Alumni Success Story: Wayne Schluchter

Schluchter Coaching the Tech Tigers

Imagine what happens when you have a coach who genuinely cares and won’t give up on your future. Wayne Schluchter, a 1978 Tech High School graduate, still gives back to the community that gave him so much by coaching Tech’s football team. In high school, Schluchter became a Tech football athlete who later went on … Read more

IMAGINE 742: Innovation Through Student and Staff Voice

IMAGINE 742 Exploratory Day. Students discussing ideas

This past school year, St. Cloud Area School District 742 launched IMAGINE 742, an innovative crowdsourcing platform that provides both students and staff an opportunity to share their ideas on how to make District 742 an even better place to learn and teach. IMAGINE 742 also allows the district’s education community to share in the … Read more

Alumni Success Story: Anoop Prakash

Prakash and his wife Gita

Anoop Prakash, a 1991 Tech High School graduate, would say that his career has had a lot of twists and turns and luck along the way. He has worked in multiple countries as well as served in government, the United States Marine Corps, and both private and public sectors. “When I graduated in ’91, I … Read more

Alumni Success Story: TyRuben Ellingson

TyRuben Ellingson

All you have to do to succeed is give yourself permission. TyRuben Ellingson, a 1977 Tech High School graduate, has always had an interest in movies. He had a strong passion for visual mediums of art, so he picked up a camera as a teen to create short videos. While in high school, Ellingson also … Read more

Alumni Success Story: Sarah (Handahl) Ahlberg

Presenting at a Scientific Conference

When Tech High School graduate (1999) Sarah Ahlberg broke her leg playing soccer in eighth grade, she recovered at home with her father who had just undergone quadruple heart bypass surgery. It was a traumatic experience for her to face the mortality of a parent at such a tender age. By the age of 15, … Read more