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.