News
World’s Best Workforce Targets Rolled Out to School Staff
Northfield Promise and the Northfield Public Schools teamed up this winter to help increase awareness among school district staff about the World’s Best Workforce legislation, the targets that have been set for Northfield by the Minnesota Department of Education, and the resources available from Northfield Promise (and the wider community) to help the schools reach these goals.
Dental Clinic Launched at Greenvale Park Community School
With the start of 2016, the Greenvale Park Community School launched a new dental clinic, led by the amazing HealthFinders Collaborative. The clinic is designed to address pressing community needs for youth dental services.
Sophomore Career Expo
On Friday, February 12, over 35 professionals from nearly 30 local businesses/organizations gathered in the Northfield High School (NHS) gymnasium to share career information with NHS and Arcadia sophomores.
Northfield YouthBank awards nearly $30,000 in grants to youth-led projects
Local high school students recently awarded $29,220 in grants to projects designed by fellow young people through the new Northfield YouthBank initiative. YouthBank believes that young people are well-positioned to help address the issues that impact them. Consequently, youth lead all aspects of the YouthBank process, from designing the request for proposals to reviewing […]
School Board Approves World’s Best Workforce Report
At their November 9, 2015, meeting, the Northfield School Board adopted the district’s 2014-15 “World’s Best Workforce” report. A requirement from the Minnesota Department of Education, this report charges districts with outlining measurable targets for how they will make progress in five goal areas: All children are ready for school. All third-graders can read at […]
Northfield High School Students Share Career Interests
This fall, over 1,000 Northfield High School students took time to share their thoughts on their future goals and aspirations. This career interest survey asked students what areas they would possibly like to go into once they complete high school.
Northfield Public Safety Explorer Post 3300 Launched
The beginning of November saw the launch of the newest career exploration program available to Northfield area youth: The Northfield Public Safety Explorer Post.
First Year of Greenvale Park Community School a Success!
The Greenvale Park Community School is a flagship initiative of Northfield Promise. The first year of the community school initiative was a great success! Learn more in the inaugural "Greenvale Park Report" to the Community below. Thanks to all the partners who made it such a great success!
New Northfield Promise Action Team Forming – We Need You!
When the calendar flips to 2016, Northfield Promise will roll out its next action team. This group will focus its work on two of the Northfield Promise benchmarks: Every youth will have interests, goals, & a vision for the future by the end of 8th grade Every youth will graduate from high school with a […]
Northfield Promise Presents at the National Community Education Conference
Northfield Promise was invited to present at the National Community Education Conference, held in the Bloomington, MN, September 30 – October 3, 2015.