students in the eastern part of city limits along with 1/3 of the south portion of the city attend this school) St. Cloud High School (SCHS) Parochial Schools St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School (Pre-K–8) Charter Schools St. Cloud Preparatory Academy (K–9) CLOSED as of 2022 Creative Inspiration Journey School (K–5) American Classical Charter Academy (K–8) CLOSED as of 2022 Mater Academy (K–8) BridgePrep Academy (K-8) Private Schools St. Cloud Christian Preparatory School (K–12) City Of Life Christian Academy (Pre-K–12) Public library The Veteran's Memorial St. Cloud Library is home to the city of St. Cloud. The branch library is in a remodeled Suntrust bank five blocks away from historic downtown St. Cloud. Its hours are Monday-Saturday from 9am to 6pm. The branch offers many programs, such as LIVE storytimes, virtual bookclubs and over 50,000 volumes. History of Veterans Memorial Library The first form of a library in St. Cloud was in 1910 when the new woman's club set up a traveling library and a table at the train station with reading materials for locals. By 1911, there was a reading room that was purchased on Pennsylvania Avenue that the ladies of the town worked to make comfortable and stocked with things to read. Within the next couple of years the collection had outgrown the reading room and moved to the People's Bank and then City Hall. In 1915, the town began fundraising to build a proper building. These efforts were put on hold temporarily while war efforts were made a priority. When 1922 rolled around, it was decided that there was enough money to pay an architect to begin planning and building. The contract price was for $4,506.20. The building was extremely well-built and designed with many updated features, including electricity. On February 17, 1923, the new library was dedicated and named "Veteran's Memorial Library" which remains today. From 1923–1968 Veteran's Memorial Library was operated and taken care of by the Woman's Club of St. Cloud. It was in 1968 that it officially became part of the Osceola County Library System. The location of the library collection moved in 1972–1974 into a former bank on the corner of New York Avenue and 10th Street. At this point, the original building because a thrift store to benefit the Red Cross and other groups. In 2001 the building was purchased by The City of St. Cloud and with the help of other