Area Learning Center
The Princeton Area Learning Center strives to support students in high school seeking a more individualized program. Our goal is to assist students in developing the skills needed to earn a high school diploma, and offer support as students become college and career ready.
Students from any Minnesota school district can attend the Princeton Area Learning Center once a referral is completed and submitted by your high school guidance counselor.
Students are eligible to apply if they meet one or more criteria:
- performs substantially below the performance level for pupils of the same age in a locally determined achievement test;
- behind in satisfactorily completing coursework or obtaining credits for graduation;
- student is pregnant or is a parent;
- has been assessed as chemically dependent;
- has been excluded or expelled according to sections 121A.40 to 121A.56;
- has been referred by a school district for enrollment in an eligible program or a program pursuant to section 124D.69;
- is a victim of physical or sexual abuse;
- has experienced mental health problems;
- has experienced homelessness sometime within six months before requesting a transfer to an eligible program;
- speaks English as a second language or has limited English proficiency;
- has withdrawn from school or has been chronically truant; or
- is being treated in a hospital in the seven-county metropolitan area for cancer or other life threatening illness or is the sibling of an eligible pupil who is being currently treated.
Guidance Services
Our staff is prepared to provide students with the support they need to become college and career ready.
