West school briefs: Holy Angels hosts prospective students

Holy Angels hosts prospective studentsThe Academy of Holy Angels will host a fall open house for prospective students at 6 p.m. on Wednesday.

The open house is geared toward students in eighth grade or younger students interested in learning more about the ninth- through 12th-grade Roman Catholic high school.

The event will include an activities fair, teacher presentations, a school tour, a panel of current students and information on tuition and financial aid. For more information, contact Jesse Foley at jfoley@academyofholyangels .org or Meg Angevine at mangevine@academyofholyangels.org.

Fall concert moved to Convention CenterRobbinsdale's annual fall music festival will be held at the Minneapolis Convention Center instead of Orchestra Hall due to construction.

Armstrong and Cooper high schools' symphony orchestras and concert choirs will perform at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 19.

Tickets, which are $10 for adults and $5 for students, may be purchased at either school or at the Education Service Center. A shuttle bus will be available from Cooper for $3 a person.

Breck School holds information sessionsBreck School will host an information session for parents of prospective fifth-graders from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. next Tuesday.

A second information session, for prospective preschool and kindergarten students, will be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Nov. 15. Families can tour the school, meet staff and receive information on admissions and financial aid.

The school, located at 123 Ottawa Av. N. in Golden Valley, is also constructing a new 48,000-square-foot Upper School addition that will open in 2013.

For more information on the sessions, call 763-381-8200 or go to www.breckschool .org.

Breck senior named finalist in contestBreck School senior Caleb Kumar is the only Minnesotan and one of 93 students nationwide to be named a finalist in the 2012 Siemens Math, Science and Technology competition.

Kumar, who did work on a computer that assists in the diagnosis of bladder cancer, is also the first-ever finalist from Breck.