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Use a link below to fill out an application. You will need to create a Powerschool account to save your work and track your application.
Use a link below to fill out an application. You will need to create a Powerschool account to save your work and track your application.
Parents realize their child spends more waking hours with their teachers and desire them to receive:
Safety for our scholars is one of our top priorities at Hope. Our policies enable us to know exactly who is in the building and ensure everyone is where they are supposed to be. We have a check-in system that gives staff a real-time list of all visitors present in the building. Whenever someone signs in at our iPad kiosk, a level 3 sex offender scan is performed.
A core value at Hope is the belief in the necessity of building deep, authentic, loving relationships with one another which creates a sense of belonging for students and staff.
We guarantee a Hope Academy education will be affordable for your family. Generous financial Partners cover 90% of our full operating costs. This allows us to work individually with families to determine a customized monthly cost that they can afford, which is reevaluated each year based on emerging financial factors.
Busing is available to all families who live in Minneapolis. We partner with Minneapolis Public Schools busing to provide safe and reliable transportation for students.
We believe parents are the primary teacher in a child’s life! That’s why we want to create strong, healthy partnerships with parents and come alongside them in their child’s education. Each parent signs a “Parent Covenant” when their child enrolls at Hope Academy and agree to:
9:55 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.
9:55 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Yes uniforms are required for all K-12 students at Hope Academy. We partner with Donald’s for our uniform items. Click here to view our uniforms for each grade!
Today we serve 690 students in grades K-12, with a vision of growing to 1200 students.
Hope Academy serves hundreds of students K-12 from many diverse cultures and ethnicities: primarily African, African American, multi-racial, Hispanic, and Caucasian. Approximately 1/3 of our students speak more than one language at home. Teachers and staff work hard to provide a classroom and community where every child is known, loved, and able to pursue his or her best; and where families from all different cultures and backgrounds feel welcome. Even though Hope Academy is growing, our students and parents continue to say that it feels like a family.
Our staff create an atmosphere that goes beyond traditional teaching. We strive to inspire and instill purpose in our students, fostering not only academic excellence but also a profound understanding of God’s promise to give them a hope and a future. Hope Academy understands the importance of attracting and retaining top talent to ensure the success and growth of our educational community.
We provide rigorous, classical, faith-based instruction that focuses on both character growth and academic achievement; additional support to help children focus and thrive in the classroom; 4-weeks of summer enrichment (mandatory K-8); programs in technology, skilled trades, the arts, and more. We also provide parenting workshops, support groups, and other resources to strengthen families.
Despite many challenges, Hope Academy students are growing in faith, leadership, and academic excellence; graduating at remarkable rates (96% across all classes); advancing in higher education and careers; and becoming servant leaders in their communities.
Our core strategies help us achieve this: a Christ-centered classical model of education, excellence and accountability, mandatory parental involvement, and our partner funding model (parents pay 10%; private donors pay 90%).
While Hope Academy is committed to nurturing all students, our school is not equipped to provide special education services such as Tier 3 supports or Individualized Education Programs (IEPs).
Hope Academy is a a private, Christian school funded by individuals, corporations, and churches. Charter schools are merely another variety of public school. They receive all their funding from the government and are subject to most of the same rules and restrictions of government schools. Our laws currently prohibit devoting public funds to supporting faith-based schools. MN Statute 124D.10 Sub. 8 (c) says, “A charter school must be nonsectarian in its programs, admission policies, employment practices, and all other operations.” In contrast, the Bible teaches us that “the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” Respect and honor of God is the foundation for all learning at Hope Academy. That’s why we never grow tired of declaring, “The hope of Hope Academy is God.”
Yes, since 2013 Hope Academy has been dually accredited by Christian Schools International (CSI) and AdvancED.
Hope Academy is a K-12 school.
Yes! At Hope Academy, we serve a diverse group of multilingual learners from various countries. The multilingual teachers work with students in small groups and in the classroom in order to best meet the individual needs of each child. We focus our efforts on Kindergarten through 6th grade. We strive to supplement classroom instruction by targeting needed language areas. The goal in our English language instruction is to equip students to better understand their classroom material and to prepare them for effective communication and contribution in society. Our hope in all we do is that students would cultivate a deep love and strong faith in God and that they would live a life honoring Him.
Hope Academy offers extracurricular programs for students in many enriching areas such as music, technology, performing arts, and athletics. We partner with createMPLS to provide before-school programs in robotics (FIRST Lego Leagues) and engineering (higher level robotics, drones, hydroponics).
Students participate in choir and musical theatre, soccer (at Hope Academy), volleyball, and baseball, cross country, football, and track & field (co-ops with Minnehaha Academy and Cristo Rey Jesuit High School). Through Hope Academy’s Academic Support Center, students have access to extra before- and after-school tutoring.
We also provide mentoring and enrichment opportunities for students through partnerships with Urban Ventures and other nonprofits in the community. During Hope Academy’s four-week summer session, students enjoy opportunities in photography, visual arts, music production, and performance arts (taught by Inverted Arts); and technology classes (taught by createMPLS). High school students also participate in free ACT prep and internship opportunities throughout this time.
Every Upper School student is assigned to a Hope Academy “House”, which is intended to develop a deeper sense of identity, belonging, & leadership. Houses are centered around Tournament, Unity, and Service, and are able to earn points in each of these areas. The House champion for the month earns a catered meal provided by Hope Academy, a relic for their House, and an out-of-uniform day. Juniors and Seniors lead our Houses and plan the House meetings and monthly House Feasts.
Yes! To register contact Nash Anderson in the main office at 612-540-2000 or nashanderson@hopeschool.org.
Monday – Fridays from 7:45 – 9:45 am (when school is in session) for K-5th graders
Monday – Fridays from 4:15 – 5:30 pm (when school is in session) for K-5th graders
Both programs are a relaxed time of social interaction and play for Lower School age students.
On average our K-5 classes have 20 students or less! Kindergarten classes even have both a teacher and full-time aid. Middle School and High School classes range from 15 – 25 students per class.
Yes, all of our faculty and staff embrace a Faith & Life Covenant. More important than a school’s curriculum, facilities, or sports programs is the answer to the question: who are the men and women who are going to be teaching your child? We encourage urban parents to focus on a school’s teachers for three crucial reasons:
In the lives of students, so much textbook content is forgotten; but the lessons that stay with them forever are the unspoken ones that come directly from the teacher, the “living curriculum.”
The purpose of Hope Academy is to spread a banquet of God-glorifying, classical education for the youth of the city. Our curriculum is excellent and college preparatory, but what most excites us is that your son or daughter will have personal relationships with teachers who are devoted disciples of Jesus Christ.
No, however all Hope students take a Bible class each year and attend weekly Chapel as part of our commitment to provide a remarkable, God-centered education for the youth of the city. Our community represents over 30 faith denominations and about 85% of our families would consider themselves Christians.
Believing that all children are created for God’s glory and endowed by him with an inalienable potential to acquire wisdom and knowledge, Hope Academy covenants with urban families to equip their children to become responsible, servant leaders of the 21st Century. Committed to the truth, discipline, and values of the gospel of Jesus Christ, Hope Academy pursues this aim by mobilizing educational, business, and community leaders towards the important goal of serving the children of Minneapolis with a remarkable education, permeated with a God-centered perspective. This inter-denominational school will seek to unleash kingdom citizens who work for justice, economic opportunity, racial harmony, hope for the family, and joy in the community.
