Driving along Division Street in St. Cloud last fall, you may have seen a chain link fence go up around the parking lot across from Tech High School. Soon after, cement blocks and floor trusses were placed inside the fence. Fast-forward in time and you saw walls, a roof and several construction workers diligently working on a house. Looking … Read more
“We knew it was the perfect fit for our child,” says Stacy Stine, a District 742 parent, describing the school district in which she enrolled her kindergartner this past school year. The Stines moved from Sartell to St. Cloud, and they chose to open enroll their child at Oak Hill Community School after speaking with other … Read more
There is a reason for the saying “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” In this case, one school district’s trash is a teacher’s treasure. Sara Laudenbach, one of North Junior High School’s technology education teachers, believes in recycling and reusing. North Junior High was under construction last summer to accommodate the growing number of students. … Read more
“We want to fight against labels and stereotypes and start embracing one another’s differences, not labels.” This is a sentence from the project presentation to the Rotary of St. Cloud by the Junior Rotarians from Apollo High School. The Junior Rotarians are a subsidiary of the Rotary. The Rotary is made up of community leaders that help … Read more
The second in a two part series from the St. Cloud Area School District 742 blog. Chemical abuse and truancy aren’t the only threat to kids today. A newer threat, cyberbullying, has been developing with the advancement of technology and it is through social media. Jessica Harstad and Kathy Hodekeinen, agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation … Read more