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Concordia Academy is a Christian high school with campuses in Roseville and Bloomington, Minnesota.

Concordia Academy originated in 1893 as part of Concordia College, St. Paul. In 1967, the Academy merged with St. Paul Lutheran High School (SPL) which originated in 1959. Since 1962, St. Paul Lutheran occupied the building at 2400 North Dale St. in Roseville. The two schools merged as Concordia Academy at the Roseville location in 1967.

The Lutheran High School Association of Greater Minneapolis became a reality in 1959 with the membership of nine area Lutheran congregations. A building in Minneapolis was purchased, and in the fall of 1963 Lutheran High School opened with 89 students in grades nine and ten. Each year a grade was added, and in 1966 Lutheran High School graduated its first class. The building in Minneapolis was eventually sold, and Lutheran High School rented space in the Edina Community Center for ten years. Lutheran High School purchased its present facility in Bloomington and moved in 1990. In January 2005, Lutheran High School opened up the new Dan Reuss Memorial Gym on the north side of its campus. A new partnership with Concordia Academy in Roseville began in the 2004-2005 school year, and in July 2005, Lutheran High School became Concordia Academy-Bloomington. The school retains the same programs, mascot, and school colors it had as Lutheran High School.

Concordia is fully accredited by the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement and the National Lutheran Schools Accreditation (NLSA). Concordia Academy-Roseville is located are one block north of Highway 36 on Dale Street Concordia Academy-Bloomington is located one half mile south of Portland Avenue and I-494.

NFL Wide Receiver Justin Surrency is a graduate of Concordia Academy in Roseville.

Olympic Volleyball Player Janet Cobbs is a graduate of Concordia Academy in Roseville.

External links

• http://www.concordiaacademy.com