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Welcome to Burt Township School District,
Home of the Grand Marais Polar Bears!

Our Mission

Grand Marais School believes that creating a diverse and dynamic, environmentally-focused, technologically-superior school serves as a catalyst to prepare our students to compete in the local and global community. Grand Marais School strives to facilitate learning through a maximum of course offerings and learning environments to lead the way toward productive, engaged citizenship in the technological, global society.

Strategic planning

We are embarking on a strategic planning process and need your input! Strategic planning allows us to gather feedback from community stakeholders to help plan for the future of the school.

Polar Bear Press

Welcome to the Polar Bear Press! Ms. McCormick’s 9-10th grade class publishes the stories posted here in a bi-weekly print publication. Stories are student written and aim to provide news and updates on the happenings of the school to the greater Grand Marais community!
 
Check out some recent stories below, and head over to the click here to visit the archives!

Sign up for the Polar Bear 5K!

New to the District?

If you are moving into the area with a school-age child, or children, please email or call the district office: OZech@burt.school or (906) 494-2521. Please leave a message and we will contact you as soon as possible and will be happy to assist you with your enrollment.

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Upcoming Events

April 8, 2024
April 9, 2024
April 10, 2024
  • PSAT 8/9

    April 10, 2024

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  • BTS Preschool & Kindergarten Screening

    April 10, 2024  9:30 am2:30 pm

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  • School Board Meeting

    April 10, 2024  6:00 pm7:30 pm
    Burt Township School, 27 Colwell Street, Grand Marais, MI 49839, USA

    School Board meetings are open to the public in-person.

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Superintendent's Corner

June 2023

School is out and June is over. The dog days of summer are here! Apart from the hard work being done at the school to help prepare for the start

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May 2023

As some of you already know, I will not be returning next year as the superintendent/principal of the Burt Township School District. Timing is everything and it is time for

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April 2023

This month’s superintendent’s corner was written by our special education teacher, Mr. Louis Justman. On Tuesday May 2 voters in Burt Township and across the rest of Alger and Marquette

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