(05/23/2025) University Avenue Elementary School - Aerospace, Children’s Engineering and Science, hosted its sixth annual Leadership Day on Thursday, May 22, a celebration of student achievement and growth throughout the school year. 

Students presented research projects progressing from ‘Then, Now to Wow,” explaining a problem and the creative solution they designed and proposed how it could come to life one day. Throughout the hallways, students also stood ready as “wax museum statues,” where learners transformed into historical figures, reciting prepared reports sprinkled with notable facts about each subject for district staff, family and community members in attendance.

One of two schools in Minnesota to earn national recognition as a Lighthouse School from FranklinCovey Education, University Avenue Elementary embraces the "Leader in Me" program, empowering students to focus on a wildly important goal, determine how to achieve it and develop essential life skills along the way. University Avenue Elementary is a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) magnet school with unique emphases on Aerospace, Children's Engineering, and Science (ACES), and has been named a Top Magnet School of Excellence by the Magnet Schools of America. View photos from the event.