Al Franken recognizes TORCH

BRIGHT SPOT Shining the light on great work underway around the Northfield Promise benchmarks!

Northfield Public Schools implement kindergarten readiness assessment One of the first benchmarks on the Northfield Promise cradle-to-career continuum is “Every Northfield child will be ready for kindergarten.” Until this point, however, it has been difficult to assess how we as a community are doing on this important measure. This year, the Northfield Public Schools were selected by the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) to participate in a pilot initiative designed to look at the kindergarten readiness of our community’s children. Read more

Northfield TORCH highlighted by U.S. Senator Al Franken for graduation work

U.S. Senator Al Franken spoke this month at the state's 50-year VISTA celebration.  In talking about the impact of national service programs in Minnesota communities, Senator Franken went into detail about the Northfield TORCH initiative and its impact in helping to address the graduation gap in Northfield. Check out this two-minute clip!

What's New

Greenvale Park Community School - Year 1 = Success! Annual Report Released Northfield Promise Presents at the National Community Education Conference New Northfield Promise Action Teams Forming - We Need You!

By the Numbers

59%

of Northfield high school students earn some form of postsecondary degree (2-year, 4-year, certificate) within six years of high school graduation. (2015 National Student Clearinghouse)

My Northfield Promise

"Literacy is a passion of mine. I also believe that all children can learn, they just need different levels of support at different times in their journey, and Northfield Promise fits with that." Hear more from Connie Nelson, Reading Team chair ...

Northfield Promise exists to ensure all children in Northfield reach their full potential.

Northfield Promise is a member of the national  Strive Together network , a group of communities working to improve education success for every child through a data-driven, collective impact approach.