Mounds View Public Schools

Mounds View Public Schools (District 621) is a Minnesota school district serving the cities of Arden Hills, Mounds View, New Brighton, North Oaks, Roseville, Shoreview, Vadnais Heights and portions of Spring Lake Park and White Bear Township. The district currently operates 11 schools. Previously the district operated 13 schools, but due to budget problems it was forced to close Pike Lake and Snail Lake elementary schools and reopen them as Education Centers. In addition to the schools, Mounds View also operates a handful of other educational programs, including the Oak Grove program for special education students, and the Pike Lake and Snail Lake Education Centers, which provide various community education programs and house administrative offices.

Schools

High schools

• Irondale High School

Located in New Brighton, MN. It has served the school district 621 for 40 years. It was featured as "One of the top high schools in the country," stated by Newsweek.

• Mounds View High School

Located in Arden Hills, MN. Mounds View High School, with a student enrollment of 1,943 students from over seven cities in the area. Mounds View has been an active school in District 621 since 1955.

Middle schools

• Chippewa Middle School

Located in North Oaks

• Edgewood Middle School

Located in Mounds View, MN. Edgewood serves about 600 sixth, seventh and eighth grade students in grade teams of about 200.

• Highview Middle School

Located in New Brighton, MN. Highview Middle School serves more than 800 students.

Elementary schools

• Bel Air Elementary

Located in New Brighton, MN and serves the families in the area.

• Island Lake Elementary

Located in Shoreview, MN and serves the surrounding area of Shoreview, Vadnais Heights, and Arden Hills. It has over 700 K-5 students and either 75 full or part-time staff.

• Pinewood Elementary School

Located in Mounds View, MN. It serves about 550 students in grades Kindergarten through Fifth grade from Mounds View and Shoreview.

• Red Oak Elementary School

Located in Mounds View, MN. Red Oak Elementary School serves only a few hundred students in grades Kindergarten through Sixth grade from Mounds View.

• Sunnyside Elementary

Located in New Brighton, MN. Sunnyside Elementary School welcomes about 540 students from Mounds View and New Brighton.

• Turtle Lake Elementary

Located in Shoreview, MN. Turtle Lake is the largest elementary school in the Mounds View Public Schools District 621, serving 790 students from northern Shoreview.

• Valentine Hills Elementary

Located in Arden Hills, MN. Valentine Hills serves about 575 students from Arden Hills and sections of New Brighton and Roseville.

Other programs

• Area Learning Center (ALC)

Located in New Brighton. The Area Learning Center is a non-traditional program designed to help students meet their high school graduation requirements.

• Oak Grove

Located in North Oaks, MN. Oak Grove offers a special education program for approximately 75 students in grades 6-12 from Mounds View Public Schools and several surrounding districts.

• Pike Lake Education Center

Located in New Brighton, used to be Pike Lake Elementary School which closed along with Snail Lake Elementary.

• Snail Lake Education Center

Located in Shoreview, also used to be Snail Lake Elementary which closed in 2005 after celebrating about 100 years as a school.

Laurentian Environmental Center

Each year, most of the 5th and 7th graders in the school district are given the opportunity to attend a week-long camp at the center. During this time, they learn more about the wilderness and survival outdoors. 9th grade orchestra students have a chance to go attend around Hallowen. ^[1]

References

• Mounds View Public Schools
• About Mounds View Public Schools

External links

• Mounds View Public Schools
• "Mounds View Public School District". Minnesota Department of Education. http://education.state.mn.us/ReportCard2005/schoolDistrictInfo.do?SCHOOL_NUM=000&DISTRICT_NUM=0621&DISTRICT_TYPE=01. Retrieved 2007-12-12.