Minnesota School of Excellence
October 27, 2008 -- Pinewood Elementary School has been recognized as a 2008-2009 Minnesota School of Excellence by the Minnesota Elementary School Principals' Association. The Minnesota School of Excellence program is recognized by the Minnesota Department of Education and National Association of Elementary School Principals. It was established in 1986 to endorse schools whose principal, staff, students and community demonstrate a team effort and the desire to strengthen education by successfully undertaking a research-based process, based upon six standards of effective elementary schools. Pinewood Elementary is among nine schools recognized as a Minnesota School of Excellence this year.