Junior Achievement Helps Provide Real-Life Experience

“Hello, I’m Kenny Rivet and I’m the CEO of Tech Apparel,” says Rivet, a senior at Technical High School. Thus begins the pitch of a student loan proposal to local bank representatives by a senior at Technical High School in partnership with Junior Achievement. A total of five students from Greg Border’s General Business class at … Read more

Opera Comes Alive at Clearview

Opera Papageno

Music just became larger than life for Clearview Elementary students. “Bravo, bravo, bravi tutti!” students exclaim, in-between scene changes during a recent on-site opera workshop before the public concert. Kindergarten through sixth grade students are eager to share their newly acquired stage skills from a week-long residency with artist teacher and performer Alisa Magallon from the MN Opera Company. “I … Read more

Project Challenge Takes the Stage

Project Challenge

It was another full house at South Junior High’s auditorium for Project Challenge’s annual Holiday Concert. Crowds filed in to listen to a recital of holiday songs with two special solo performances by Leif White (choral performance in German) and Robert Kampa (accordion). Two additional crowd-pleasers were visits from The Grinch and Frozen’s Olaf. “We have the best … Read more

One String, Not A String

Peace

“Inch by inch, row by row, I’m going to make this garden grow,” sings Dennis Warner, author of Beads on One String. “Do you have it memorized yet?” he asks the crowd of Oak Hill Community School students. “Yes!” the students exclaim. Warner visited Oak Hill to talk about his book in honor of Positive … Read more

Parents in Action Means Community

PIA St.Cloud Area School District

“One of the keys to academic success is teachers, but not the number one,” Sebastian Witherspoon, director of equity services for the St. Cloud Area School District, recently told graduates of Parents in Action.  “The number one indicator of student success is the educational attainment of mom and dad.” Parents, students and community members celebrate the largest class to … Read more