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OUR MISSION
South Washington County Schools is a suburban district located southeast of St. Paul, Minnesota. The district includes all or parts of the communities of Cottage Grove, Newport, St. Paul Park, Woodbury, as well as, Afton, Denmark and Grey Cloud Island Townships. The mission of SoWashCo Schools is to educate students for success.
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SoWashCo Schools has donated more than 10,000 pounds of food to the local food shelf, Basic Needs, since the beginning of the school year.
It’s all part of the Food Rescue Program, a partnership between SoWashCo Schools and Basic Needs.
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The Color Me Beautiful club at Woodbury High School recently volunteered their time and collected supplies for Women of Nations, a local women’s shelter.
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Due to wintry weather conditions, all SoWashCo Schools will have an e-learning day TODAY, Wednesday, March 5, 2025.
For a full list of cancellations during e-learning days, please visit sowashco.org/emergency and click on the e-learning days tab.
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The ACT (American College Testing) will be administered to all students in grade 11 and registered 12th graders on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. This test is offered at no cost to families.
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The students at SoWashCo Schools Next Step Pathways program have been working on a service learning project thanking Minnesota National Guard members for their service.
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On Thursday, Feb. 13, SoWashCo Schools hosted its first Indigenous Storytelling event.
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On Tuesday, Feb. 11 Grey Cloud Elementary School had a very special visitor, former Minnesota Viking and Minnesota Supreme Court Justice, Alan Page.
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Students in grades 3-8, 10 and 11 will participate in MCAs beginning April 1
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Cottage Grove Middle School took center stage in an electrifying AVID Showcase, welcoming educators from Eau Claire schools.
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Our three comprehensive high schools will each have extensive projects taking place in each building over the next two years.
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Fourth and fifth-grade students from Royal Oaks Elementary School recently went ice fishing on Lake Como in Saint Paul.
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Karley Mejía, a Spanish Immersion teacher at Woodbury High School (WHS) was named Woodbury Area Chamber of Commerce’s 2024 Teacher of the Year.
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SoWashCo Schools has six talented educators who were nominated to be Education Minnesota’s 61st Teacher of the Year.
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Woodbury Middle School has been recognized as the only State School of Character in Minnesota for 2025.
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