education

When students at New Richmond Middle School began to get interested in playing chess and checkers with their friends after school three or four years ago, they came together and created the CheSSkerS Club. “Students generated the interest in the club and asked to get one started,”...

On Thursday, Oct. 16, Starr Elementary held its inaugural Kindness in Chalk event to celebrate National Bullying Prevention month. To show their support, teachers and parents set aside Wednesday night, Oct. 15, to write positive and supporting statements on the school’s playground...

Panther Pride ran rampant in the St. Croix Central School District during Homecoming Week, Oct. 6-11. Festivities included dress up days, powder puff football, class competitions, mattress racing, lip synch contests, skit night, a pep rally, the coronation ceremony and of course,...

Somerset High School celebrated Homecoming week Sept. 29 through Oct. 4. Despite miserable weather, the Spartans football team crushed the Amery Warriors 49-12 on Friday, Oct. 3. Festivities throughout the week included dress up days, class skits, powder puff football, three legged...

St. Croix Central is celebrating Homecoming this week, and Homecoming court candidates were announced on Monday, Sept. 29. Homecoming royalty was crowned on Wednesday, Oct. 8 at the coronation ceremony in the high school gym.

For the last two years, students at Hillside Elementary have taken one week out of the year to collect pennies for the Packers vs. Vikings Penny War to raise money for the St. Croix County United Way. “The kids love it! We have teachers from each side, Packers and Vikings, cheering...

New Richmond High School alumna Nicole Goodrich grew up watching the WCCO Morning Show every morning before heading to school. But it wasn’t until her sophomore year that she realized TV reporting and journalism was what she wanted to do. “I never wavered in my desire to be...

Somerset High School announced its Homecoming Court candidates last week. Eight couples will vie for Homecoming King and Queen, with the coronation taking place at 9 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 4, at the Homecoming Dance at the high school.

Roberts homeschooled student Rebecca Thomas found out by accident that she is a semifinalist in the National Merit Scholarship program. “We got the letter in the mail,” Thomas said. “It was actually sent to my parents, and as I was reading it to Mom, I found out that she...

To a passerby, the new shed near the playground at St. Croix Central Elementary may look like an ordinary, yet nice shed. But to principal Peter Nusbaum that shed represents more than just a place to store hula hoops and basketballs. It’s about the community coming together to build...

The New Richmond School District celebrated Homecoming from Sept. 22-27 with a variety of events, including pep fests, the annual Varsity Show and dress up days throughout the week.