WITNESS Partner Schools

Students served through the years:

  • 110,000+ students have participated in the WITNESS School Program since its inception
  • 3,500+ students in public, private and parochial schools in the Twin Cities metro area and beyond participate in WITNESS Artist Workshops and Residencies annually
  • 7,000+ students plus 500 teachers and chaperones attend WITNESS Young People's Concerts each year

Partner Schools Include:

  • Public, charter, private, alternative and non-traditional schools
  • Urban, suburban and outstate schools
  • Elementary, middle and high schools


Current & Past Partner Schools:
(Schools with a * are 2011-12 partner schools)

Alice Smith Elementary*
Anoka Middle School*
Bancroft Elementary
Barton Open School
Battle Creek Elementary*
Benjamin E. Mays Elementary*
Birch Groove Elementary*
Blessed Trinity Catholic
Boys Totem Town*
Brooklyn Center Jr. High
Brooklyn Center High School*
Buffalo Arts Magnet
Burnsville High School
Carondelet Catholic School
Central Park Academy*
Diamond Path Elementary
Dayton's Bluff
Edgerton Elementary*
Edison HIgh School*
Edina High School*
Emmerson Spanish Immersion Learning Center*
Epsilon - Hennepin County Home School*
Excell Academy
Evergreen Park Elementary*
FAIR School, Crystal
FAIR School, Downtown
Four Seasons A+ Elementary
Franklin Music Magnet
Friends School of Minnesota
Fowell Middle School
Galtier Elementary 
Glen Lake Elementary*
Gordon Parks High School*
Hancock-Hamline Magnet
Harrison Education Center
Highland Elementary (Apple Valley)*
Jackson Elementary*
Jenny Lind Elementary
Jefferson Community
L.H. Tanglen Elementary*
Lake Harriet Upper Campus
Lincoln Elementary School for the Arts*
Linwood Monroe A+ Elementary*
Lyndale Community School
Maplewood Middle School*
Marion W. Savage Elementary
Mississippi Magnet
Museum Magnet Elementary*
Nativity of Our Lord*
North Park Elementary
Northern Lights Community School*
Partnership Academy
Pilgrim Lutheran School*
PCYC Arts & Technology High School*
Ramsey School, Performing Arts Magnet*
Richfield High School
Rockford Elementary*
Rosemount High School*
Sanford Middle School*
Sheridan Arts Magnet*
Sojourner Truth Academy
St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic
St. Helena Catholic School
St. John's Catholic School
St. Mark's Catholic School
St. Pascal Baylon*
St. Peter's Catholic School*
St. Peter Claver Catholic*
Stonebridge Community School
Trinity School at River Ridge
Twin Cities Academy
Valley View Elementary (Columbia Heights)
WISE Charter School*
World Cultures Magnet*
Yinghua Academy
Zimmerman Middle School* 


For more information on becoming a partner school, contact Elissa Weller at eweller@vocalessence.org, or 612-547-1452.