St. Francis Area Schools

On Feb. 15, St. Francis High School (SFHS) junior Rachel Rinta participated in the Minnesota All-State Band, sponsored by the Minnesota Music Educators Association (MMEA). The MME...

Corbin Rathbun, a Preschool Place 15 student at the Early Childhood Family Center, got a special ride to school on Feb. 11 after winning a contest hosted by City of St. Francis Pu...

The DECA Dugout, the school-based enterprise at St. Francis High School (SFHS), was among 851 school-based enterprises achieving Gold-Level Certification for the 2024-25 school ye...

The St. Francis High School (SFHS) Dance Team has qualified for the 2025 Class AA Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) Dance State Tournament in both High Kick and Jazz. The...

Education Minnesota has announced its 2025 Minnesota Teacher of the Year candidates and among the list was St. Francis Middle School (SFMS) teacher Ted Gehring. "I am fortunate t...

St. Francis High School (SFHS) has announced Abbigale Paulson and Nathaniel Esboldt as the school’s 2024-25 Triple ‘A’ - Academics, Arts, and Athletics Award recipients. Paulson a...

St. Francis High School (SFHS) has announced Eleanor Dawson and Samuel Bergman as the school’s 2024-25 ExCEL Award recipients. Dawson and Bergman have been submitted to the Minnes...

Earlier this month a large number of St. Francis High School music students were involved in regional Honor Music Events and represented the school and the district well. View pho...

The American Indian Education Department at St. Francis Area Schools is hosting a co-sponsored Maamawi Niimi’idiwin Together Powwow on Saturday, Feb. 15 at St. Francis High School...

St. Francis High School (SFHS) students who are proficient in world languages can use that knowledge to earn World Language Proficiency Certificates or Bilingual Seals, as well as...

On Jan. 8, St. Francis Area Schools Grounds Lead Nate Williamson was honored as the Heritage PPG/Minnesota Park and Sports Field Management Association (MPSFMA) Sports Field Manag...

Registration for 2025-26 Preschool Place 15 begins Sunday, Jan. 26 at 4 p.m. Options are available for families with children age 3 to kindergarten (ages as of Sept. 1, 2025). For...

The grandfather of a sixth grade student at St. Francis Middle School, who spent 42 years in the mining industry and worked for NASA, visited science classes at the school on Dec....

The St. Francis Area Schools Transportation Department was featured in the January edition of the School Bus Fleet Magazine about how alternative fuel buses fare in cold condition...

The St. Francis Area Schools School Board welcomed three new members and elected officer positions at their first meeting of 2025, which was held Monday, Jan. 6. School Board mem...

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On Dec. 3, Licensed School Nurse Beth Anderson was recognized by the Cedar-East Bethel Lions Club for her work with vision screening across the district. Anderson was surprised w...

Annually, there are more than 13,000 youth experiencing homelessness in Minnesota. On any given night it's estimated that 6,000 young people will have nowhere to call home. They a...

The community, along with St. Francis Area Schools (SFAS) staff and students, are invited to a farewell reception honoring outgoing SFAS School Board members Pamela Johnson, Amy K...

St. Francis Area Schools staff members William Dial and Chuck Imker were recognized by the Minnesota Educational Facilities Management Professionals Association (MASMS) for comple...