District 742’s Title I Homeless Services Program In pursuit of our mission to prepare, engage, educate, empower and inspire all learners, we sometimes must begin with the basics. For some students, these basics are just that: clothing, food and school supplies. Fulfilling these needs is what the District 742 Title I Homeless Services program sets … Read more
November heralded the 1: 1 Inspire technology rollout in St. Cloud Area Middle Schools. Technology Integrationists John Gerads and Angie Kalthoff generated a great deal of excitement around the kickoff, organizing 15 community meetings as well as an online family meeting for parents who could not attend a 1:1 meeting in person. 6th, 7th and … Read more
For over ten years, St. Cloud Area Schools have been focused on energy efficiency and savings as a partner in Class5 Energy’s Schools for Energy Efficiency (SEE) program. These efforts have resulted in $3 million cost avoidance for the district and recently were recognized with a 2014 SEE Energy Milestone Award. El Haus, retired supervisor … Read more
Amber Wiese feels that she has an umbrella view of the St. Cloud Area School District . She has a 5th grader, Dominic, at Madison Elementary in the Chinese Immersion program; an 8-year-old, Amara, in special education at Kennedy Community School; and a 3-year-old, Morgan, in preschool at Kennedy. A recent graduate from St. Cloud State … Read more
Listening to Our Stories “Now more than ever,” says poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, “literature matters.” That piece of wisdom may seem likely to fall on deaf ears of the average high school student, but 21 students from the Alternative Learning Center (ALC) in St. Cloud became active listeners at the recent pre-conference workshop led by … Read more