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 2010-11 partner schools)
Alice Smith Elementary*
Anoka Middle School (formerly Fred Moore Middle)*
Bancroft
Elementary*
Barton Open
School
Battle Creek
Birch
Groove Elementary*
Blessed Trinity Catholic*
Boys Totem
Town*
Brooklyn
Center Jr. High
Brooklyn Center High School*
Buffalo Arts Magnet
Burnsville High
Carondelet Catholic School*
Diamond Path Elementary*
Dayton's Bluff
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*
Hancock-Hamline
Magnet *
Harrison Education
Center
Highland Elementary (Apple Valley)*
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
Nativity of Our Lord*
North Park Elementary*
Northern Lights Community School*
Partnership Academy*
Pilgrim Lutheran School*
Plymouth Christian
Youth Center*
Ramsey
International Fine Arts*
Richfield High School*
Rockford Elementary*
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. 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
For more information on becoming a partner school, contact Elissa Weller at eweller@vocalessence.org, or 612-547-1452.
What do our partner schools think about the WITNESS Program?
“This
is our 4th year with WITNESS, and the experience each year has been great. Thank you for the opportunity!”
- Patrick Bents
Twin Cities
Academy
“It
is such a wonderful opportunity for our students to participate in the WITNESS
program and to have the experience of having a guest artist come to our school
and also come to the amazing VocalEssence concert.”
- Kris Edmonds
Brooklyn Center High School

