Welcome to the Baraga Elementary School homepage.  Here you will find information relating to the activities at Baraga Elementary School.  Choose one of the links below for more information.  You may contact us by clicking “Faculty & Staff” in the link menu or call 353-6663.

Phillip La Tendresse Elementary School

• Grades 3-6
• 353-6663

Pelkie Learning Center

• Grades K-2
• 353-7538

Parent, Student, Teacher Compact

Freedom to Learn (FTL) is a statewide initiative aimed at improving student achievement and engagement in our Michigan schools. FTL is the catalyst for changing the way students learn and teachers teach. The demands of a 21st century educational system make this change necessary.  FTL empowers teachers to individualize instruction for every child -- truly to leave no child behind. FTL creates an environment where every child can have an Individualized Education Plan (IEP), where learning occurs anytime and anywhere, where students are motivated by their own medium of expression. FTL accomplishes this new educational vision through a one-to-one learning environment, in which every student and teacher has access to his or her own wireless laptop in a wireless environment.

The FTL program is jointly coordinated by the Michigan Department of Education and Ferris State University (FSU) and is based at FSU.  An Overview and History of the program can be found at History and Overview on the Freedom to Learn website. 

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Explore, learn, grow - Great explorations await your child at the Baraga Area schools after-school and summer program.  Family activities, enrichment activities, academic activities.  Image learning math concepts by playing with legos or improving writing skills by developing skits and plays.  You children can experience these things and more through Great Explorations.

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Young Author’s Day is the culmination and the beginning of a reading and writing process.  It is a special day to celebrate the fact that all students can read and write.  It is the culmination of a year’s worth of reading, writing, editing, revising and polishing various pieces.  It is also the beginning of the reading and writing possibilities that every child could experience if he/she chose that path.  Young Author’s Day is also a time of creativity and fun.  Besides meeting a published author, the children have the opportunity to experience skits, craft projects, and creating a special ice cream sundae.  This is a very special day when we can all help to inspire our students.

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