Sartell-St. Stephen Community Education Instructor Kristina Leppanen tightens a snowshoe strap for Isabel Wuellner, 10, before taking a group of 20 Oak Ridge Elementary School students on an after-school hike Feb. 27. The showshoes were obtained community education through a grant in 2016. This is the first time there has been enough snow to use them.
Noah George (left) and Karson Ritter, both 9, lead a group of 18 peers on a showshoe hike Feb. 27 on the grounds of Oak Ridge Elementary. Students from Oak Ridge were first to have the chance to try out the new snowshoes, obtained by Sartell-St. Stephen Community Education, in a “pop-up” community education class. Snowshoe hikes are also planned after school for students who attend Pine Meadow Elementary and Sartell Middle schools pending favorable weather conditions.
