Minnehaha Academy (South Campus)

Minnehaha Academy’s mission is to provide high quality education integrating Christian faith and learning.

Because they were convinced of the importance of quality education with Christian faith as its center, Swedish immigrants founded Minnehaha Academy in 1884 to prepare young people both for life and for lives of commitment and service to others. Since 1913, Minnehaha has been located on the west bank of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Academy is sponsored by the Northwest Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church.The school was a high school serving grades 9-12 until 1972 when grades 7 and 8 were added. In 1981 South Campus was purchased and the Middle School was established with the addition of grade 6. The Lower School, grades 1-5, started in 1982. Kindergarten was added in 1985 and preschool in 1995. In 1996, Minnehaha expanded to another campus in Bloomington for kindergarten through grade 5. The new Athletic Center at North Campus was dedicated in 2002, and the new Chapel and Fine Arts Center in 2003.