301 County Rd #2 · Barrett, MN 56311 320·528·7400
Independent School District 2342 · Established

West Central Area Schools

Home of the Knights

A place where
every Knight
finds their way.

Lifelong learning through educational, recreational, and enrichment opportunities for all — three schools, one prairie, and a community that shows up for every Knight.

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FeatureA student writing thoughtfully at a classroom desk
Apr 13, 2026Office of the Superintendent

Four hundred voices, one question — what does it mean to be a Knight?

The identity survey closes Friday. More than 400 students and staff have answered the same six questions — and the words they’ve chosen are already forming a picture of who we are.

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EnrollmentA young preschool child smiling with crayons in a colorful classroom
Apr 11, 2026Community Education

Welcome the Class of 2039 — preschool enrollment is open

Registration for the 2026–27 preschool year is now live. Limited seats per room at both North and South. Bring your soon-to-be Knight for a building tour any Tuesday morning.

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FamiliesA parent and child sitting together at a kitchen table looking at a laptop
Apr 09, 2026Food Service · Office

Lunch & activity payments have moved to JMC Family

After our switch from Synergy to JMC, all payments now flow through the JMC Family portal. The video walkthrough makes the first deposit a five-minute job. Office still takes cash and check.

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BoardA school board meeting in a wood-paneled rural conference room
Apr 07, 2026School Board

Tuesday’s board meeting — facilities update on the agenda

Tuesday April 15 at 7:00 AM. The facilities survey results — and what they mean for the next five-year capital plan — open the regular meeting. Public comment slot held at 7:45.

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TraditionAn open high school yearbook with a pen and red ribbon on a wooden table
Apr 04, 2026Secondary School

Order the 2025–26 yearbook before the deadline

This year's cover was designed by the senior art class — and it’s the kind you'll want on the shelf in twenty years. Orders close April 30 through Jostens.

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CommunityHigh school students in red caps and gowns at a graduation ceremony
Mar 31, 2026Class of 2026

Graduation is Thursday May 29 — save the date

Eighty-three Knights walk the stage at 6:30 PM in the Secondary Gym. Doors open at 5:45. Live stream link will post here the morning of the ceremony for family who can’t make the drive.

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Challenge. Learn. Succeed.

Three schools, one district, one promise to every Knight — challenge them where they are, teach them what comes next, walk with them until they succeed.
Challenge · Learn · Succeed
West Central Area Knights
I · PK – Grade 6

North Elementary

Where the youngest Knights find their first friends, first books, and first stage bows.

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South Elementary School classroom
II · PK – Grade 6

South Elementary

A small-school heart with a big-school horizon — reading circles on the rug, recess on the prairie.

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West Central Area Secondary School building
III · Grades 7 – 12

Secondary School

Where Knights earn their stripes — in the classroom, on the court, and at the podium.

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A note from the superintendent

To the WCA family

For the first time in a long time, we are asking ourselves — out loud, together — who we are. And the answers are starting to arrive, by the hundreds.

Over four hundred students and staff have now completed the identity survey. Their words are honest, specific, and often surprising. They don’t describe a school. They describe a place that feels like home on a weekday morning.

This website is the front porch of that place. When you come here, we want you to find the lunch menu in two seconds, the bus route in three, and — if you want to stay a while — the reason we do all of this in the first place.

If you haven’t taken the survey yet, there's still time. And if you have, thank you. You're helping us write the next chapter of what it means to be a Knight.

— The Superintendent
West Central Area School District

Mark the calendar

Full district calendar →
15
April
School Board meeting
7:00 AM · District Office
06
May
School Board meeting
5:30 PM · District Office
08
May
Early out — 12:30
All buildings
25
May
No school — Memorial Day
All buildings closed
28
May
Last day of school
Half day · PK–12
29
May
Graduation
6:30 PM · Secondary Gym