Robbinsdale Area Schools

Robbinsdale School District 281 is a school district centered in Robbinsdale, Minnesota, in the northwestern suburbs of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The district includes all of the cities of Robbinsdale, Crystal, and New Hope, along with parts of the following cities:

• The southwestern corner of Brooklyn Center
• A small portion of Brooklyn Park
• The eastern central third of Plymouth
• The northern half of Golden Valley^[1]

Contents 1 Schools 1.1 Elementary Schools 1.2 Middle Schools 1.3 High Schools 1.4 Learning & Service Centers and Other Facilities owned by Robbinsdale Area Schools 2 Athletic events 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

Schools

Schools in the district include:

Elementary Schools

• Forest Elementary, Crystal
• Lakeview Elementary, Robbinsdale
• Meadow Lake Elementary, New Hope
• Neill Elementary, Crystal
• Noble Elementary, Golden Valley
• Northport Elementary, Brooklyn Center
• Pilgrim Lane Elementary, Plymouth (Closed in 2009)
• Robbinsdale Spanish Immersion School

located in the former Sunny Hollow Elementary in New Hope

• Sonnesyn Elementary, New Hope
• Sunny Hollow Elementary, New Hope (Closed in 2009)
• Zachary Lane Elementary, Plymouth
• New Hope Elementary, New Hope (closed in 2005)

Middle Schools

• Plymouth Middle School, Plymouth
• Robbinsdale Middle School, Robbinsdale

located at Robbinsdale Area Learning Campus

• Sandburg Middle School, Golden Valley (Closed in 2009)
• Hosterman Middle School, New Hope (closed in 2000)

High Schools

• Robbinsdale Armstrong High School, Plymouth
• Robbinsdale Cooper High School, New Hope
• Highview Alternative Program, Crystal (located in Cavanagh Early Childhood Center)
• Robbinsdale High School, Robbinsdale (Closed in 1982, now Robbinsdale Area Learning Campus (RALC))

Learning & Service Centers and Other Facilities owned by Robbinsdale Area Schools

• Education Service Center/Bus Garage, New Hope
• Cavanagh Early Childhood Center, Crystal

Highview Alternative Program is also located at Cavanagh.

• New Hope Learning Center, New Hope

Robbinsdale Transition Center (RTC) and RTC Plus are located at New Hope Learning Center.

• Olson School, Golden Valley
• Robbinsdale Area Learning Campus (RALC), Robbinsdale

Robbinsdale Middle School is located at RALC.

• Sandburg Learning Center, Golden Valley
• Winnetka Learning Center, New Hope

The Alternative Study Center (TASC) is located at Winnetka Learning Center.

Athletic events

Plymouth and Hosterman have pools that are used for swimming events and Plymouth has swimming lessons. Although the Armstrong Swim teams practices at Plymouth and Cooper swim teams practice at Sandburg, both teams hold their home meets at Hosterman, where diving blocks can be legally used in all lanes.

The elementary schools have one of the largest chess programs in the state. Every elementary school chess club has at least 15 kids, and one, that of Sunny Hollow, has recently reached over 75 kids before they had to start turning down club hopefuls. This program is largely due to the leadership of Daa Mahowald, the co-coach of the majority of elementary chess clubs when the district realized the need for a chess coordinator. She has taken a less active role in specific chess clubs as the coordinator.

See also

• List of school districts in Minnesota

References

External links

Robbinsdale Area Schools - Home Page