My name is Dashon and I’m in 10th grade at Hope Academy. I’ve been a student here since 7th grade. At my old school in 6th grade, some of the kids were in gangs, kids were bringing drugs to school – Yes, in 6th grade. And the teachers didn’t really know what to do, and it seemed like they just didn’t […]
The following alumni updates are featured in our 2013-2014 Annual Report. 2014 Digna Bermejo, Mpls Comm. & Tech. College (MN), is taking general classes and enjoying school. Carmen Bermejo, Argosy University (MN), is taking general classes and enjoying school. Lani Crowell, U. of M–Twin Cities (MN), is a student in the School of Engineering, and […]
Note: This article is adapted from Russ Gregg’s opening address to the staff and faculty of Hope Academy on August 18, 2014. Fifteen years ago, Jeff Bird and I were in a cabin on Lake Huron talking about how to start Hope Academy. We made a roaring fire, but as we put on a few […]
The following remarks were shared by Peter Ziegler at Partner Day. Mr. Ziegler provides teacher coaching throughout Hope Academy, and so has had opportunity to see teaching in progress schoolwide. What a wonderful day the Lord has made let us rejoice and be glad in it! And you get spend part of the day with […]
Check back here during the mission trip weeks in mid-November for real-time updates on how things are going on the 10th and 12th grade mission trips to the Dominican Republic and New Orleans!
Russ Gregg appeared live on KKMS radio today with student Taron Busby for a 30-minute segment live from the State Fair. Listen to the interview by clicking below:
Today is the first day of school, and 410 students streamed through the doors of Hope Academy today, our 15th school year. When Hope Academy began in 2000 with just 34 students in grades K-2, we could have never imagined what the Lord would do. Continue to praise the Lord and pray with us for his […]
Dr. Ben Carson’s life story has been an inspiration to our work at Hope Academy since the very beginning. Dr. Carson grew up in a rough neighborhood of Detroit, and his parents divorced at an early age. His mother couldn’t read. With a deep faith in the Lord, though, Dr. Carson persevered in school and beyond, eventually becoming […]
A special thanks to the hundreds of you who joined us to celebrate the class of 2014 on May 31, 2014. Click here to see photos from the commencement. Congratulations to Digna Bermejo (Minneapolis Community & Technical College), Carmen Bermejo(Minneapolis Community & Technical College), Lani Crowell (University of Minnesota – Twin Cities), Kalen Davis (North Hennepin Community College), Jamie Delgado-Dominguez (St. Paul Community College), Micah […]
Abraham Norman (Class of 2014) Abraham Norman delivered this address at the Commencement Exercises of the class of 2014 on Saturday, May 30, 2014. Abraham will be studying at Hillsdale College (MI) in the fall on a full-tuition scholarship. My fellow classmates, friends and brothers and sisters in Christ, it is an honor to have the […]
