Cathedral High School

Earlier this week Emmett Keenan and Julie Murphy each received promotions at St. Cloud Catholic Community Schools and Cathedral High School. Keenan joined me on WJON to talk about his new title, which will take hold starting July 1.

We honor the December Teacher of the Month from Cathedral High School.

Cathedral High School held their graduation ceremony last Friday and the rest of the students finish up the school year Thursday. Cathedral Activities Director Emmett Keenan joined me on WJON today.

Cathedral High School and Middle School has had international students in the past and will be introducing 8 new international students this coming fall. Christina Oliver is the Director of International Programs at Cathedral. She says the students range from Madrid, Spain, Minorca, Norway and 3 students from Korea.

Cathedral health teacher and longtime driver instructor Bob Bjornstad has retired from his driver's instructor responsibilities after 39 years in that role. Bob joined me on WJON today. His last behind the wheel training was done with Cathedral sophomore Clara Schad (pictured above) last Friday.

Anne Schleper, an Olympic silver medalist with the U.S. women's hockey team in 2014, returned to Cathedral High School on Tuesday. Schleper, a 2008 graduate at Cathedral, spoke to students as part of a leadership conference and for homecoming week.

Chanting "Air ball" or "Season's over" may get you into trouble at a Wisconsin high school sporting event. The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association recently sent an email to athletic directors, banning a list of unsportsmanlike cheers from prep games.

This week's All-Star Student is a senior at Cathedral High School. He is a pitcher and second baseman with the Crusaders Baseball team, and is looking forward to ending the season the way they did last year. This ball player is also looking forward to continuing his baseball career right here in St. Cloud.

It's not to often a freshman gets to start on the varsity football team, but this week's All-Star Student has been playing on the defensive line for three years, and is only a Junior at Cathedral High School.

Our first "All-Star Student of the Week" takes us to the volleyball court of Cathedral High School. Rylee Medelberg has been with the team since 9th grade, and has become a leader both on and off the court.