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Project Based Learning

Students in all grades develop proficiency in Project Based Learning (PBL). Advisors guide students through the PBL process, providing ample support and structure in the middle school until students master it at the high school level.

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Social Emotional Learning

Our teachers are trained in Developmental Designs which encompasses both the academic and social needs of adolescents. It provides structures for teaching to the whole child so that academic growth is enhanced, rather than limited, by the social and emotional realities of adolescence.

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Progressive Education

Progressive Education is a student-centered educational movement which gives more value to experience than formal learning. Our small school setting allows us to provide hands-on learning, deliver personalized feedback, and empower students to drive their academic pace.

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May Term

At Arcadia, students spend the last two weeks of school in a fun, hands-on, experiential learning course or two of their choice. Past choices have included sewing, hiking, baseball, dungeons and dragons, and much, much more.

Arts at Arcadia

Arcadia's Mission and Vision highlight the importance of the arts to the educational and personal growth of students. At Arcadia, students have a multitude of opportunities to get involved in the arts, through classes, projects, field trips, events, school productions, and the Arts Residency Program.

World Language Program

Arcadia offers two languages, French and Japanese, for grades 6-12th and grades 8-12 respectively. 10th, 11th and 12th graders in the high school also have the option to take a language from a nearby college or university through the PSEO program.

This awesome video was made by Yeji Shin, an Arcadia senior, who transferred from Bulgok High School in Korea in February, 2019. Enjoy the tour!

Arcadia Tour

Check out a video game about Arcadia made by Arcadia high school students in spring, 2022!

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The Arcadia staff were always willing to go the extra mile to help a student experiencing difficulties. Helping with an assignment, projects, setting goals or lighting the load from a stressful day or week. The help and relationships from the Arcadia staff, prepared me for university!

Helen '24 - Studying at Hamline University, Alum
No matter what project idea I had, my teachers were there to help me make it happen. If I wanted to do something the school couldn't provide, my teachers helped me find or create the resources I needed to succeed. For me, this culminated in teaching several term-long literature classes to both middle school and high school. I would never have been able to even imagine something of this scale at a different school.

Charles '23 - Student at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, Alum
Arcadia gave me the freedom to dive into my passions through an academic lens while providing the structure of core classes so I couldn't ignore the essentials. My student-teacher relationships made me more confident, capable of asking questions, and chasing down answers. After seven years of Arcadia, I'm now devouring every day of college and loving it just as much.

Julien '23 - Cornell College in Iowa for evolutionary biology, Alum
When I became a student at Arcadia, it helped me slow down, and really process what I was doing, how I was doing it, and where I wanted to go from there. The teachers respected me as an equal, which gave me the freedom to speak freely, and explore topics that I normally would've felt looked down on if I had stayed at NHS.

Lila '22 - Larsons Printing employee, Alum
Arcadia helped me through a focus in project based learning, preparing me to be able to prepare and present projects confidently at the university level, while allowing me to learn about the things that we're important to me, helping to ready me for my chosen path in college.

Quinn '22 - Undergrad student at University of Manitoba, Alum
"I always knew I wanted to be a scientist and Arcadia was a great place to be able to explore and expand my interests in the natural world. I loved doing projects, and looking back I think my skills as a researcher, synthesizer, and presenter (all so invaluable in science) are much more well developed as a result of project based learning. My senior project especially has had a direct impact on my life since graduating - because of it I was much more prepared to make decisions about what to study in college and was able to confidently make connections with experts in my field. I’m also so grateful to Arcadia as a place where I always felt free to be myself, which is both rare and incredibly valuable during adolescence. I would not be so secure and happy academically and social/emotionally without having gone to Arcadia"

Mila '20 - Geosciences PhD student at Penn State/NASA JPL, Alum
Arcadia helped me develop an intrinsically motivated creative learning style through pursuing interesting and complex projects, and this has proved useful to my learning in many college classes. Arcadia also helped me learn how to manage my time and think critically about a variety of topics. Finally, Arcadia provided an incredibly supportive community in which I felt safe to learn and explore. I am so grateful for this school and all the people who have been part of it.

Gráinne '23 - sophomore at Mount Holyoke College, Alum

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Northfield, MN 55057
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