Students, staff enjoy ‘Panther Camp’
Every morning St. Croix Central Elementary students get off the buses and gather around the flagpole, standing in a field near the third and fourth grade cabins and recite the Pledge of Allegiance together. The elementary students are now attending “Panther Camp” located at Rolling Ridges Girl Scout Camp, which the school district is leasing from Girl Scouts River Valleys.New Richmond News, 05/18/2013
Roberts gets ready to party
Roberts residents are getting ready to celebrate this year's Roberts Good Neighbor Days from May 30 - June 2.New Richmond News, 05/17/2013
Eighth-graders receive community letters
In this day of computers and emails, receiving a handwritten, personal letter can be a special thing. Patty Schachtner, Somerset school nurse, helped organize the letter-writing campaign in the schools with Gina Knutson, Carol Jones, Gail Buell and Randy Calleja as a part of the Leadership Trust Initiative, a course sponsored by the New Richmond Area Community Foundation.New Richmond News, 05/17/2013
Community support for SCC is ‘overwhelming’
The smell permeating the entire St. Croix Central Elementary building is a reminder of the smoke damage that has rendered many of the school’s classroom items unusable. However, thanks to an outpouring of community and area support, SCC Elementary does not need school supplies any longer.New Richmond News, 05/10/2013
Elementary students go to ‘Panther Camp’
St. Croix Central Elementary students will be spending the rest of the year at “Panther Camp.” The school district has leased Rolling Ridges Girl Scout Camp (Hudson) and students began attending classes at the camp Monday, May 6, a little less than a week after the fire that closed St. Croix Central Elementary.New Richmond News, 05/09/2013
Fifth-graders put poetry online
Fifth-graders are usually not excited about writing poetry, said Katie Tate, St. Croix Central Middle School fifth grade teacher. But this year, Tate’s class was very excited about their poetry project.New Richmond News, 04/26/2013
New elementary principal hired
Heidi Weisert-Peatow has been hired as the new St. Croix Central Elementary School principal, following current principal Steve Sanders’s retirement, effective at the end of the 2012-13 school year.New Richmond News, 04/26/2013
SCC Choir performs before Harlem Globetrotters game
On April 12, the SCC eighth grade choir had a new performance experience. The group performed “The Star Spangled Banner” at the start of a Harlem Globetrotters game in the Target Center in Minneapolis.New Richmond News, 04/19/2013
Local musician turns new novelist
Hammond musician Mike Murtha said writing a book can be a lot like writing a song. He recently published his first novel, "Stranger in a Small Town."New Richmond News, 04/19/2013
Autism Awareness events conducted
On Tuesday, April 2, and Friday, April 5, the Autism Awareness Committee for the Somerset School District held two events in honor of Autism Awareness Month, which is celebrated nationally every April.New Richmond News, 04/12/2013
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