Student Experience
What's it like to be a student at Minnehaha Academy? Discover what daily life is like by checking out our social media feeds, blog, and magazine. You'll find photos and stories of what our amazing students and teachers are doing in and out of the classroom!
We invite you to learn more about our Leadership Institute, extracurriculars and co-curriculars, student support, and diversity.
Blog
![A fourth grade girl looks at a replica wooly mammoth at the Bell Museum as a part of a Minnehaha Academy field trip]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1742583890/minnehahaacademynet/ycklh9eo8g2gs42ggo0w/Fourthgradevisitsbellmuseum.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1742583890/minnehahaacademynet/ycklh9eo8g2gs42ggo0w/Fourthgradevisitsbellmuseum.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1742583890/minnehahaacademynet/ycklh9eo8g2gs42ggo0w/Fourthgradevisitsbellmuseum.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1742583890/minnehahaacademynet/ycklh9eo8g2gs42ggo0w/Fourthgradevisitsbellmuseum.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1742583890/minnehahaacademynet/ycklh9eo8g2gs42ggo0w/Fourthgradevisitsbellmuseum.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1742583890/minnehahaacademynet/ycklh9eo8g2gs42ggo0w/Fourthgradevisitsbellmuseum.jpg","width":2200}])
"Good questions lead to good research" is what the fourth grade team at Minnehaha tells their students. And fourth graders had good questions in their recent months-long study of the solar system.
![Three panels with a pharmacy on the first, a black and white of Rita in the middle, and Rita with her husband on the right]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1742580738/minnehahaacademynet/i3d4m3cjhy7mubrnolh4/2025RitaHammerBlog.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1742580738/minnehahaacademynet/i3d4m3cjhy7mubrnolh4/2025RitaHammerBlog.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1742580738/minnehahaacademynet/i3d4m3cjhy7mubrnolh4/2025RitaHammerBlog.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1742580738/minnehahaacademynet/i3d4m3cjhy7mubrnolh4/2025RitaHammerBlog.png","width":1200}])
Pharmacist Rita Hammer shares wisdom on balancing passion, purpose, and personal wellness as a pediatric pharmacist.
![A young man stands in a school hallway smiling]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1741633852/minnehahaacademynet/pioqkptedcn58orq8gp9/2025SpringQAKyleGaraycopy.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1741633852/minnehahaacademynet/pioqkptedcn58orq8gp9/2025SpringQAKyleGaraycopy.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1741633852/minnehahaacademynet/pioqkptedcn58orq8gp9/2025SpringQAKyleGaraycopy.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1741633852/minnehahaacademynet/pioqkptedcn58orq8gp9/2025SpringQAKyleGaraycopy.jpg","width":1200}])
Meet Kyle, a junior finding his voice through debate, music, and meaningful connections at Minnehaha Academy. Discover how he's inspired toward a future in public policy—and why he calls himself “fire that never stops burning.”
![A student smiles while standing in the hall on the third floor of Minnehaha Academy's Upper School]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1741378880/minnehahaacademynet/ow4mxa9ldd9ro6iyqonu/2025SpringQARubyBrowncopy.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1741378880/minnehahaacademynet/ow4mxa9ldd9ro6iyqonu/2025SpringQARubyBrowncopy.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1741378880/minnehahaacademynet/ow4mxa9ldd9ro6iyqonu/2025SpringQARubyBrowncopy.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1741378880/minnehahaacademynet/ow4mxa9ldd9ro6iyqonu/2025SpringQARubyBrowncopy.jpg","width":1200}])
From shadowing MA's athletic trainer to giving her sixth-grade self a little pep talk, Ruby '26 has a few things to say!
![🎶 It's Not Magic, It's Music! ✨]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1740517278/minnehahaacademynet/d2kf8poqjhzd5vklxiyy/2025-LS-3rd-Grade-Music-Minnehaha-Academy-Minneapolis-MN-1crop.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1740517278/minnehahaacademynet/d2kf8poqjhzd5vklxiyy/2025-LS-3rd-Grade-Music-Minnehaha-Academy-Minneapolis-MN-1crop.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1740517278/minnehahaacademynet/d2kf8poqjhzd5vklxiyy/2025-LS-3rd-Grade-Music-Minnehaha-Academy-Minneapolis-MN-1crop.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1740517278/minnehahaacademynet/d2kf8poqjhzd5vklxiyy/2025-LS-3rd-Grade-Music-Minnehaha-Academy-Minneapolis-MN-1crop.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1740517278/minnehahaacademynet/d2kf8poqjhzd5vklxiyy/2025-LS-3rd-Grade-Music-Minnehaha-Academy-Minneapolis-MN-1crop.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1740517278/minnehahaacademynet/d2kf8poqjhzd5vklxiyy/2025-LS-3rd-Grade-Music-Minnehaha-Academy-Minneapolis-MN-1crop.jpg","width":2200}])
Our third graders experienced the beauty of improvisation using the melodic pentatonic scale in Ms. Patzloff's class. Not only were they learning the power of the pentatonic scale, but they were hard at work practicing rhythm and free-form improvisation.
Minnehaha Magazine
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