Maplewood Academy had its beginnings in Minneapolis in 1888 in the basement of the Lake Street Church and was called the Minneapolis Preparatory School. A year later the school was moved to Anoka and was renamed the Minnesota Industrial School. In 1904, it moved again to a beautiful 94 acre farm property purchased in Maple Plain, the location of which is the present day site of Baker Park Preserve and the Three Rivers Park. The property included a lovely maple grove, which prompted the school’s name change to Maplewood Academy. In 1928 the school was again moved to the campus of the Danish-Norwegian Seminary located in Hutchinson, Minnesota. The two schools co-existed for two years until the seminary closed, leaving the Academy to take over use of all the facilities. Thus, for nearly a century and a half, Maplewood Academy has provided quality secondary Christian education to hundreds of students at its current location.
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To learn more about our history go to: mnsdahistory.org
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