Academy of Holy Angels

Academy of Holy Angels (AHA) is a private Catholic high school in Richfield, Minnesota.

[2] It moved to its present-day location at Nicollet and 66th Street on Sept. 15, 1931, amidst a record-breaking heat wave of 104 degrees.

[3] It opened its doors to 107 students grades 1–12, having merged with the nearby St. Margaret's Academy high school some years before, with Sister Eugenia Maginnis, CSJ, as principal.

The original grounds included a formal English garden in the courtyard, tennis courts, a 9-hole golf course, and an ice skating rink during the winter.

In 1972, the school officially became coeducational, opening its doors to 128 new male students; the first four-year, co-ed class graduated in 1976.

[2] In 2000, Holy Angels became the first private school to receive an Ethics in Curriculum Award from the Minnesota Academic Excellence Foundation.

By 2007, AHA had begun Project Laptop, equipping the 9th grade class with a personal computer for academic use.

Holy Angels participates in the Tri-Metro Conference, which is part of the Minnesota State High School League.

Fall sports: cross country, dance club, football, soccer, swimming, tennis, and volleyball.

Today, the Holy Angels theater department, Starlight Productions, produces three shows each year: a fall play, a spring musical, and an entry into the MSHSL State One Act competition.