Northwest Passage High School - Northwest Passage High School

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Experience What
High School Can Be

Never stop exploring who you are, your interests, passions, the world, or where life can lead you.

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Headwaters

The Headwaters cohort for 9th-grade students teaches the skills needed to be successful at project-based learning.

Small class size – 16 students
Small school design – 185 students
Student-centered learning

Project-based learning
College ready curriculum
1 to 1 emerging technology

Competency-based assessments
Field studies & overnight expeditions
Long-term advisory model

Welcome to Northwest Passage High School

Our curriculum combines advisory, inquiry-driven project-based learning, interdisciplinary seminars and overnight expeditions. We strive to teach students to become independent learners with the skills to be successful in the 21st century. Northwest Passage High School, Charter School District 4049, is a tuition-free public charter school open to all students, authorized by Bethel University, located in Coon Rapids, Minnesota.

Announcements

After school, if waiting for a ride, you need to wait in the courtyard or in the barn. Building will be locked and no longer accessible after 3:45pm.

We designed the Headwaters to help students transition from middle school into high school and to learn how to think and learn in a project-based learning model. It is built on the idea of scaffolded learning situations, exemplary project process modeling, and student risk taking all of which teach life skills needed in the real world.

Advisory

Advisory groups are multi-aged classrooms with a maximum ratio of 16 students to 1 teacher. Students stay with their advisory throughout their academic career.