Eagle Time Brings North Staff and Students Together

Running during Eagle Time

This year, North Junior High School is excited to implement a new student engagement program called Eagle Time. The idea for Eagle Time came from school leadership studying trends on how students lose their focus and feel less engaged in the afternoon as opposed to mornings. Eagle Time scheduled in the middle of the day … Read more

Students Discover Their Superpower Through Literacy

Dando and students

This summer, South Junior High School Crush Academy students collaborated with Assistant Professor Michael Dando from St. Cloud State University‘s (SCSU) English department on an exciting Lion Man Literacy Project, made possible by a 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) grant through United Way/Partner for Student Success. Under the supervision of Dando, students were able … Read more

Staff Spotlight: Brent Petermeier and Nathan Schutz

Petermeier and Schutz

Madison Elementary School has a dynamic duo, Brent Petermeier and Nathan Schutz. Both are behavioral support specialists (BSS) which means they modify teaching styles to provide intervention for students with significant social, emotional and/or behavioral needs. They work together in partnership with teachers to provide support to specialized instruction for students with individual education plans. … Read more

Staff Spotlight: North Junior High School’s Eglantina Cenolli

Cenolli with a student

Dr. Eglantina Cenolli, EL (English Language) and mathematics teacher at North Junior High School, would say teaching is in her blood. Her parents, aunts, uncles and most of her sisters are all teachers. She considered becoming a medical doctor. However, civil war in her home country of Albania prevented travel to acquire a medical education. … Read more

Apollo Student Uses Poetry to Learn English

Mengue with her parents

Anne Mengue is a new-to-country Apollo High School freshman who has impressed her EL (English Language) teacher and administration with her poetry skills. She’s one of the recent winners of Apollo’s Black History Month Writing Competition. Mengue moved to St. Cloud from Cameroon, Africa in August. She was very excited to start school. In Cameroon, … Read more