Sam Smith, St. Croix Prep Junior, Builds Benches in Community Plaza for Eagle Scout Project

Sam worked with administration to determine where he could contribute to the school with his Eagle Scout project and it was determined that building five benches for the school/community plaza would be a great way to continue improving the usability of that space. 

The bench design comes from Damon Farber Landscape Architects who designed the plaza. Sam presented his project to Parent Group this past spring and they approved the funding of materials. Sam worked with Chuck Evens, the architect who designed the benches, to build a prototype. Sam and a team of scouts and volunteers constructed the remaining four. Each bench is 16 feet long and 4 feet wide and built from cedar. 

The box bench design is multi-function as their size works well to seat a lot of people and can serve as tables for outdoor lunches or snacks.

Thank you Sam!

Lower School Conferences on Thursday, November 14 and Friday, November 15

Conferences for Lower School will be held on Thursday, November 14 from 4:30-7:30 pm and all day on Friday, November 15. NHS will be offering childcare during Thursday evening conferences from 4:30-7:00 pm. Check with your student's teacher to sign up for childcare.

Middle School and Upper School Conferences on Thursday, November 21 from 4:30-8:30 pm

Conferences are arena style and operate on a first-come-first served basis. Middle School conferences will be in the Auxiliary Gym and Upper School conferences will be in the PAC. Conferences allow only time for a brief check-In with your child’s teachers and will be limited to ten minutes or less. If you need to discuss larger concerns, we ask that you schedule an appointment with the teacher or grade level team for another time. 

Don't forget to check the lost and found when you are here for conferences!

No School for Lower School on Friday, November 15

Due to conferences, the Lower School will not have school on Friday, November 15.

Learn More About How You Can Help Your School

ALL families with children enrolled in the district should complete an Application for Educational Benefits each year. This is essential because it determines the school’s level of State (Compensatory Education or CompEd) and Federal (Title I) dollars that are allocated to each school to support students who need additional resources. Click here for the Application and additional information.

Online Family Directory - Membership Toolkit

The online family directory is now available. All families were sent an email with the link and directions on how to access. Email Jessica Dykstra if you have any questions.

All families are included in the directory and families must access their account if they would like to opt out. To opt out: when you are logged in, click on Directory Publish Preferences and select 'no' for the question, 'Do you want your information published in the directory?'.

PAC Ushers Needed - Join Our Team!

St. Croix Prep is looking for adult volunteers to usher for fine arts events during the 2019–2020 school year. This new program will help our performances run more smoothly and make it easier for the staff involved in directing performances to concentrate on the student performers and the show. In addition, ushers will serve as greeter and provide direction to guests who are unfamiliar with our building. Click here for a list of performances which will be staffed with an usher.  Brief info sessions will be hosted in the coming weeks. If you would like to support student performances in this important way, and you can commit to two or more performances, please email Kelly Gutierrez.  Please note specific performances, if any, for which you are interested in ushering.  A signup link will be sent to all interested volunteers in a week or so, to fill openings in the schedule. Thank you for considering!

Snack Pack Program - Valley Outreach

Valley Outreach Snack Pack is a free, optional, supplemental weekend food program for students in need of food assistance and who are enrolled at participating Stillwater Area schools. Registered students will receive a bag of food discreetly placed into their backpacks every Friday, or the last day before an extended weekend.

To enroll, fill out the application and email it to Valley Outreach. Applications need to be received by Thursday at noon or the day before distribution day in order for students to receive the snack packs that week.

Note: this is not a St. Croix Prep sponsored program.

Shelter in Place (SIP) is a response of moving students to a safe location indoors due to a hazard outside the building or in a section of the building. 

If you have any questions, please contact:

Want to Join Our Team? St. Croix Prep is Hiring!

We are hiring SPED paraprofessionals. Click here to apply.

Interested in subbing at St. Croix Prep? We’re hiring teacher, education assistant and paraprofessional subs. Please contact Terri Smith.

Donations for Conference Dinners

It has been an annual tradition to feed our beloved teachers on Conference Night. Lower School Conference Night is Thursday, November 14 and Middle and Upper School is Thursday, November 21. Please consider donating your time, talent or resources to help make this special night happen. You can sponsor a teacher's catered meal by donating $10 (per teacher meal) by clicking on the link below. Once you get to the website, click on the yellow donate button.

Fall Book Fair Next Week!

We are looking for parent and Upper School student volunteers. This is a great way for Upper School students to earn their volunteer hours. Please click links below to sign up.

Attention Parents! eWallet is a cool way to "send" your child to school with money for the book fair. For Lower School, click here. For Middle School, click here. Scroll to the button that says eWallet, click and you will be prompted to log into to your scholastic account where you can control how much money to let your child spend. Money not spent is not charged to your credit card. If you spend nothing you will not be charged.

Don't Want to Wait Until Next Week? Online Shopping is Available Now!

Online shopping for the book fair is now available. Just click on the website for Lower or Middle School and then the link for online shopping that says “Shop Now”.  All orders ship to home. In addition, starting today until the book fair ends, the school earns 25% in additional scholastic dollar rewards for online purchases. Any online purchases outside of the book fair also now earn 2% in scholastic rewards for the school. Parents must access the book fair through one of the following pages in order for the school to receive credit.

Book Fair Hours:

Tuesday, Nov 12

8:30-9:30 am

11:30 am -1:30 pm

3:30-8:00 pm

Wednesday, Nov 13

8:30-9:30 am

11:30 am -1:30 pm

3:30-5:30 pm

Thursday, Nov 14

8:30-9:30 pm

11:30 am -1:30 pm

3:30-7:30 pm

Friday, Nov 15

9:30 am -4:00 pm

Giving Trees - Ideas for Holiday Gifts for the Classrooms

Giving trees will be hung up for the month of November in Lower School classrooms and on the Parent Group bulletin board for Middle School and Upper School. Pick a leaf or two if you would like to donate supplies to any of the classrooms.

If you would like to be added to future Parent Group communications, email Parent Group to get added to the email list.

Winter Sports Registration Now Open on SchoolPay

Boys Freshman team and Girls Freshman/Varsity tryouts begin on Monday, November 11. Athletes are required to be signed up on SchoolPay before tryouts begin.

In order to participate in winter activities you must have the following:

Calling All New Archers!

If you're interested in trying archery to see what it is about or interested in joining the team, attend one of the archery sessions. Click here for more information. Contact Head Coach John Slate if you have any questions.

Archery Sessions - Auxiliary Gym

For a list of all upcoming activities at St. Croix Prep, view the Activities Calendar here . Sign up for alerts for any last minute cancellations or changes to the schedule.

Follow us on Twitter: @scpaactivities