About Us

Eagle Ridge Academy is the first public school in the southwest suburban area specifically dedicated to offering a demanding college preparatory, classical, liberal arts curriculum. We serve grades kindergarten through twelve. The Academy provides a learning opportunity that, up until now, has only been available at select private schools.  Our goal is to not only help each student achieve his highest academic potential, but also to develop strong character, with the intent of creating not just smarter students, but better people, prepared to lead abundant and responsible lives as contributing members of our great country.

Mission

The mission of Eagle Ridge Academy is to provide our students with a traditional, classical education that demands their best in academic achievement, behavior, and attitude and challenges them to attain their highest potential.

Vision

Eagle Ridge Academy will offer an academically rigorous, time-tested classical, liberal arts curriculum that:

• prepares students to be exemplary and knowledgeable citizens;
• instills a life-long passion for learning;
• values self-discipline, respect, perseverance, and achievement;
• teaches truth, beauty and goodness; and
• fosters an appreciation for the United States of America and her unique role in the world.

Authorizor

Friends of Education
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EX0-01-A
200 East Lake Street
Wayzata, MN 55391

 

Awards

• Friends of Education launched an Achievement Award program for the schools they sponsor.  This award was presented to the charter school which demonstrates prudent fiscal management and obtains the highest academic performance.  Eagle Ridge was selected as the recipient in 2009.
• Eagle Ridge Academy is on the list of U.S. News and World Report's Best High Schools of 2010. For more information, click here.

Related Books

Veith, Gene Edward Jr. and Andrew Kern. Classical Education: Towards the Revival of American Schooling. Capital Research Center, 2001.

Hirsch, E. D. The Schools We Need and Why Wd Don't Have Them. Anchor, 1999.

Hirsch, E. D. Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know. Vintage Books, 1988.

Bauer, Jessie and Susan Wise Bauer. The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home. W. W, Norton & Company, 1999.

Adler, Mortimer J. Reforming Education: The Opening of the American Mind. Collier Books, 1990.

Related Wesites

MN Charter Schools Association
Explanation of classical education
The Core Knowledge Sequence
Saxon Math

Mn Department of Education Report Card