Mark Weimer, technology education teacher at Apollo High School, comes from a family of teachers, the majority of them teaching math and English. However, growing up, becoming a high school teacher was the furthest thing from his mind. Weimer’s father, a previous industrial arts teacher, became his math teacher in seventh grade. “He [my dad] would … Read more
This year, girls at Apollo High School hit the VEX Robotics team by storm after senior Arnold Rodriguez was the only person to sign up for the team. That’s when advisor and CTE Tech teacher, Dr. Matt Keil stepped in. Keil noticed Madeleine Schoenecker hanging out in the hallway after school. He approached her and … Read more
Coming from a family of educators, 1996 Apollo High School graduate Aaron Brossoit was instead bitten by the entrepreneurial bug even before graduating from St. Cloud State University (SCSU). While at SCSU, Brossoit became interested in websites and started to “play around” with them, teaching himself how to design web pages. He loved the creativity of art … Read more
It was almost a year in the making. Nearly 100 students came together to attend the first-ever Student Empowered Conference, a conference created by St. Cloud area teachers as a way for students to teach and learn from each other. The idea of a student-led conference came from an organically organized group of teachers from area … Read more
Have you ever heard about the Hour of Code? It sounds like a challenge level of a video game. Well, that’s not too far off. The term Hour of Code was coined to introduce computer science and “demystify code.” It’s an easy and simple way for anyone to learn the basics of computer coding. And … Read more