A Day in the Life at KinderCamp

Henry works on his cutting and gluing skills while using his ABC skills.

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

Taking a Jab at Boxing

Payton punching the bag in boxing class.

St. Cloud Area Community Education offers a wide range of courses for youth enrichment including boxing classes for kids. When it comes to a variety of classes, there is always something new to try! Colas (Cole) Falon, the youth boxing instructor at St. Cloud Boxing Club, found his niche in boxing and martial arts at … Read more

Students Learn Legislation Through Mock Congress

Senator Scheskie speaks to his challengers.

South Junior High School may be grooming the next generation of politicians and lawyers. Honors language art students spent the last trimester of school writing legislation to hold a Mock Congress. Students in Sarah Good’s language arts class have learned to write legislation, prepare and present speeches, debate and challenge thoughts and ideas. “What you’ll see,” … Read more

Alumni Success Story: Sruthi Shankar

Sruthi Shankar

The road to becoming a doctor for 2014 Tech High School graduate, Sruthi Shankar, has not been what she imagined. She’d been looking at colleges across the United States, always knowing she would attend medical school. However, that road changed in January of her senior year in high school. “My dad took a job offer … Read more

Why I Love to Teach

Graham Litterst with his students.

Graham Litterst, English language teacher at South Junior High School, wanted to stay as far away from teaching as he could. Both his parents were professors. His mother taught at St. Cloud State University and his father at the College of St. Benedict. Growing up, he saw first hand how they dedicated themselves to their students, … Read more