St. Croix Lutheran High School

St. Croix Lutheran High School
Location
West St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Information
Type Private
Established 1958
Principal Richard Gibson
Number of students approx. 400
Athletics conference Tri-Metro
Mascot Crusader
Colors Red and White
Website

St. Croix Lutheran High School, is a parochial high school in West St. Paul, Minnesota. The secondary school has a student body population of about four hundred total students 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, Vietnam and a variety of American states.

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

Athletics

In the 2006-2007 school year, Crusader athletics rose to a level higher than ever. 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. The boys track team repeated their track conference win and their True Team win in both 2008 and 2009.The football team reached the state tournament for its first time ever in 2011.

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