North House Folk School is an educational non-profit organization on the shore of Lake Superior in Grand Marais, Minnesota. We foster a non-competitive learning environment devoted to teaching traditional northern craft. We offer over 450 courses year round with 140+ instructors in everything from timber framing to woodworking to boatbuilding to fibers. Learn more and see a complete course schedule at www.northhouse.org. The mission of the North House Folk School is: to enrich lives and build community by teaching traditional northern crafts in a student-centered learning environment that inspires the hands, the heart and the mind. Five basic tenets guide all programs and classes at the folk school: - Create a rich, positive environment that inspires lifelong learning in a non-competitive environment. - Promote and preserve the knowledge, skills, crafts and stories of the past and present. - Help students recognize and develop their creativity, talents and interests in a student-centered environment that affirms individual differences. - Foster the concept of inter-generational learning. - Provide creative and meaningful opportunities for individuals, families and groups. The learning that is emphasized is inspired by the Scandinavian "folkehøjskole" where learning is valued for its own sake. The focus is on traditional methods and technologies and their application in a variety of areas.