News Headlines from 2006-2007
May Term 2007
Summer, 2007 – Minnehaha Academy launched the May Term service program this spring to meet needs for real-life learning as identified by the school's recent Long Range Plan.....
MA Student Has Top Math Score
June 12, 2007 – Minnehaha Academy was recently notified that sophomore Luke Paulsen achieved the state's highest score on the AMC 10 math competition....
Commencement 2007
June 8, 2007 – On Monday, June 4, the senior class of 2007 walked across the stage to receive their diplomas. Download a copy of Mr. Lindmark's commencement address....
Minnehaha Golfer Wins Unprecedented 4th State Title
June 8, 2007 – Katie Detelefsen wins her fourth State Championship in golf....
Latin Students and Teacher Earn Awards
June 5, 2007 – Michelle Breuer Vitt, Middle School Latin teacher, won a teaching award in April, 2007, and her students scored highly on the National Latin Exam....
South Campus Groundbreaking
May 10, 2007 – A perfect spring day for a groundbreaking! On May 8, 2007, wearing their hard hats, the entire South Campus community of students, faculty, staff, and administrators joined special guests and donors for the official groundbreaking ceremony for the South Campus renovation, Foundation for a Lifetime....
As You Like It
April 20, 2007 – This past weekend, the Minnehaha Academy Theatre Department presented William Shakespeare's As You Like It. The story revolved around Orlando and Rosalind....
Baseball Team Goes South
April 16, 2007 – The Minnehaha Academy baseball team will travel to the Cocoa Expo training facility in Cocoa, Florida over spring break for a week of warm weather training....
Math Team Goes to State
March 16, 2007 – The Minnehaha Academy Math Team concluded a successful season by taking third (Tier II) at the Math League State Meet on March 12....
Middle School Bands and Kenni
March 10, 2007 – On Thursday evening, March 8, the Middle School Bands and Jazz Band wowed their audience...The evening was brought to a moving crescendo with performances by guest MA-FAB artist –Sax player Kenni Holmen...
Minnehaha Academy Wins Advanced Placement Math and Science Award for Minnesota
March 1, 2007 – The Siemens Foundation and the College Board have selected Minnehaha Academy to receive the 2006-07 Siemens Award for Advanced Placement. As one of the 50 high schools nationally – and the only high school in Minnesota....
Minnesota Governor Pawlenty Broadcasts from Lower School
February 23, 2007 – Governor Tim Pawlenty and lower school students from Minnehaha Academy put on their running shoes on February 23 to help launch the Medtronic TC Kids Marathon.....
Madrigal Dinner
February 16, 2007 – On the weekend before Valentine's Day, the gym was transformed into a medieval banquet hall, where King David and Queen Alicia reigned....
MA Hockey Coach
February 14, 2007 – "For the Love of Hockey and Children" by
Dave Wright, reprinted with permission from the Saint Paul Highland Villager, Wednesday, February 7, 2007....
Science Olympiad
February 7, 2007 – The Science Olympiad regional competition was held on Feb 3 at Bethel. MA won 1st place in Oceanography....
Student Showcase
January 31, 2007 – Student directors, actors, and technical designers put their creative heads together for this year's exciting Student Showcase! The evening featured seven plays, six of which were student written as well as directed....
Students Chosen for Honors Bands
January 31, 2007 – MA students recorded auditions in November and were chosen from hundreds of students who auditioned from around the state....
Bloomington Choir Concert
December 23, 2006 – The students at Bloomington campus of Minnehaha Academy presented their Christmas concert, "Gloria in Excelsis Deo" on Tuesday, December 5...
Fall Play
November 14, 2006 – The fall play at Minnehaha Academy this year was "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie...
Boys' CC Second in State
November 7, 2006 – The Minnehaha Academy Boys' Cross Country Team finished a terrific year with a second place finish in the Minnesota Sate Meet on Saturday, November 4....
South Campus Book Fair
November 7, 2006 – The week of Oct. 23 the South Campus Lower School celebrated Book Week. Many activities surrounding reading took place....
Bloomington Campus Book Fair
November 7, 2006 – The students, teachers and staff at Minnehaha Academy Bloomington Campus completed a very exciting and special Book Week celebration....
Sadie Hawkins
November 7, 2006 – See pictures from the Sadie Hawkins Costume Dance...
Students from France Hosted by MA Students
November 7, 2006 – A group of 14 students was hosted by Minnehaha families for two weeks this fall....
SERVE IT Day
October 30, 2006 – On Wednesday, October 25, 2006, more than 300 middle school students left the classroom to learn how to serve in a variety of ways....
Tech Director Travels as U.S. Delegate to China
October 30, 2006 – Minnehaha technology director, Merry Mattson, will participate in the U.S.-China Education Conference in Beijing, China, November 12-17....
Football Finishes Season
October 30, 2006 – The Minnehaha Redhawk Football team ended their season with a tough 19-14 first round playoff loss to perennial class 3-A power Delano High School....
A Visit from French Missionaries
October 19, 2006 – French classes were treated to a special visit from Covenant missionaries to France, Francisco and Stephanie Ramos, on October 16....
Mensa Distinguished Teacher for 2006
October 13, 2006 – The Mensa Education and Research Foundation has selected Middle School Latin teacher Michelle Breuer-Vitt as the Mensa Distinguished Teacher for 2006....
Strong AP Program Recognized
October 13, 2006 – According the the College Board's Advanced Placement Report to the Nation, Minnehaha Academy has one of the strongest math and science AP programs in the state of Minnesota....
Homecoming
October 6, 2006 – Homecoming celebrations and activities were held the weekend of September 29-30....
Golf All-American
October 6, 2006 – Minnehaha Academy senior Katie Detlefsen, a three-time Class 1A golf champion, has been named to the Scholastic Junior All-America team by the American Junior Golf Association....
Word Power Champion
October 6, 2006 – Natalie Welsch recently received honors as the top-scoring 5th grader in the entire state of Minnesota for the Reader’s Digest Word Power Challenge....
