Our amazing school as reported  by The Ticker…. The Pathfinder School in Traverse City is taking a different approach to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day this year. “As a school, we decided that Martin Luther King Day is a … Continue reading →

Remember on Tuesday we will be traveling to the church to rehearse for the winter concert. The plan is to eat lunch early and leave on the bus at 11:45. Be sure to bring a book or games to play … Continue reading →

The 1st, 5th, 6th, and 7th grade science students screened the school’s finished compost and added it to the hoop house beds. All of The Pathfinder School’s lunch scraps are collected daily and added to a maintained compost pile. The … Continue reading →

We heard Elk bugle! The 8th grade girls, Duncan and I headed to the Pigeon River State Forest to hear Elk bugle on October 1st. We were fortunate to stay at the Andreae Cabin maintained by the Little Traverse Conservancy. Andreae … Continue reading →

Welcome back to the routine of school! All students seem happy to be back and I am as well. I hope to give you a brief overview of the academic and social events planned for early fall in science and … Continue reading →

Dear  8th grade leaders, I hope this finds you enjoying your summer yet yearning for some intellectual stimulation. In order to prepare you for your leadership role this fall I would like you read a book about an extraordinary man. … Continue reading →

I am super proud of the 7th graders who researched local and global freshwater issues. There are still two groups working on their presentations so stay tuned for those but for now enjoy these two awesome projects!

Dakota, Alex and Noah put together an iMovie trailer to show Newton’s 3rd Law. After some software glitches it came together as you can see. Alex added the vector arrows to express force using Hitfilm3!  Well done guys!  

It was a privilege for me to attend a state wide technology conference this last week in Detroit.  MACUL stands for Michigan Association of Computer Users in Learning and there were over 5000 teachers from Michigan in attendance. That my … Continue reading →

Despite the fact that school has been called off due to a wind chill warning of -30 F! the Science Expo is still on for tonight. Unless driving conditions become seriously hazardous we are going to go ahead and host this … Continue reading →