The road to becoming a doctor for 2014 Tech High School graduate, Sruthi Shankar, has not been what she imagined. She’d been looking at colleges across the United States, always knowing she would attend medical school. However, that road changed in January of her senior year in high school. “My dad took a job offer … Read more
Graham Litterst, English language teacher at South Junior High School, wanted to stay as far away from teaching as he could. Both his parents were professors. His mother taught at St. Cloud State University and his father at the College of St. Benedict. Growing up, he saw first hand how they dedicated themselves to their students, … Read more
Melissa Huberty, 1989 Tech High School graduate, knew as a teenager that she wanted to work with people with chemical dependency. During high school, Huberty connected with a lot of different students; she didn’t hang out with a particular clique. To her, it was all about relationships. “It’s easy to judge people that don’t have … Read more
The accidental drowning of a child at a local park during the summer of 2017 greatly affected Apollo swim coach Alex Badger. “One drowning is one too many,” says Badger. “We live in Minnesota. With all the lakes, rivers and pools in apartments [that] we have in this state, no one should not know how to … Read more
Students at North Junior High School are practicing their communication skills and expanding their use of iPads and Schoology by televising the school’s daily announcements. Middle-level students from the Student Leadership Team are determined to engage more students at North. They believe that broadcasting daily announcements is a unique way to inform students about the … Read more