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Students Selected for Augsburg Honor Band

Wed, 19 Feb 2020 10:08:34 -0500

Congratulations to freshmen Geoffrey Schrantz and Ben Akers who were selected by Augsburg faculty after being nominated by Director Ryan Larson to take part in the Augsburg 9-10th Grade Honor Band! The students prepared music in advance, took p...

Math Team Takes Second Place

Wed, 19 Feb 2020 09:55:41 -0500

Congrats to the Middle School Math Team, who took second place at the local Mathcounts competition last weekend! Jack took 4th place individually and Aidan took 2nd. The team will represent Minnehaha Academy at State in March. Mathcounts is a n...

Students Selected for Honor Jazz Band

Wed, 19 Feb 2020 08:04:35 -0500

Congratulations to freshmen Cole Oswalt and Zeke Elwood, who were selected for this year's Central Minnesota Band Director's Honor Jazz Band! Cole and Zeke were selected for this honor from among a number of students nominated by band directors...

Students Selected for U of M Honor Band

Wed, 19 Feb 2020 07:20:19 -0500

Congrats to Steven Charpentier and Adam Coles who were selected to take part in the 2020 University of Minnesota Honor Band! Ninety of the Upper Midwest's best wind and percussion instrumentalists in grades 10-12 are invited to spend a concentr...

Middle School Students Selected for Honor Band

Thu, 23 Jan 2020 17:10:58 -0500

Congrats to the four MA Middle School musicians selected for the Central Minnesota Band Directors' Association Honor Band! Students worked on music in advance and then gathered for over six hours of full-group rehearsal with a distingu...

Students Selected to Attend the Nation's Largest Select High School Choral Festival

Tue, 14 Jan 2020 14:55:32 -0500

Congrats to the six Upper School students selected to take part in the 70th Annual Dorian Vocal Festival at Luther College this past weekend! This festival is the nation's largest select high school choral festival. Students participate...

Students Honored by International Journalism Society

Tue, 17 Dec 2019 16:18:45 -0500

Quill and Scroll, an international high school journalism society with nearly 100 years of history honored four Minnehaha Academy students as well as the yearbook staff as a whole last week for their work.

Students receive MSHSL AAA Award

Mon, 16 Dec 2019 16:50:43 -0500

Congrats to Andrew Karpenko and Jo Brown, Minnehaha's 2020 Triple A Award Winners. This Minnesota State High School League honor recognizes outstanding performance in arts, athletics, and academics.

Students Selected for MN State 9-10 Honor Choir

Fri, 15 Nov 2019 13:47:34 -0500

Four Upper School students have been selected to take part in the MN State 9-10 Honor Choir this coming winter. Over 2,300 students auditioned for this choir, and 2 students were selected for every 5 who auditioned.

Students Selected for Shell Lake Arts Center Honor Band

Fri, 15 Nov 2019 12:42:20 -0500

Six Middle School musicians were selected from over 300 nominations to participate in the Shell Lake Arts Center (SLAC) Middle Level Honor Band in November. The students were selected from over 300 nominations, sent music ahead of time for indi...

Students Selected for Minnesota Junior Winds Honor Band

Fri, 15 Nov 2019 12:27:00 -0500

Eight Middle School students were selected from hundreds of nominations to participate in the Minnesota Junior Winds Honor Band in November. They were sent music in advance for individual practice, met one Saturday for several hours of large gr...

Minnehaha Academy Students Named AP Scholars

Mon, 04 Nov 2019 13:22:48 -0500

A huge congrats to this year's AP Scholars! These students achieved qualifying scores on their AP exams and were honored for their accomplishments. This year's group included: 16 AP Scholars, 5 Scholars with Honor, and 5 Scholars with Distincti...

Journalism Students Place at the Minnesota High School Press Association Awards

Tue, 22 Oct 2019 15:24:45 -0400

Nine students placed at the Minnesota High School Press Association Awards event this year. The Talon (school newspaper) took home an All-State Gold award and the Antler (yearbook) took home an All-State Silver award.

Students Names National Merit Semifinalists

Tue, 15 Oct 2019 08:39:37 -0400

Clara Stein, Jack Daenzer, and Andrew Karpenko are among the top 1% of the 1.6 million students who took the PSAT this year. This officially positions them as National Merit Semifinalists, and we are so proud of the hard work that got them ther...

Students Named National Merit Commended Scholars

Tue, 15 Oct 2019 08:38:38 -0400

Patrick Cullinan, Annika Johnson and Sam Harris are among the top 3-4% of the 1.6 million students who took the PSAT this year. The National Merit Scholarship Program officially recognized their excellence in academics by naming them Commended ...

Five MA Students Honored With Book Awards

Tue, 18 Jun 2019 12:22:00 -0400

Five Minnehaha Academy students were honored with prestigious book awards for their excellence in character and academics.

Madeleine Danzberger Honored With Exemplary Service Award

Mon, 17 Jun 2019 13:40:42 -0400

Madeleine Danzberger has been awarded Minnehaha Academy's Exemplary Service Award, an award that recognizes an individual who has shown superior and altruistic service to Minnehaha Academy. The awarded student demonstrates a heartfelt effort an...

Students Honored with Dennis and Marcia Pearson Award

Mon, 17 Jun 2019 13:22:09 -0400

Minnehaha Academy awarded Emma Melling and Luke Burnham with the school's Dennis and Marcia Pearson Award for graduating students who exemplifies the character and spirit of alums Dennis and Marcia Pearson.

Students Receive Academics, Arts and Athletics Award

Mon, 17 Jun 2019 13:21:15 -0400

Cecelia Schurke and Luke Wasson recieved Minnehaha Academy's AAA Award. This award recognizes excellence in Academics, Arts, and Athletics within the Minnehaha community and is awarded to two graduating seniors each year who demonstrate solid w...

Upper School Latin Students Bring Home the Honors

Mon, 17 Jun 2019 13:19:32 -0400

Minnehaha Academy Upper School Latin students joined over 150,000 students worldwide taking the National Latin Exam and brought home twenty-nine total honors!

Middle School Students Take Home Latin Honors

Thu, 13 Jun 2019 17:52:21 -0400

Twenty-eight Middle School students joined 139,000 others in the National Latin exam this spring. In our seventh grade Latin class five students earned certificates of achievement and four earned certificates of Outstanding Achievement.

Students Place Nationally in French Competition

Thu, 13 Jun 2019 17:39:38 -0400

Twenty-four Middle School students competed in Le Grande Concours, the national French competition. In total there were two gold medalists, one silver medalist, seven bronze medalists, and five honorable mentions. The following students...

Connor Goering Trempe Takes First Place in Statewide Essay Contest

Thu, 13 Jun 2019 17:38:20 -0400

Senior Connor Goering Trempe took first place in the statewide InvestWrite essay contest. He participated in the competition as part of his Introduction to Business class, where each student created an ESG fund that he or she believed would del...

Andrew Karpenko Receives Honorary Science Award

Thu, 13 Jun 2019 17:13:20 -0400

The University of Rochester awarded Andrew Karpenko the Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award. This award is given to a high school junior who demonstrates high achievement and academic rigor in science, high PSAT or SAT scores, and positive...

Outstanding Theatre Awards

Thu, 13 Jun 2019 17:07:56 -0400

Hennepin Theatre Trust's Spotlight Education program gave five Minnehaha Academy students their "Outstanding" award for their work on this year's musical, "Bright Star." The entire cast was also awarded an "Outstanding" for their vocal performa...