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- June 5, 2025
June 5, 2025
Congratulations, Prior Lake High School Class of 2025, your day has arrived! Best of luck to the more than 700 of you earning your diploma and moving on to the next chapter of your lives. For those members of the community who wish to celebrate the new graduates, ceremonies kick off at 7 p.m. tonight at Dan Patch Stadium in Savage.
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Brian Nutter (left), assistant principal and leader of the MnCAPS program at Prior Lake High School, visited with students Danea Dahlberg and Sean Souriya, participants in the construction trades pathway during the 2024-25 school year. Laurie Hartmann / PL News Compass
Moving ahead of the pack
Hundreds of Prior Lake High School students will be well ahead of their peers in planning for their future. Not only have they had the opportunity to experience hands-on learning about different career paths they may wish to pursue as an adult, many will leave with college credits that can be applied toward a future degree.
The Minnesota Center for Advanced Professional Studies was introduced at Prior Lake High School in 2016. For the past several years, leaders of the profession-based immersion program partnered with Farmington High School in offering concentrated studies in the “pathways” areas of business, education, medicine/healthcare and trades.
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The Prior Lake program has close to 300 volunteer mentors who have extensive knowledge in a wide variety of professions and skills, with most living or working in the south metro area.
Every MnCAPS student works with a mentor who can answer questions and provide guidance in a collaborative environment.
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