Lake Harriet High School

Other local schools proposing name change. Should Southwest? http://www.southwestjournal.com/news/schools/2017/03/ramsey-middle-school-rename-alan-page-prince/

Ramsey community provides feedback on potential namesakes The Ramsey Middle School site council voted March 7 in favor of changing the school's name. The site council voted to send three potential namesakes to the Board of Education: ex-Minnesota Vikings defensive tackle and former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan Page, 19th-century physician M

This is the campaign to change the name of Southwest High School to Lake Harriet High School. Changing the name will bring consistency to the associated lower schools. The name Lake Harriet adds more personality as it is named after the neighborhoods most well known landmark.

Notable Southwest alumni; Actor Peter Graves, Miss America 1977 Dorothy Benham and Hip Hop artist Dessa Darling

Did you know that until about 1988, the Southwest High School nickname and mascot was the Indians? Southwest was one of the first schools to change from Native American images.