Students often have felt unheard when it comes to practice and policy involving their education. St. Cloud Area School District 742 is committed to listening to their voices. Recently high school and middle school administration joined forces to create both a Northside and Southside Student Summit to amplify student voice. During the summits, students opened … Read more
Central Minnesota Virtual Academy (CMVA), an online academy through St. Cloud Area School District 742, has been in the making for two years and will provide another pathway toward graduation for students. Beginning as early as this winter, students will be able to enroll for the 2023-24 school year. The Minnesota Department of Education and … Read more
This year, Community Learning Fridays are a new addition to McKinley-ALC thanks to Principal William (Bill) Sininger. His implementation of Community Learning Fridays gives students the opportunity to learn and use skills not typically found in the classroom while engaging with community partners. So far, Sininger considers the program a success, and both students and … Read more
Tech High School counselor, Erin Bloch, always had psychology in mind when she attended college, working full-time as a paraprofessional during the day at an elementary school and attending classes at night. Working with students day-to-day, however, made her rethink her direction of psychology. “[I started] looking at different careers and different areas where I … Read more
Jordan McGreevy, science teacher at Tech High School, loves animals. As a young child, he wore clothes with animals on them and dug in the dirt to find obscure animals to bring home. So, as college approached, it felt natural for him to go into veterinary science. The further he pursued the career, however, the … Read more