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Education
Each year, graduating seniors in Owatonna walk through the district’s elementary schools. (Photo courtesy of Owatonna High School)
The founders and settlers of Steele County brought with them certain cultural traditions that were as real and perhaps as important as the houses and stores they constructed. Oneoftheirfirstprioritieswas education. Fromthefirstpublicschoolclasses conducted in a crude pole and branch-covered structure in the summer of 1855 to the wide variety of public and private educational facilities and resources available today, Steele County has a long historyofofferingthefinesteducation to all ages.
OWATONNA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ISD 761
Mission: Inspiring Excellence. Every Learner. Every Day. 507-444-8600 • isd761.org Superintendent: Jeff Elstad • Superintendent sOffice444-8601 CentralEnrollmentOffice:Roosevelt Community School, 122 E McKinley St. • 444-7900 Mascot: Huskies • Activities Director: Marc Achterkirch, 444-8989 Owatonna Community Education: 122 East McKinley St. • 444-7900 • communityed.isd761.org Preschool: communityed.isd761.org/ early-childhood-ed/preschool Before and after-school care: bit. ly/3lWLDLg
OWATONNA AREA LEARNING CENTER
130 E. Vine St. 444-8000
OWATONNA HIGH SCHOOL
333 School St. E 444-8800
OWATONNA JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
500 15th St. NE 444-8700
ROSE STREET CENTER
115 E. Rose St. 444-7800
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
LINCOLN SCHOOL
747 Havana Road 444-8100
MCKINLEY SCHOOL
423 14th St. NE 444-8200
WASHINGTON SCHOOL
338 Main St. E 444-8300
WILSON SCHOOL
325 Meadow Lane 444-8400
WILLOW CREEK SCHOOL
1050 22nd St. NE 444-8500
BLOOMING PRAIRIE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ISD 756
202 Fourth Ave NW, Blooming Prairie 583-4426 • blossoms.k12.mn.us Superintendent: Christopher Staloch 583-6615, ext. 427 Bus Manager: Dean Peterson 438-3819 Mascot: Awesome Blossoms • Activities Director: Allison Mach, 583-4426 , ext. 445
202 Fourth Ave. NW, Blooming Prairie 507-583-4426 • blossoms.k12.mn.us/ page/2538
EARLY CHILDHOOD AND FAMILY EDUCATION
123 Second St. NW, Blooming Prairie 583-6615
BLOOMING PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL
202 Fourth Ave. NW, Blooming Prairie 583-4426
BLOOMING PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
123 Second St. NW, Blooming Prairie 583-6615
MEDFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ISD 763
750 Second Ave. SE, Medford 451-6474 • medford.k12.mn.us Superintendent: Mark Ristau, 214-6321 Mascot: Tigers • Activities Director: Josh Carlson, 214-6312 Community Education: medford.k12. mn.us/page/2453 • 214-6304 Early Childhood Family Education: medford.k12.mn.us/page/2525 Tiger Club before and after-school care: medford.k12.mn.us/page/2566 • 214-6381
Mission: Empowering students with knowledge and skills to succeed. 306 Ash Ave. S, New Richland 465-3205 • nrheg.k12.mn.us/pages/ NRHEG Superintendent: Dale Carlson, 417-2600 Mascot: Panthers • Activities Director: Dan Stork, dstork@nrheg.k12.mn.us Community Education: nrheg.k12. mn.us/domain/49 • 417-2667
NRHEG SECONDARY SCHOOL
306 Ash Ave. S, New Richland 417-2601
TECHNICAL ACADEMIES OF MINNESOTA – CHOICE ACADEMY
Opened in fall 2015 this public, tuition-free charter school is for students in grades 7-12. The academy employs licensed teachers and bring hands-on, project-based experiential learning to students.
The project-based public charter school focuses on career and technical schools. Students create projects based on their own interests and make choices about how they complete state graduation requirements as a part of their projects. Some work will be done online while other experiences are in the community, at a local business or
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The Owatonna site is the second of four Technical Academies of Minnesotasites.Thefirstopenedin 2014 in Wilmar. 315 S Grove Ave., Owatonna technicalacademies.org • 400-4009
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
EAGLE ACADEMY (ELEMENTARY SCHOOL)
2300 Heritage Place NW, Owatonna eagleacademyowatonna.com 455-3205
OWATONNA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
The school educates students in Pre-K to 12th grade. 265 26th St. NE, Owatonna owatonnachristianschool.org 451-3495
ST. MARY’S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Mission: Partnering with families to develop a student’s full potential in mind, body and spirit through Catholic values.
St. Mary’s educates students in Pre-K to eighth grade 730 S. Cedar Ave., Owatonna stmarys-owatonna.org • 446-2300
PILLSBURY COLLEGE PREP
A nationally accredited private school offering small classroom sizes with online individual instruction and pacing, the school is open to both domestic and international students from grades 6-12, the year-round boarding school offers an entrepreneurial academic environment. The school has a strategic partnership with Minnesota State University, Mankato and Riverland Community College, allowing high school students to take dual enrollment and attend Riverland for college credit. 315 S. Grove Ave., Owatonna pillsburyprep.com • 214-2200
POST SECONDARY
RIVERLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE – OWATONNA CAMPUS
Medford Graduation
Blooming Prairie graduation
Mission: To transform lives through excellence in service, education and career training.
Riverland offers a wide range of academic programs — from Accounting to Welding — including bachelor’s degree programs, workforce-ready technical training, short-termcertificateoptionsand thefirsttwoyearsofafour-year education.
All state-operated colleges and universities in Minnesota are united under the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MinnState) system. Togethertheyhaveidentifiedcourses in ten goal areas for students to satisfactorily complete known as the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum. All courses completed as MNTC credits can transfer to other schools within the MnSCU system. The forty MNTC credits within ten goal areas are built into Riverland’s Associate of Arts degree. Owatonna College and University Center 964 Alexander Dr., Owatonna riverland.edu • 455-5880
