One of the goals of Tech High School during the 2020-21 school year is to create a greater sense of community. It’s especially difficult in a time when students are distance learning. Yet, staff and students alike have taken on the challenge and met it with great success. One of the ways they have created … Read more
“Jelly Beans the Cheetah and Hope” is a children’s book about inclusion and how children can make a positive impact on each other that has been read and shared throughout the St. Cloud Area School District. The author, Wendy Muhlhauser (pen name SissyMarySue), is currently working with some District 742 employees to translate the sequel, “Jelly … Read more
Sometimes education is a lifelong passion. Mary Jane Brewster, even in retirement, is still educating teachers, counselors and other educational staff on the importance of how to help kids get along better. Brewster worked in St. Cloud Area School District for 26 years as a counselor. While at Lincoln Elementary, she piloted a program called … 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
“I love this song!” yelled a Talahi teacher, as she came running into the gym to join the fifth graders dancing to the “Cupid Shuffle” alongside community members and Youth Frontiers, a non-profit, Minneapolis based organization that travels across the country teaching kids about character. With the start of school, principal Kate Flynn wanted to … Read more