Avalon School Wins Second National Award for the
2008-2009 School Year
In January 2009, Avalon School was identified as one of the five top performing high schools in Minnesota. GreatSchools, an independent, non-profit organization that inspires parents to be involved in their children’s education, and Business Week partnered to identify the top performing schools in the state by using a combination of test scores, and the parent reviews and ratings featured on the GreatSchools website. There were five categories and Avalon was chosen as the parents’ choice for public schools. Other categories were: top academic performance overall, top academic performance low-income, parents’ choice private school, and most improved in academic performance.
This award comes on the heels of the Bronze Award from US News and World Report’s “America’s Best High Schools” edition for 2009. Avalon was recognized as a top school by this national news magazine. This report ranked schools based on academic performance and college-readiness.
Avalon is a small project based school serving grades 7 – 12 in St. Paul’s Midway neighborhood. For the past eight years, Avalon has been challenging students with a unique and individualized curriculum with graduates successfully moving on to colleges across the nation. Avalon staff and students were thrilled to be recognized with these national honors.