Southwest's Fall Parent/Teacher Conferences will be held Tuesday, October 14 and Wednesday, October 15.

Tuesday, October 14 conferences are in person at Southwest from 4PM - 8PM. 

All in-person conferences are first come first served.

Wednesday, October 15 conferences are virtual from 8AM - 3:30PM. Families can schedule conferences at Myconferencetime.com

Check out this help link if you need help setting up your conference. 

Winter Sports Registration is now open. For girls, we offer basketball, nordic ski, alpine ski, hockey, dance and cheer. For boys, we offer basketball, wrestling, swimming, nordic ski, alpine ski, and hockey. We also offer adapted soccer at the district level for both boys and girls.

Online registration: Registration Link - Southwest Winter 25/26 or  

https://students.arbitersports.com/southwest-high-school/southwest-hs-athletic-registration-25-26-2  (Tech support: 800-311-4060, press '4')

For Online payments use this link: Student Quick Pay  (Tech Support: sisteam@mpls.k12.mn.us) or a write a check to 'Southwest Athletics' and place in lockbox outside the Athletics Office at Southwest. All must pay to participate.

Registration Fees: for hockey is $240, and for all other sports is $75. ($25 for families registered for educational benefits- $80 for hockey.) 

All athletes must have a sports physical on record from the last three years. Sports physicals are free at the Southwest Mini-Clinic: call 612-394-3278 if needed.

In-Person Winter Sports Information Night will be held at Southwest on Thursday, October 23rd in in the Southwest Commons from 6:00-7:30 p.m.  Coaches will be available to help answer any questions you may have.

For any other general questions see our athletics website: https://southwest.mpschools.org/activities-athletics/athletics or contact Athletic Director Jared Mountain at: jared.mountain@mpls.k12.mn.us

Exam registration season is upon us, and our amazing Southwest scholars have the opportunity to take any IB DP exam that they qualify for based on the class they are currently taking.  As a reminder, all IB exams are paid for by MPS!!  Please complete registration before 11/1- the sooner the better!  There is also a link for the 3 AP exams we offer, but they do carry a $70 registration fee.  If you have questions, please see me- Tim Leistikow- in the Commons during conferences on Tuesday night or email me-  timothy.leistikow@mpls.k12.mn.us- to set up a time to chat on Wednesday. 

SW IB Website

IB DP Exam registration Slideshow

IB DP Exam registration Google Form for May 2026- your student has to access the form from their MPS account

AP Physics 1 and 2 and Lang/Comp registration- $70 per exam

IB/AP Exam Calendar- please mark those dates down for this spring

Community Education, with support of the Hennepin County Lifeguard Grant, is offering a Free Lifeguard Course.

Click here for details and register or go to www.mplscommunityed.com. 

Lifeguard Course

Location : Northeast 

2955 Hayes St Ne, 55418

Sundays- Nov 2,9,16

9:00am- 5:45pm