St. Croix Lutheran High School
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| St. Croix Lutheran High School | |
| Location | |
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| West St. Paul, Minnesota, USA | |
| Information | |
| Principal | Richard Gibson |
| Students | approx. 400 |
| Type | Private |
| Athletics conference | Tri-Metro |
| Mascot | Crusader |
| Established | 1958 |
| Colors | Red and White |
| Homepage | [1] |
St. Croix Lutheran High School, is a parochial high school in West St. Paul, Minnesota. The secondary school has about four hundred young men and women in ninth through twelfth grade. Most of St. Croix’s students live in the greater Minneapolis/St. Paul area and travel to and from school each day. However, about one hundred students stay in an on-campus residence, so students from all over America and all over the world go to school at St. Croix. St. Croix has had students from Australia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Colombia, Croatia, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ghana, Haiti, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, Pakistan, Russia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and a variety of American states.
Many students at St. Croix participate in a sport or activity. The school offers nearly twenty sports where students compete against other schools in the Tri-Metro Conference. Students also participate in other activities like drama, journalism, debate, music ensembles and speech. Instructors encourage leadership through organizations like National Honor Society, Right Triangle - a peer helper and chemical awareness group - and Student Council.
St. Croix is a school with one of the lowest parochial high school tuitions in the state of Minnesota. Teachers work with students in classes that prepare students for college and include the required courses of English, Social Studies, Mathematics, Religion, Science, Physical Education and Health. A variety of elective courses encourage student's special interests and prepares them to attend colleges like Cornell University, Notre Dame, UCLA, University of Minnesota, Penn State University, Macalaster College, United States Military Academy, Marquette University, Bethany Lutheran College and Martin Luther College.
More information about St. Croix Lutheran High School is found at www.StCroixLutheranHS.org
[edit] Athletics
In the 2006-2007 school year, Crusader athletics rose to a level higher than ever. The football team reached the state tournament for its first time, the men's basketball team won its sub-section, and the men's track & field team won state. In the Spring of 2007, the boys' track and field team won the Tri-Metro Conference and the Class A Minnesota True Team State Track and Field championship. In 2008, the boys track team repeated their track conference win and their True Team win. They were led by Matt Dvorak and Tate Plath as well as their coach, Mr. Brent Schacht.
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