EL COLEGIO

El Colegio was conceived by teachers and artists who worked in traditional urban high schools in Minneapolis and St. Paul using an inter-disciplinary arts integrated approach to teaching and learning. Their successes with students who had previously been disengaged and their challenges with the traditional system led to the birth of El Colegio. The Board of Education of Minnesota approved Augsburg College (www.augsburg.edu) as the school's sponsor in 1999, and El Colegio opened its doors to 65 students in September 2000. Since then we have grown to a diverse group of 100 students and 25 staff. We have been recognized locally and nationally as an innovative force in improving achievement for Latinx students and other students of color, and we have seen over 90 graduates head out into the world, many who are first generation high school graduates and many who are attending and completing college here in Minnesota and elsewhere... El Colegio is a small public high school in Minneapolis..

Also known as: EL COLEGIO HIGH SCHOOL

Primary location: Minneapolis United States