Osseo Area School District 279 is a school district in Hennepin County, Minnesota providing free public education from the primary level to the secondary level in the following areas: Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Maple Grove, Osseo, Plymouth, Corcoran, Dayton and Hassan. District 279 is the fifth largest district in Minnesota, with a student population of 22,071 in 2006. The superintendent is Susan K. Hintz.

Overview

Osseo Area Schools serve all or parts of Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Corcoran, Dayton, Hassan, Maple Grove, Osseo, and Plymouth. District 279 has 19 elementary schools (K-6), four junior highs (7-9), three senior highs and an area learning center (9-12).

A comprehensive preK-12 school district, Osseo prepares students for college, post-secondary vocational training and the job market.

Elementary schools focus on reading and math achievement. Students also receive instruction in writing, research, science, social studies, phy ed and the arts. Literacy in technology, media and information retrieval is taught within subject areas. Many schools offer a variety of programs such as Be Four preschool, all-day kindergarten, multi-age classrooms and team teaching. Title 1 programs provide academic support to improve reading and math skills through an individualized plan for improvement.

The district's magnet school program offers value-added curriculum at two elementary schools: Birch Grove Elementary School for the Arts and Edgewood Elementary, a Science, Math, and Technology School. North View Junior High and Park Center Senior High (grade 10) offer students the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (applicant status).

Junior highs offer middle-level programming designed to let students sample elective courses and advance according to aptitude. Senior highs offer more than 250 basic, advanced, online, and elective courses including calculus, advanced math and science classes. Each school provides three years of French and Spanish; some offer German.

Each school provides a wide variety of talented and gifted program services, from enrichment at elementary level to secondary-level advanced classes in English, math, science and social studies.

District 279's highly ranked special education program provides services from birth to high school graduation or age 22. Whenever possible, services are provided in regular classroom settings with children of the same age.

Renovation and construction that began in Spring 2000 improved facilities and added classroom space across the entire district.

For more information, call the Division of Leadership, Teaching, and Learning at 763-391-7084 or 763-391-7110, or visit http://www.district279.org.

Schools

Here is a complete list of schools in the Osseo Area School District 279 (from primary level to Secondary level, including magnet schools and educational learning centers (school opening dates in parentheses):

Primary Level

• Basswood Elementary School
• Birch Grove Elementary School for the Arts
• Cedar Island Elementary School
• Crest View Elementary School
• Edgewood Elementary A Science, Math and Technology School
• Edinbrook Elementary School
• Elm Creek Elementary School
• Fair Oaks Elementary School
• Fernbrook Elementary School
• Garden City Elementary School
• Oak View Elementary School
• Palmer Lake Elementary School
• Park Brook Elementary School
• Rice Lake Elementary School
• Rush Creek Elementary School
• Weaver Lake Elementary School
• Woodland Elementary School
• Zanewood Community School

Junior High Schools

• Maple Grove Junior High School
• Brooklyn Junior High School
• Osseo Junior High School
• North View Junior High School

Senior High Schools

• Osseo Senior High School
• Park Center Senior High School
• Maple Grove Senior High School

Educational Learning Centers

• Osseo Area Learning Center

External links

• Osseo Area School District 279
• Basswood Elementary School

See also

• List of school districts in Minnesota