The 2019-2020 school year officially kicked off Monday in St. Michael-Albertville, with open houses running most evenings this week. On Monday night, families at Big Woods Elementary got their first […]
Big Woods Elementary Says Farewell to Inaugural Principal
Lee Brown, Big Woods Elementary School’s inaugural principal, is retiring. Brown started teaching in STMA in 1988, teaching fifth and sixth grade and tutoring at the district’s middle school. She […]
STMA Schools Celebrate Paraprofessional Recognition Week
Governor Mark Dayton proclaimed January 23-27 to be Paraprofessional Recognition Week in the state of Minnesota. His proclamation states there are over 20,000 paraprofessionals working in Minnesota schools and performing […]
Fund Established for Family of Tyson Kinney
The Albertville boy, 9, died suddenly last week.
Family and friends have put together a special fundraiser for the family of Tyson Kinney, the 9-year-old Big Woods Elementary student who passed away last week at the University of […]
Funeral Services Set for Big Woods Elementary Third-Grader
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 17 at St. Albert's Catholic Church in Albertville, with a funeral Mass at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 18.
The family of a 9-year-old Albertville boy who died unexpectedly last week has announced funeral services for early this week. Tyson Jerome Kinney, a third-grader at Big Woods Elementary School […]
Big Woods Elementary Staff, Kids Alerted to Student’s Death
The school will have counselors on site Friday, Nov. 14.
Students and teachers at a St. Michael school are grieving as they start to learn about the loss of one of their own. The Big Woods Elementary staff, student body and parents […]
Legacy of St. Michael Seniors Assist with Reading at Big Woods
From first through fourth grade, reading is an essential part of the daily curriculum at Big Woods Elementary School, as it is at the other two elementary buildings in the […]