St. Croix High School

St. Croix High School
St. Croix Lutheran High School
1200 Oakdale Avenue
West St. Paul, Minnesota 55118-2601
USA
Telephone: 651.455.1521
Fax: 651.451.3968
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Introduction

St. Croix High School is a college preparation high school with a reputation for being an excellent value encompassed in an extremely friendly and safe environment. While the academic standards are high, St. Croix supports its coed students through a full ESL program with a full time international advisor to assist with the needs of the international students. Because the school enrollment is 400 students, the school is large enough to offer a wide variety of both curricular offerings and after school activities and still small enough to allow students a chance to participate in activities of their choice.

Facilities

The campus is located five minutes from downtown St. Paul and twenty minutes from the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport on thirty acres overlooking Lake Thompson. The on-campus student residences are fully equipped with double room dormitories, a full cafeteria, laundry, computer lab and a professional student life staff; and they are a short walk to the gymnasium, workout room, music rooms, classrooms and student commons.

Extracurricular

All St. Croix boys and girls are encouraged to participate in activities outside the classroom. Interscholastic and club athletics include: cross-country, cheerleading, football, soccer, volleyball, hockey, basketball, dance team, wrestling, baseball, swimming, golf, softball, track & field, and tennis. Many students chose to participate in drama, journalism, speech team, jazz band, select singing groups, math competitions, webmasters club, peer listeners, and several leadership groups.

Support for International Students

A full-time International Advisor is on staff at St. Croix to support all international students. The coordinator organizes orientation, assists with registration of classes, communicates with international parents, assists with necessary medical needs, arranges home stays for Christmas and Spring breaks and helps students with day-to-day needs. Four full-time residence supervisors oversee the dormitory of international and American students.

Requirements

Students' transcripts must show above average academic ability, and the students must be responsible, honest, cooperative, demonstrate good character, and be respectful of others. Students must submit a complete application and be accepted by the St. Croix admissions team.

Academics

St. Croix offers a college-prep 6-12 education program with small class sizes. Core curriculum includes required courses that fulfill college requirements along with a range of electives to meet individual interests. Offerings include accelerated courses along with the latest in computer technology. Young men and women may challenge themselves with advanced placement classes in seven subjects. The curriculum includes intermediate and advanced levels of ESL.

The teachers and staff at St. Croix are dedicated to student achievement and over two-thirds hold advanced degrees in their areas of expertise. In addition to classroom responsibilities, all teachers serve as advisors providing additional academic support to each individual student.

Courses in math, science, English, history, computer science, music, art, advanced placement and accelerated courses are taught in preparation for college entrance. The interpersonal experiences and academia at St. Croix prepares students for Ivy League, West Coast, East Coast, and a variety of schools including Cornell University, Notre Dame, UCLA, University of Minnesota, Penn State University, Macalaster College, West Point Academy and Marquette University.

Challenging Academic Program with Excellent Teaching Staff to Assist Students
Wide Variety of Extracuricular Activities
Special International Mentoring Programs
Weekly Activities in nearby downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul
Close to the MSP International Airport
Beautiful dormitory for secondary students overlooking a lake with media center, entertainment room, dining room and game room.
Home stays for junior high and middle school students
Excellent choices of food with American and International selections
Assistance for high school students as they Apply for Colleges and Universities
An Exceptional Value for a Reasonable Investment

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