Post Your 2013 Southwest High Prom Pics on Patch
Upload photos of your preparations, the Grand March and Saturday's dance.
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Monday, May 20, 2013
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Post Your 2013 Southwest High Prom Pics on Patch
Upload photos of your preparations, the Grand March and Saturday's dance.
Friday, May 17, 2013
Post Your 2013 Southwest High Prom Pics on Patch
Upload pictures of your preparations and the dance to our gallery.
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
(PHOTOS) Southwest and Washburn HS Boys Tennis Take on South in Doubles Tourney
Annual three-way tournament includes the Lakers, Millers and Tigers.
After umpteen snow-outs this spring, the boys varsity tennis teams from three Minneapolis high schools—Southwest High School, Washburn High School and South High School—met at Powderhorn Park Tuesday for an annual doubles tournament.
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Southwest 622nd in Newsweek's Best High Schools in USA
The magazine's 2013 rankings came out Monday.
On mobile? You can see interactive map here. Newsweek has ranked Minneapolis' Southwest High School as the 622nd best high school in the country. For its rankings, Newsweek sent out a survey to more than 5,000 high schools in the United States, with about 2,500 schools responding in 2013. You can see the details about Southwest's ranking, and every other ranked high school by clicking on the markers in the interactive map above. The survey scores were then weighted and calculated using several criteria including on-time graduation and college acceptance rates. In addition, instead of averaging the number of courses offered, this year Newsweek considered the percentage of students enrolled in AP, IB or Advance International Certificate …
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Monday, May 6, 2013
Southwest HIgh Grad Jamie Cheever Runs 2nd Fastest Steeplechase in the World
Success in California came after tough winter at home in Minnesota—and now she can dream of Moscow.
Southwest High School graduate Jamie Cheever is the second-fastest woman in the world this year in the 3,000-meter steeplechase after a stunning April 28, 2013 performance at a major race at Stanford University in California. The Team USA Minnesota website described her achievement: Team USA Minnesota's Jamie Cheever ran a personal best of 9:29.13 (previous was 9:51.42) in the 3000-meter steeplechase at the Payton Jordan Invitational and finished second in the race after 2012 Olympian Emma Coburn from Colorado, who ran 9:28.26. Both women achieved the World 'A' standard in the steeple of 9:43 or better and are currently ranked #1 and #2 in the World in the event for 2013. Cheever said Coburn "took off right away" in the race but that she …
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Friday, May 3, 2013
Post Your 2013 Southwest High Prom Pics on Patch
You don't have to wait until prom night to post photos on Patch!
Calling all Southwest High School prom-goers: Get ready to share your prom process on Patch! Prom, the glamour event of the year for Southwest High students and their families, is May 18. It's one long photo op, and Southwest Minneapolis Patch is the perfect place to share your memories with the community. There's no limit on the number of photos you can add. Share your shots from: And this isn't just for kids! Parents, you can upload your "classic" prom pictures, too. Just click the "Upload Photos and Videos" button to the left and show off those awesome pics! Follow Southwest Minneapolis Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our free daily email newsletter
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Saturday, April 27, 2013
'Much Ado About Nothing' Opens at Southwest High May 1
Come see one of a handful of performances of this Shakespeare classic.
Friday, April 26, 2013
Southwest HS Sophomore Wins Congressional Art Competition
Grace Miller's artwork will represent Minnesota's Fifth District in a yearlong exhibit at the U.S. Capitol. Another Southwest High School student, Marissa Nicol, placed third.
Two Southwest High School students were among the top three in An Artistic Discovery, the annual Congressional Art Competition among students in Minnesota's Fifth Congressional District. A Shadow's Offering by Southwest sophomore Grace Miller placed first and will hang on exhibit at the U.S. Capitol for one year. liya Tourville of Fridley High School placed second and Marissa Nicol, also from Southwest High School, placed third. See a gallery of photos from the annual Arts Education Forum and awards reception on Tuesday.
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Thursday, April 25, 2013
U.S. News & World Report Ranks Southwest High School No. 11 in Minnesota
Southwest fell out of the state's Top 10 in the magazine's annual ranking.
In the annual ranking of public high schools was announced Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report, Southwest High School is 11th in Minnesota and 720th nationally. More than 21,000 public high schools throughout the country were reviewed. Criteria include student-teacher ratio, a college readiness index (determined by percentage of students taking and passing Advanced Placement and/or International Baccalaureate exams), and students' proficiency on standardized tests. See how the Washington Post recently ranked Southwest High School. Mahtomedi Senior High School earned the spot as the state's top-ranking public high school in the survey. The top-ranked school nationally was School for the Talented and Gifted in Dallas, TX. The methodology …
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Jesse Lykken
4:32 pm on Monday, April 29, 2013
Can this possibly be true? A public high school that only accepted students based on academic merit? With no name here on the post (suspicious) I'm thinking this is all hogwash. I've had 5 kids go through Mpls. public high schools (two still in), three at South and two at Southwest. The only qualifications were geography and siblings, unless there were indeed some secret, shadow rules. Actually, … more ›
Tammi Cheever
5:30 pm on Monday, May 6, 2013
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