The Minnesota Football Coaches Association has released the 2025 year-end academic awards. The Southwest football team earned Academic All State Gold Level status with a team composite GPA of 3.43. This was the second highest team GPA in all of Class 5A. 

Individually, Senior Riley Orr was named Academic All State! He was one of only 15 student athletes in Class 5A to earn this distinction. He is pictured below with Coach Zoucha.

Congratulations to the team and to Riley for a great season! Go Lakers!

The following was shared with us by our friends at Metro Transit.

E Line: A new BRT line will be opening! E Line will serve the France Ave corridor, and SWHS students can board at France/47th stations. 

Route 6: Route will be eliminated and replaced by the E Line (France) and Route 36 (Xerxes).

Route 36: New route will serve Mineapolis and Edina, via Xerxes Avenue. Route will connect with METRO E Line at Uptown Transit Station. SWHS students can board at Xerxes/47th.

Route 156: As part of the Dec 6th Service Change, Route 156 will be returning. This route will offer a connection for students in the Kenny/Armatage area who are attending SWHS. The trip timing on this route has been very intentionally set up so that it can facilitate transfers for students between Route 36 and Route 156 on Xerxes, with the timing in place so that students will arrive just prior to bell time. 

Please see the following links for further information. 

• E Line Pocket Schedule

• Route 36 Pocket Schedule

• Route 156 Pocket Schedule

• E Line / Route 6 / Route 36: Map & Differences

• E Line / Route 6 / Route 36 Fact Sheets

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