Sartell-St. Stephen

Minnesota students are showing slight progress on the reading portion of the state's standardized tests, but 11th graders fared better on the math test.

The Sartell-St. Stephen school district will put two questions on the November ballot. The first will ask voters to approve a $2.9 million levy for 10 years. That would replace the current $1.2 million levy that is set to expire at the end of this year.

Sartell-St. Stephen School District is gearing up for several upcoming “Back to School” events to get students and families ready for another exciting school year.

Operating levies will be the main topic of discussion at two area school board meetings tonight (Monday). Sartell-St. Stephen has a $1.2 million levy that's set to expire this year. Meanwhile, the Sauk Rapids-Rice school board will also vote tonight on whether to put a $938,000 operating levy on the November ballot.

Earlier this week we learned Minnesota students had one of the highest average ACT scores in the country. Now officials at Sartell-St. Stephen say their students have out performed the state.

The seniors at Sartell-St. Stephen High School will receive their diplomas tomorrow (Saturday).

The high schools around the St. Cloud area are all hosting graduation ceremonies in the comings days. St. Cloud Apollo has their commencement at 7:30 p.m. tonight (Thursday) at the St. Cloud Civic Center. Seniors at St. Cloud Tech will get their diplomas tomorrow (Friday) at 7:30 p.m. also at the Civic Center.

Governor Dayton has signed a law that creates a path into the teaching profession for nontraditional teachers and midcareer professionals. However, the Superintendent of the Sartell-St. Stephen school district says his district won't be impacted much by the new law.

Sartell-St. Stephen 5, Sauk Rapids-Rice 2 (Andrew Deters and Kjell Mann each scored a goal and added 2 assists for the Sabres); Willmar 5, River Lakes 2;