Young Scholars Expand Their Horizons With STEM

Young Scholar Latzke

Giggles and laughs echo down the halls of Discovery Community School this summer. It is the Young Scholars Summer Camp, and students are working on their project presentations to parents. Young Scholars is part of the talent development and accelerated services programming of St. Cloud Area School District 742. It is designed to help kids reach their … Read more

High School Coach Teaches More Than Just Athletics

Coach Mark Timpane

It’s week two of the summer Speed and Strength Camp that coincides with varsity Apollo High School athletics. However, something is a little unique about the girls’ soccer “chalk talk” with Coach Mark Timpane. The girls all received a text the day before from the coach stating they needed to write and bring their resumes … Read more

Tiger Build Gives a Sense of Community and Work Experience

Tiger Build House

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

We Knew It Was the Perfect Fit for Our Child

“We knew it was the perfect fit for our child,” says Stacy Stine, a District 742 parent, describing the school district in which she enrolled her kindergartner this past school year. The Stines moved from Sartell to St. Cloud, and they chose to open enroll their child at Oak Hill Community School after speaking with other … Read more

Recyle, Reuse and Engineer

Owner and Engineer Jeff Haviland

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