St. Croix Lutheran High School

Infobox_School2 | name = St. Croix Lutheran High School
established = 1958
type = Private
head_name = Principal
head = Richard Gibson
students = approx. 400
mascot = Crusader
conference =Tri-Metro
free_label = Colors
free = Red and White
city = West St. Paul
state = Minnesota
country = USA
website = [http://www.stcroixlutheranhs.org/default.aspx]

"St. Croix Lutheran High School", is a parochial high school in West St. Paul, Minnesota. The secondary school has about four hundred young men and women 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, 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 [http://www.stcroixlutheranhs.org/default.aspx=a www.StCroixLutheranHS.org]

Athletics

In the 2006-2007 school year, Crusader athletics rose to a level higher than ever. The football team reached the state tournament for its first time, 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. In 2008, the boys track team repeated their track conference win and their True Team win. They were led by Matt Dvorak and Tate Plath as well as their coach, Mr. Brent Schacht.