South Junior High School students recently took a field trip to the College of St. Benedict, not to tour the school, but to meet students from Holdingford Public Schools. South and Holdingford students created cultural art pieces that represent their own ancestral history through their intercultural studies classes. Sarah Drake, a resident teaching artist, facilitated … Read more
South Junior High School students are becoming bloggers thanks to the coaching of Sarah Good, language arts teacher at South. Students are sharing their thoughts and feelings with their peers and community, giving an insider’s view of life in middle school. The blog is called “In the Middle.” The idea originated in Good’s previous teaching position … Read more
Venturing into school for the first time poses interesting questions–and answers. During rest time, a little boy whispers to the girl next to him, “Will you marry me?” She flashes him a panicked look and responds,”No, thank you.” Ask any 3-year-old how old he thinks you are, and he will say a number from one … Read more
By Jason Menth, technology integrationist at Talahi Community School At Talahi Community School, digital tools, mainly iPads, are used to further understanding of student learning and to apply creative thinking in ways that other learning tools wouldn’t be able to do. Passionate teachers design lessons to make learning richer and deeper for students. Kindergarten students use … 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