Technology is quickly becoming integrated with today’s teaching and learning. Whether it’s students using iPods, iPads or Chromebooks, today’s students are connected in a whole different way. District 742’s Accessible Educational Material (AEM) team works with teachers and students to make classroom materials accessible for students, including students with print disabilities. Needs don’t get overlooked. Charlene … Read more
After two tours in Iraq and Bosnia, Shelby Hadley, a former McKinley Area Learning Center student and 1997 Apollo High School graduate, has found her passion and niche as a vocational rehabilitation specialist for the St. Cloud Veterans Hospital. Her primary responsibility is to assess veterans returning from deployment in order to transition them into … Read more
Inge Auerbacher is an 81-year-old storyteller and she loves hugs. Her personal story is one of survival, perseverance and healing from the Holocaust. Eighth grade students from South Junior High listen to Auerbacher’s story. They’ve just finished reading “The Diary of Anne Frank” and have been studying the holocaust in class. They hear Auerbacher’s first-hand account as a … Read more
Area students are coming together to discover that they have more in common than they think. Students from Apollo, Tech, Sauk Rapids-Rice, ROCORI and Foley high schools are meeting every month to break down prejudicial barriers and find their shared experiences. Dr. Eddah Mutua, a communication studies professor at St. Cloud State University (SCSU), created … Read more
Walking through the halls of North Junior High School, you’ll see some students with an extra badge attached to their lanyard. These students are setting themselves apart. They are members of the FAB [Friends Against Bullying] Crew. The idea stemmed when two students, Chiel Mach and Nyamal Jang, then eighth grade students, set the club in motion. … Read more