Two years ago, St. Cloud Area School District 742 featured Farrah and Orly Reese, sisters at Oak Hill Community School who were in the Distance Learning Academy. They shared their newfound passion of creating loom animals while filming a video about distance learning. Like students across the world, COVID kept them from venturing out and … Read more
The St. Cloud Rox Project S.A.V.E. (Sports, Arts, Volunteerism and Education) Foundation has expanded its partnership with St. Cloud Area School District 742 this year to a newly piloted fitness program. The three-week program was the idea of Jim Loria, the corporate and community partnership director at the St. Cloud Rox Baseball Club. “We sat … Read more
Many in the St. Cloud Area know Tech High School graduate and Olympian Alise Post for her international fame in BMX racing. Rising quickly at a young age in her shadow, however, are two brothers, Lucas and Jacob Theisen from Oak Hill Community School. They’ve been hitting the BMX circuit by storm, nationally and now internationally. … Read more
Who is more excited or nervous for kindergarten to begin? Parents or students? KinderCamp, a St. Cloud area districtwide collaborative with community education, occurs every summer to help prepare soon-to-be-kindergartners for that first day and beyond. Take a peek into a day of KinderCamp in Ms. Davidson’s class at Oak Hill Community School. It’s day three … Read more
Venturing into school for the first time poses interesting questions–and answers. During rest time, a little boy whispers to the girl next to him, “Will you marry me?” She flashes him a panicked look and responds,”No, thank you.” Ask any 3-year-old how old he thinks you are, and he will say a number from one … Read more