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- EIN 41-1267531
- (651) 297-6716
- 5200 Willson Rd Ste 310 Minneapolis MN 55424-1427 USA
- www.misf.org
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Causes: Children & Youth, Education, Educational Services, Scholarships, Scholarships & Student Financial Aid
Mission: Misf mission: "to strengthen minnesota's independent schools through advocacy and advancement. " misf is the largest known statewide organization serving the needs of independent and private k-12 schools in minnesota.
Programs: The misf stem program, now in its ninth year, encourages and supports misf members in their efforts to introduce and enhance stem education in their schools. The program has three major components: 1) an annual professional stem education conference. In august, 2016, 243 math, science, and technology teachers, along with several independent school administrators and special guests attended the 2016 misf stem education conference held at concordia academy in roseville. 2) facilitated access to community resources in stem education such as the science museum of minnesota's science house. Teachers checked out items from the science house library of stem curricular materials including models, specimens, equipment, lesson plans, manipulatives, and media. 3) a grant program for member schools. On april 30th 2017, at this year's minnesota private and independent education awards event, misf awarded 31 schools over $138,000 in stem grants.
approximately 217 supporters, leaders and advocates from across the state attended the 2017 private and independent education awards celebration held in woulfe alumni hall on the campus of the university of st. Thomas (st. Paul). This was misf's eighth annual awards celebration. Misf presented 39 awards, including stem grants totaling more than $138,000. School leadership conference: eighty-two (82) school leaders and administrators from 59 member schools attended misf's twelfth annual school leadership conference. In addition to school leaders, participants included session presenters and event exhibitors bringing the total number of attendees to nearly 97.
misf membership is 154 schools serving 33,634 students. Out of the total member schools 106 serve elementary grades (k-8), 20 schools serve high school grades only (9-12), and 28 schools serve a combination that include secondary grades (k-12, 6-12, etc. ). During 2016-17, misf held five professional development seminars. More than 300 school leaders and staff from the state's k-12 private and independent schools participated in the gatherings.