If a student is having a bad day, that frown will turn upside down if he or she is riding on Jon-Scott Johnson’s bus. Between “Candy Fridays,” Bus Bucks and good conversation, there’s no room for anything but a smile. “I’m the first person they see in the morning. I make sure they see a … Read more
New to District 742 this year is the American Indian Program, a program designed to assist and give support to American Indian students enrolled throughout the District. Heading the program is director of equity services, Sebastian Witherspoon, along with Lacey Lokken, the new American Indian coordinator. “My non-technical description of the program is about closing … Read more
If you’re looking to engineer something and send it into space, Jill McGuire is your person! McGuire, a 1987 graduate of Apollo High School, is a space robotics application office lead at NASA. She and her team, after completing their mission to design and send over 200 tools into space for the Hubble Space Telescope … Read more
Kristen Bauer, music teacher at Kennedy Community School, and Kristen Mattick, choir teacher at South Junior High School, are two members of the choral group 5 Good Reasons. Their passion for music extends beyond the music room. Bauer has known since she was born, that she would be a music teacher. Her sister and mother are … Read more
October coincides with college and career readiness in St. Cloud Area Schools, and what better way to acknowledge that than with a kickoff to the “Bigs on Campus” program? Bigs on Campus is a nationwide mentoring program, and locally it is a partnership between St. Cloud Area School District 742, St. Cloud State University (SCSU) and … Read more