Our mission is to educate all learners to reach their full potential as contributing and productive members of our ever-changing global community.
Bridges Area Learning Center is a personalized alternative high school program designed to meet the needs of students who, for a variety of reasons, are not successful in the traditional school setting. It was created in 2009 to meet the needs of a changing student population.
High school years may find students confronted with a range of challenges, which put them at risk to not graduate. Rather than dropping out of school, students have an option to attend Bridges.
Our goal is to reach all learners-- especially those who struggle in traditional schools. Bridges offers personalized instruction with staff who have a flexible approach to teaching.
8:20 a.m. to 2:50 p.m.
In-school sessions follow Prior Lake High School's class days. Any days off or early release days that PLHS has, Bridges ALC also has. Certain days of the month will be designated as "Work Fridays" and may be used as make-up days. These days will not have structured classes and students will not be expected to attend.
Daily Schedule
Period 1 8:20-9:20 a.m.
Period 2 9:20-10:10 a.m.
Period 3 10:10-11:00 a.m.
Period 4 11:00-11:50 a.m.
LUNCH 11:50 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.
Period 5 12:20-1:10 p.m.
Period 6 1:10-2:00 p.m.
Period 7 2:00-2:50 p.m.
Students experience small class sizes and flexible school schedules in a non-traditional setting. Those who complete the Bridges program have the ability to graduate with a diploma from Prior Lake-Savage Area School.
Bridges also offers make-up days for students struggling with attendance and intervention programming, including an on-site social worker and counselor.
For more information, click here.
Candi Jenkins
952-226-0843
David Lawson
952-226-0848
Andrew Martin
952-226-0844
Christine Nelson
952-226-0842
Melissa Olson
952-226-0841
Alexius Serefeas
952-226-0851
Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools is looking for name recommendations for our new elementary school that will be opening in the Big Sky Estates development in Savage in 2020. A committee will review all name suggestions and will make a recommendation to the School Board in February for their review and final decision.
On November 1, more than 125 school and community members came together to review the most important document in PLSAS: our Strategic Plan that defines our mission, core values, vision and strategic directions. It was an interactive evening with students, parents, staff and community working in groups to describe the experiences they would like to have in our schools in the coming years. These descriptions will help guide the district in the next stage of planning.
Congratulations to our 415 School Board Scholars who earned a cumulative GPA of 3.8 or higher.
Thanks to voter approval, a new Bridges Area Learning Center will open in fall of 2019. A groundbreaking ceremony was held in September, 2018. Click here to view the Bridges design plans.
Click "Read More" to view a full list of 2018-2019 PLATO course offerings at Bridges.