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Upcoming Events
March 28-April 4
Spring Break
April 10th
April 18
HLA Team and Family
Poetry Recital
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Interested in joining the Hiawatha Team?
Our hiring for the 14-15 school year is kicking into high gear as we get set to open our 3rd school building, add a new 1st grade and a new 8th grade, go from 85 to over 100 staff, and increase our total enrollment by around 30%. We're also in the start-up phase of opening our FIRST high school!
To ensure we're able to continue supporting teachers to the degree they deserve, we're hiring some exceptional leaders for the following roles:
-High School Principal
-Elementary Assistant Principal
-Middle School Assistant Principal
to view job descriptions and
APPLY!
E-mail our Director of Talent and Recruitment to learn more!
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Scholars are Out of This World Amazing!
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Congratulations to Adelante College Prep's 2014 Fish & Richardson's Space Camp Scholarship recipients!
Space Camp is a five-day program with activities including simulated space shuttle missions, training simulators, and lectures on space exploration; its goal is to excite and educate children in the fields of math, science and technology. In addition to being an incredible learning experience, the scholars will receive fun things like their own flight suit, and some spending money for when they are at camp.
Meet this year's award recipients:
Alex Urzua is a focused young man who has a strong desire to discover something new about the world and 
become famous. He loves being outside in nature and, like many of us, found this winter extremely difficult and long. Alex has never been on an airplane and is looking forward to it as a "life changing" event. He could not tell us often enough how thrilled he is to learn new things and we think Space Camp will be a great opportunity for him to do just that.
Ignacio Sanchez is an outgoing, energetic young man who wants to be a math or science teacher when he grows up. Ignacio loves all of his science and math classes at school and was overjoyed by the prospe ct of spending a week at a camp where that was the sole focus. He plans to share his "new-found knowledge" with his classmates and others at Adelante College Prep to encourage younger students to apply to the program in the coming years. I do not think we could ask for a better spokesperson.
Michelle Loya is a reserved young woman who went from quiet and shy to strong and confident during the short course of her interview. She was inspired to apply to the pro gram by her Mom whom Michelle told us teaches her that she cannot ever stop learning and needs to work hard to succeed. When asked what role she would choose on a mission to outer space, Michelle was quick to answer "Giving people orders. I am an older sister and I understand responsibility." In addition to learning about space, Michelle is excited to make new friends and keep in contact with the new people she meets while at Space Camp.
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Spring Break is right around the corner! Here are some fun, free or low cost activities you may be interested in exploring during the scholars' week off:
What will you be doing during your Spring Break? Share your Spring Break ideas with us on  .
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Teacher Feature:
Whitney McKinley
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"Our teachers are what make our schools great. Through their passion and dedication they change the lives of our scholars." Eli Kramer
Position:
Visual Arts Teacher
Hometown:
South Minneapolis
Education:
Denison University, National Louis University
Meet Adelante College Prep's first Visual Arts Specialist!
Born and raised in South Minneapolis, Whitney actually began her teaching career in 2006 as a founding member of the Chicago Teaching Fellows cohort. After teaching for four years in Chicago Public Schools, and living in Ohio and New York, Whitney settled back in St. Paul in 2010 where she continued working for social justice in charter schools and non-profits. In addition to teaching art to grades 5-7 during the day, Whitney leads an art club twice a week after school for ACP artists.
Whitney has a B.S. in Studio Art from Denison University and an MED in Curriculum and Instruction from National Louis University.
What does Whitney love doing when she's not teaching? Everything from traveling to hiking, bowling and cooking, knitting, gardening, and of course... bingo!
Meet more Hiawatha teachers by visiting our staff bios pages:
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Hiawatha Academies celebrated I Love To Read Month all of March! Elementary school teachers took pictures with their favorite children's book. Middle school scholars continued to track their progress to and beyond reading 1 million words. Spring break is next week and we hope our scholars and staff enjoys a good book on their time off from school! |
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Hiawatha Academies is working in partnership with E.M.P.O.W.E.R. (Empowering Minnesota Parents On Working for Education Reform) this year to launch the Hiawatha Family Academy. Hiawatha Family Academy, also known as Parent University, draws on extensive research, best practice, and interactive learning to reinvigorate the power parents and guardians own, to become stronger education advocates. The eight week program is composed of thirty parents that will receive and exchange information, resources, and tools that support the hopes and dreams of their children and promote closing the achievement gap for all children in Minnesota. 
 for updates on Hiawatha Family Academy.
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