Nothing connects communities quite like art. Especially when the artwork is done by students from multiple communities. Each year, Apollo High School and Tech High School participate in an art collaboration with other area schools: Becker, Foley and Sauk Rapids-Rice. The art collaboration formed by these schools is in its seventh year. This year’s project was funded … Read more
Driving along Division Street in St. Cloud last fall, you may have seen a chain link fence go up around the parking lot across from Tech High School. Soon after, cement blocks and floor trusses were placed inside the fence. Fast-forward in time and you saw walls, a roof and several construction workers diligently working on a house. Looking … Read more
There is a reason for the saying “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” In this case, one school district’s trash is a teacher’s treasure. Sara Laudenbach, one of North Junior High School’s technology education teachers, believes in recycling and reusing. North Junior High was under construction last summer to accommodate the growing number of students. … Read more
Apollo High School alumna Laura Nelson Olmstead always aspired to be a judge. Starting June 1, her dream is coming true. Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton just appointed Nelson Olmstead, a ’96 Apollo graduate, to the Second Judicial District Court of Minnesota. Nelson Olmstead attributes much of her learning to her mentor, Honorable Judge Kathryn Quaintance … Read more
Today’s kids love to play games on mobile devices. What better way to get kids engaged in creative, artistic, technology-based learning than to design an app and then sell it on iTunes as a fundraiser for the school? That is just what South Junior High School did. Bruce Klemz, a local college professor, loves to give … Read more
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