Carissa Hopkins-Hoel 
If you’re like most parents, you want to encourage your children to do the best they can, study hard and get great grades. However, what are the best motivators and habits? With all the new technology today’s kids are using, are the techniques the same as 10 or 20 years ago? In doing some research, we’ve found … Read more
North Junior High School and Kennedy Community School are the first two schools in District 742 to implement the new Raptor Security System. This new system allows faculty to do quick “on-the-spot” security checks on visitors using the visitor’s driver’s license. Since safety is one of the top priorities for the school district, starting with the 2015-16 … Read more
The enthusiasm is overflowing in Dan Schaefer’s 5th grade class at Kennedy Community School in the St. Cloud Area School District. Students stand outside the St.Cloud State University Science Express, a mobile science lab, as Schaefer goes over all of the “Did You Know” facts on the outside of the Science Express. Students “ooh” and “ah” that Saturn would … Read more
Don’t stand too close to the court because these girls know how to pile-drive a tennis ball! The Tech Tiger tennis team has three powerhouse sisters playing on their team. Taylor, Katelyn and Ashley Tarrolly have been playing tennis since they were tots. “Tennis is a family thing,” says Taylor, the oldest of the three … Read more
“I love this song!” yelled a Talahi teacher, as she came running into the gym to join the fifth graders dancing to the “Cupid Shuffle” alongside community members and Youth Frontiers, a non-profit, Minneapolis based organization that travels across the country teaching kids about character. With the start of school, principal Kate Flynn wanted to … Read more