North Wright County Today

Local news for St. Michael, Albertville, Otsego and Hanover

STMA High School Celebrates Top Students

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The St. Michael-Albertville High School held its annual academic awards last week, where they honored students who earned academic letters, academic awards from specific departments, and other awards for this unprecedented 2020-2021 school year. The top honor STMA High School students can receive is the Student of the Year award. Each year, high school staff […]

STMA Rotary Announces April Students of the Month

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The St. Michael-Albertville Rotary Club has released their latest Student of the Month honors for the 2020-2021 school year, which recognizes exceptional high school juniors at STMA High School. For April, these students are Alexander Nesenson, Breanne Sklors, and Julia Weigle. Alexander, son of Sarah and Michael, has strong academic achievements including receiving a letter […]

Art of Leadership: STMA Superintendent Foucault Wins Award

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St. Michael-Albertville School District Superintendent Ann-Marie Foucault has been named the Art Educators of Minnesota Administrator of the Year for 2020-2021. Foucault has spearheaded a districtwide investment in the arts, from success on stage with drama and musical performances to art education of all media  earning state and national recognition for the Knights. Check out […]

STMA One Act Shines at State

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St. Michael-Albertville High School’s One Act performers stood out from the rest at this year’s virtual Minnesota State High School League State Festival, where they earned one of just two Star Performance awards given this year. Their performance, Back Cover, centers around a 14- year-old girl’s move to New York City in the wake of […]

Wright County COVID Dashboard: Cases Continue to Trend Down

With a week of restaurants, gyms and even games under our belts, things are holding up well in Wright County.

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Info courtesy Wright County Communications Wright County Public Health released its weekly COVID-19 Dashboard Friday, Jan. 22 and numbers continue to improve from high marks around five weeks ago. The number of new confirmed cases over the past week (199) is the lowest weekly total in three months, but the other key numbers have remained […]

STMA Announces All Students Back to School by Mid-February

The School District is making a big shift, bringing back secondary students shortly after welcoming elementary kids in buildings.

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Parents who have doubled as homeschool teachers can rejoice. St. Michael-Albertville School District is rolling students back into school buildings over the next five weeks. STMA Superintendent Ann-Marie Foucault emailed the announcement to parents Thursday night, letting families know secondary students would be phased back into school buildings throughout February. That’s on top of a […]

Walz, Minnesota Department of Ed Push for Students’ Return to Schools

The Governor announced Wednesday a plan to have elementary schools at least partially open in January.

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Governor Tim Walz signed Executive Order 20-82 to implement Minnesota’s Safe Learning Plan for the 2020-21 School Year. This plan uses a localized, data-driven approach that allows school districts and charter schools to operate in a learning model that is responsive the prevalence of COVID-19 cases in their community. The plan prioritizes safe learning for […]

STMA School District Announces Learning Model Changes for Elementary Students

The district's grade 5 through 12 students went full distance learning this week.

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Surging COVID-19 cases have again forced St. Michael-Albertville School District’s leaders to change learning models for students around the community. As STMA’s students in grades 5 through 12 adapted to full distance learning this week, Superintendent Ann Marie Foucault said changes will be coming on Dec. 10 for all students in grades kindergarten through 4. […]

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