About SCCS

St. Croix Catholic School (SCCS) is a consolidated Preschool through 8th grade school located adjacent to St. Michael's Catholic Church in the town of Stillwater, a beautiful community in Minnesota's St. Croix River Valley.

Catholic education began in the St. Croix Valley in 1856, at which time St. Michael's School was founded by the Carondelet Order of the Sisters of St. Joseph from St. Paul. The neighboring parish, St. Mary's, opened a school in 1872. A local Benedictine Order of Sisters served St. Mary's School. The two schools merged in 1968, becoming St. Croix Catholic School. St. Charles' parish of Bayport joined the partnership that year as well.

Today, St. Croix Catholic School is a growing educational community with almost 350 students in grades Kindergarten through 5th grade and approximately 140 students in a 6th, 7th, and 8th grade Middle School.

Ark of Angels Montessori Preschool opened in 2005. Approximately 80 students attend classes in the preschool.

Our Mission

St. Croix Catholic School cooperates with students, parents, staff and the parishes of St. Charles, St. Mary's, and St. Michael's. We are committed to:

developing lifelong Christian values through the teachings of the Catholic doctrine;
promoting an educational system of academic excellence and moral values;
motivating students to recognize and develop their talents to their fullest potential;
creating an environment that respects diversity;
caring for the resources entrusted to us by the community we serve.

Our students are given many opportunities to learn and live their Catholic faith through:

Daily prayer
Grade level and all-school Masses
Stations of the Cross
Lent and Advent Prayer Services
Rosary
Religion classes
Community service

Message from Fr. LeVoir, Canonical Administrator

We are a Catholic educational community committed to the spiritual, intellectual, social and physical development of each unique child created by God.

We respect parents as the primary educators of their children and support parents in that role. We offer you and your child high academic standards, values-centered curriculum; a secure, disciplined environment and strong teacher commitment. We integrate God into every subject, every lesson, in the cafeteria, in the hallways and on the playground. We help children to learn and live the values commissioned by Christ in the Gospel and help prepare them to become loving, responsible and respectable adults. When you, as the parent, choose Catholic education, you are giving your child a gift that will last a lifetime.

Cressy Epperly Principal cepperly@stccs.com	Fr. John Levoir, St. Michael's and St. Mary's Catholic Church Canical Administrator frlevoir@costm.org