Clarkson Students Shine
Northern suburbs students have been acknowledged in the annual State Government "Best and Brightest" awards for academic and vocational excellence.
Kira McPherson and Rachael Howe from Clarkson Community High School were among 167 high-achieving students from public schools around the State awarded $1000 for their efforts, in the fourth year of the awards.
Life is a Highway
Clarkson Community High School Year 10 music students Kaylah Brazendale and Nathan Stone finished their school year off with a bang when they recorded an acoustic cover version of "Life is a Highway" yesterday.
Their version is beatifully simple, consisting of only Nathan's acoustic guitar and Kaylah's fantastic voice, with subtle dynamic processing by John Keyworth who supervised the recording.
Wild Thing!
The Year 10 & 11 music students of Clarkson Community High School continue their foray into the world of audio recording with their latest offering, a cover of the classic rock track Wild Thing.
Students End The Term On A High Note
After many requests by students for the school to provide recording facilities for music performances, their dreams have finally become a reality thanks to the collaboration of the Music and IT departments. Audio/visual facilities in the IT block have recently been creatively adapted to accommodate the needs of the Year 11 & 12 TEE and Music in Society classes, allowing those students to create a permanent digital record of their musical endeavors in a professional-standard recording studio.
Literacy and Numeracy Highlighted
Clarkson Community High School students participated in Literacy & Numeracy Week last Thursday, reading picture books to a group of children.
The Year 8 students visited Horizons Childhood Learning Centre in Clarkson.
Vibrant Response to Challenge
Clarkson Community High School students have won major awards in the sea-themed poster competition for the 2008 Mindarie Festival.
Other local schools in the competition included Peter Moyes Anglican Community and Clarkson Primary schools.
Clarkson CHS Year 10 student Mason Willoughby won the overall design category for the most striking design with his poster that incorporated 3D objects, including shells and different textures to enhance the look of marina life and sea dragons.
Global tool adds up to success
Clarkson Community High School Year 8 and 9 students are excelling at mathematics thanks to an online program designed to motivate students and improve their results.
The global program has inspired students at this school so much that one Year 8 class achieved a ninth ranking among all users in the world last month.
Teenage author sets his sights on the stars
Writing a novel is a big achievement for anyone, let a long a 15-year-old boy. But (Clarkson Community High School student) Luke Vandermark has already written a science fiction novel, Northern Galaxy Police Force: the legend of James Hawkman, and plans to write more.
Students Get Set for Inaugural Rock Opera
Clarkson Community High School senior drama and music students will perform their first ever musical, Leaving: A Rock Musical next month.
