Once upon a time, not so long ago, Tyler Barrett was bouncing with my son in the backyard of their St. Michael daycare, run by the lovely Miss Carol. Tyler was a grade school kid, eager to bounce and run with the little friends he knew at the in-home daycare after school. Kamden, my then […]
St. Michael-Albertville Schools Switching Secondary Schools to Full Distance Learning
Students in grades 5 through 12, which had started the year in a hybrid model, will stay home as COVID numbers continue to climb.
St. Michael-Albertville School District will join the long list of community schools making a shift to keep students home from school buildings during this latest wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Ann-Marie Foucault, Superintendent of STMA Schools, said the District came to the conclusion this week that the coronavirus illness was having too great of […]
COVID-19 Cases Lead STMA Football into Another Top 10 Battle
After looking like it would be sidelined this week, the No. 4 Knights will now host No. 5 Champlin Park this afternoon.
The pandemic, like the Lord, works in mysterious ways. After looking like it would be benched for the week when the St. Michael-Albertville football program had to cancel practices due to a positive COVID-19 case, the Knights now find themselves with another Top 10 matchup this afternoon, at home, at 4 p.m. Hang on to […]
Weimer, Knights Earn Section 5AA Championship
Junior leads the way for STMA in season finale, earning section crown.
The STMA Girls’ cross country team took the Section 5AA championship earlier this month, ending its fall season with a team and individual gold in the season’s final race. The Knights won’t advance with other section champions to a state meet, as the Minnesota State High School League suspended state tournaments and meets earlier this […]
The STMA Class of 2020 – A Birdseye View
Check out this amazing footage from Middle School West Field.
Congratulations, Class of 2020. This is unprecedented. So, why don’t we take a wide-angle look at all of you courtesy of the STMA School District and teacher Roger Bovee. And thanks to the STMA Alumni for placing the names on the field! C
STMA Wrestling Repeats as Third Place Team in State AAA Meet
The Section 5-3A champions fell in the semifinals, but the Knights rebounded to win their last duel.
It’s always good to walk away from the last match as a winner, STMA coaches told their team. Even if that win wasn’t in the duel you were hoping for. For the second straight season, the Knights wrestling program came up short of its ultimate goal – a spot in the Team Tournament championship, thanks […]
STMA Wrestling Headed to State with Section 5-3A Title
Wrestling fans at St. Michael-Albertville Arena on Friday night new the deal. If the tournament went “chalk,” the top two teams in Section 5 would battle for the right to head to state. The issue – St. Michael-Albertville and Wayzata were both considered state tournament caliber squads. The Trojans had been in the Guillotine’s Top […]
Lewis, Sorensen, Steffens Take Seats on STMA School Board
The St. Michael-Albertville school board had three open seats up for election this fall, with four candidates running and none of them incumbents. The four candidates on the ballot include Eric Boone, Tim Lewis, Larry Sorensen and Carol Steffens, and the biggest vote-getters are Steffens with 4,969 votes, Lewis with 4,598 and Sorensen with 4,102. […]
St. Michael-Albertville Team Captures Clay Target National Championship
The two-time defending State A Champion Clay Target Team can add an even more impressive title to its resume – National Champions. The St. Michael-Albertville team captured the first ever USA High School Clay Target League’s national championships in Mason, Michigan last weekend, nailing 968 of 1,000 targets to bring home the title. Lane Berning, […]
STMA Schools Set Preliminary Budget, Plans to Dip into Fund Balance
The St. Michael-Albertville school board approved a $87.8 million preliminary budget for fiscal year 2019 last week. The budget is unique from previous budgets of recent years in that it takes approximately $454,000 from the district’s sizable fund balance. The school district has been adding to, rather than taking from, their fund balance every year […]