GFW High School

Growing Future World Class Leaders in High School

GFW High School offers a wide variety of educational and athletic opportunities and is focused on supporting college and career readiness for every student. In addition to traditional course offerings, three academies provide more career exploration, hands on-learning opportunities, and ways to take learning to the next level. 

Academies include Agriculture, Engineering & Manufacturing (AEM), Business, Art, Communication & Entrepreneurship (BACE), and Health Sciences and Human Services (HSHS). Each academy has a variety of career pathways to help identify courses that could best prepare students for their future careers. GFW offers a wide variety of elective courses as well as college credit options and industry certifications.

Classes start at 8:30 a.m. and are dismissed at 3:20 p.m

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Students

GFW Academies and Pathways

Focused on Career and College Readiness and Local Workforce Development

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Using the Minnesota Department of Education’s Career and College Readiness Framework, GFW Public Schools has created academics: AEM, BACE, and HSHS. Each academy has a variety of career pathways to help identify courses that could best prepare students for their future careers. GFW is offering many new elective courses as well as college credit options and industry certifications. The academies are designed to help focus the electives students participate in to become career and college ready.

Learn more about the GFW Academies and Pathways

Meet the Team

Erin Jacobson

Erin Jacobson

Principal

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Josh Wasmund

Student Services Coordinator

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Jennifer Haas

Middle School/High School Secretary

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Denise Palmer

Middle School/High School Secretary

Contact GFW Middle School/High School

GFW High School
1001 N. Cottonwood Street
Winthrop, MN 55396
Phone: 507-834-6501
Fax: 507-647-4329