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LEAF Looking for a New Executive Director
January 5, 2024
The District 742 Local Education & Activities Foundation (LEAF) has an opening for a new executive director with the retirement of longtime executive director Bruce Hentges. LEAF is looking for someone with leadership experience who truly values public education. This is a half-time position with an office in downtown St. Cloud.
If interested, pleas…
LEAF Receives a generous gift of $10,000 from St. Cloud Golden Gloves
October 28, 2023
The District 742 Local Education & Activities Foundation announces that with a generous gift of $10,000 from the St. Cloud Golden Gloves organization, the fall 2023 Adopt-A-Classroom Project
LEAF board of directors announces “LEAF 742 Distinguished Alumni Awards”
September 20, 2023
In January of 2023, LEAF made a commitment to recognize outstanding District 742 alumni who have made the St. Cloud area their home and have had a positive impact on the community via the “LEAF 742 Distinguished Alumni Award.”
The award criteria are:
Must be a graduate of a District 742 High School.
Must have stayed in the St. Cloud area throughout t…

Apollo Class of 2003 raises $3,635 for Activities Program
September 19, 2023
The District 742 Local Education & Activities Foundation announces that the Apollo Class of 2003 raised $3,635 for the Apollo High School Student Activities Program at their recent 20th class reunion. The funds will be kept in the LEAF activities participation fund and used as needed to support Apollo activities by paying for physicals, transportation…

PAKRAT Summertime Roll & Read Program
August 3, 2023
On Wednesday, August 2, the Partners And Kids Reading A-lot Together (PAKRAT) program, funded through the Local Education & Activities Foundation (LEAF), finished another successful summer of bringing quality literature to the children of District 7 42 and the St. Cloud area!
This summer, the PAKRAT bus checked out 5,918 books to 2,081 young learners t…

LEAF and a St. Cloud Fire Truck Ride to School!
May 16, 2023
Each year LEAF hosts a live auction at our annual LEAF Learning Renaissance. One of the fun items on the auction is a “Fire Truck Ride to School” for up to two students living within the St. Cloud city limits. The auction winner gets to choose which school gets to select the lucky student(s). This year, Mike Podawiltz and Diana Murphy-Podawiltz won the au…
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LEAF Looking for a New Executive Director
January 5, 2024
LEAF board of directors announces “LEAF 742 Distinguished Alumni Awards”
September 20, 2023
Apollo Class of 2003 raises $3,635 for Activities Program
September 19, 2023