boiling eggs.
Dog wanted a walk.
Forgot about the eggs.
Came home to the worst smell ever.
Eggs blew up and burned all over kitchen.
Smell has permeated into every room.
Every candle is burning.
Stephanie isn't home yet.
I'm so dead.
Quarantine update from Mr. Warner's house: His young daughter strapped on her tap shoes & put on a lengthy tap dance routine for her neighbor friends.
Plot twist: the stage she used for the dance routine was the hoods of both of their cars. I'll post pics as soon as I get them.
Using kids to push an agenda...
This is maddening.
Please unfollow me forever if you think this is ok.
Science is real.
Who do you think teaches your kids? Teachers are real people. They are scared. None of us want this. We are just trying to make your kids smarter. Ugh.
This is the scene outside of the Hudsonville Public Schools board meeting tonight. Dozens of parents have showed up to urge the school to make masks optional. People here say officials locked the doors 15 minutes before the meeting, and now they’re not letting participants in.
Clarkston 2018 Fall Athletics
Girls Cross Country - State Champs
Boys Cross Country - 4th in State
Girls Golf - 6th in State
Boys Tennis - 7th in State
Swim/Dive - 21st in State
Soccer - Regionals
Volleyball - Lost to State Champs
Football - State Championship Game on Saturday!
Earning the Letter: Her positive spirit and willingness to work hard earns Kenzie Zacharias, who was born with Down syndrome, a spot on the varsity cheer team at Clarkston and the admiration of her peers.
@CtownAthSec
#ConsumersEnergy
I left my flip flops @ my buddy's house last night. His son had a lax game today near my house. I told him to just throw them by the entrance to the field & I'd grab them later.
Instead, he hid them (separately) & gave me clues to find them.
Took me 45 min. 😂
I ❤️ my friends.
Me: You have 30 min to study for tomorrow's Forensic Drug test
(4 girls in the corner look like they're dancing)
Me: What are you weirdos doing?
Girls: Um...We're playing drug charades. Someone acts out the drug effects & the rest of us guess
~20 min later they're still playing😂
CONGRATS TO THE WOODSHOP!!!!
The Woodshop won the 2020 Clarkston Restaurant Battle.
Your prize will be secretly hid upstairs @ the Top Shop with all the other random stuff on the walls there.
We love & miss all of these places and can't wait to spend tons of cash there!
Senior walk is truly the best part of the year. Lots of smiles. Lots of hugs. Lots of tears.
Good luck Class of 2019. Feel free to check back in on Twitter every winter to see what's going on in the world of snow days.
#DownGoesTheSeniors
Congrats to the Clarkston High School Ski team! Both boys and girls made the state finals today. Girls won their region and boys took 3rd. It was an awesome day!
#GoWolves
I was so excited for all the Elissa Slotkin ads to stop today. They are everywhere. On TV. On the radio. In my mail. Every ad on my phone.
So, I just sat down for a drink at Deer Lake Athletic Club & guess what... She is having her election party here. Ahhhh.
#SOS
Forensic fact of the day:
Just as humans can be identified by their fingerprints, dogs can be identified by their nose prints. Yes, you read that correctly, a dogs nose print is unique to that dog, just as no two human fingerprints are the same.
Listen: You did absolutely nothing throughout your entire tenure to further education. Now you are trying to claim high ground by bowing out a week before your tenure is over. So gross and so worthless.
NEWS: Betsy DeVos has resigned, writing in a letter to the president: "There is no mistaking the impact your rhetoric had on the situation, and it is the inflection point for me."
Just drove the back roads from Clarkston to Oxford. It normally takes 15+ minutes. It took me 45 minutes.
2 things:
1) Roads are 💩
2) Horses suck (j/k
@StephanieBrosky
🙄)
2 more hours of snow... Things aren't getting better.
So my wife told me that Forever 21 has a men's section and that they have Hawaiian shirts. She totally punked me.
This has got to be the weirdest store ever. It's like a Garage Sale ate Spencer's Gifts and then died.
Thanks
@StephanieBrosky
...
Wow... So many things I want to say.
In summary though: WTF?
This is basic science and basic common sense. Quit making things worse. There's a reason we are 4th in the nation for this pandemic. This is internationally embarrassing.
I wish I could've stayed for the entire commencement! Here are 3 of my fav photos from the day. It was great to see the graduate's personalities shine and to watch the parents actually have a part in the day!
Thank you to
@LearnAtCCS
for putting this all on!
#Clarkston2020
Honest question... Why is Michigan (metro Detroit) such a hot zone for COVID-19?
(side note: we are killing it now when it comes to social distancing... See map)
Summer of '19
Took Jeep doors off
D.C. w/100 8th graders
Bob Seger
Argentina
Brazil
Uruguay
House guests from: Cali, Seattle, Atlanta
Lewiston golf weekend
Exuma Islands boating
MC Hammer
Glen Arbor
Water Skiing
Tubing
Nelly/TLC/Flo Rida
Grand Lake
Put Jeep doors back on