Calumet Stories

Hannah and Heather North are 16 year old identical twins that fancy themselves as amateur detectives. Two weeks before Christmas eve they receive a request to engage their services on their website to locate a missing delivery driver and the presents he was carrying. This story takes place in the Keweenaw Peninsula of upper Michigan. It will be an especially fun read if you are familiar with the area.

Tim Pivarnik is a graduate in Secondary Education, and has also received a Master's degree in Secondary Education from Indiana University, Gary. He is appointed as the Principal of Gary Middle College. In the year 2004, he arranged a high school academy workshop and presentation in Santa Fe, NM. He made a committee to develop an alternative school at Griffith Middle/High School for the school years 2007-08. He also assisted professionals in the development of the Griffith Alternative School student handbook as well as writing the grant proposal for the other school. Recently, he attended Teach Like a Champion Workshops. Tim Pivarnik says that improvements in the areas of teaching, assessments, and curriculum are required, so as to assist students acquire 21st century learning skills, for instance, critical thinking and problem solving. He thinks that the biggest challenge that the education sector is facing these days is how to successfully join problem solving as well as critical thinking skills, and the soft skills required to build an efficient and feasible 21st century curriculum. He is of the opinion that teaching strategies must be refined, so that they can lead to effective enforcement as well as delivery of curriculum. It is essential to amend teaching strategies in order to improve educational models, but this can take place only at the cost of precise and regular professional development for existing teachers along with upgrading teacher training programs. Tim Pivarnik, the former Principal of Calumet High School says that it is very essential to enhance the quality of assessments. These must be made in such a way that they can evaluate critical thinking and problem solving skills, so as to analyze the actual effectiveness of a 21st century curriculum as well as its influence on the teacher effectiveness and students' achievements.

Tim Pivarnik is an experienced professional who has been teaching and assisting young students from the last 15 years. He has a rich experience of serving the most reputed schools of his region as a Principal with the best of his skills and abilities. At Griffith Middle School, Tim Pivarnik served a prestigious position of Dean of Students as well as an Athletic Director for one year i.e. 2006-2007. Later on, in next year from 2007-2008 he served the position of Assistant Principal at Griffith High School.

Tim Pivarnik has more than 12 years of experience in the education field. He is a very dedicated, loyal, and seasoned educator who is committed to improving the achievements of schools as well as students, he is associated with. While working as the Principal of Gary Middle College, he is dedicated to transitioning the college into a career readiness academy or a college by making strong partnerships with Ivy Tech Community College, Center of Workforce Innovations, Gary Area Career Center, and Hammond Career Center. In addition to serving Gary Middle College, he is presently taking classes for EdS degree and school superintendent's license from Indiana Wesleyan University. When Tim Pivarnik was the Principal of Calumet High School, he was extremely appreciated by the Secretary of Educational “Arnie Duncan” and the Under Secretary of Education “Martha Kanter” in a meeting that was attended by 600 education and business leaders. Tim was acknowledged as a successful turnaround Principal by the Secretary of Education for his great contribution in the improvement of the education system of the school. Owing to Tim's effort, this school was named as a Demonstration Site by the New Tech Network because of the accelerated and successful implementation schedule. It is a distinction that is generally reserved for 5 New Tech Schools in the state. He led the high from an 11th grade New Tech Model execution to a 11/12 New Tech implementation that was based on the success of 9/10 New Tech accomplishment. His wife Tammy owns and runs her own court reporting business known as Tammy Pivarnik Professional Court Reporting. He has two daughters, out of which 1 is pursuing her 2nd year of law school at Valparaiso University and another one is married and is a 5th generation educator in their family. Tim Pivarnik's Facebook account will help you get more information about him and the works done by him for the improvement of Calumet High School.

Tim Pivarnik is a highly qualified educational leader with great command over wide number of academic areas. Currently, he is serving a prestigious position at Gary Middle College. He is not just a principal but also a leader who is always striving for excellence in education. He is an experienced instructional leader whose accountability is to work with teachers to identify and classify different educational objectives and set school-wide or district wide goals. His career profile is enriched with his qualitative and quantitative professional experience which adds authenticity to his services. Till now, wherever he worked he brought many appreciable transformations regarding education system.

Tim Pivarnik is currently working as the Principal of Gary Middle College. He is focused on the improvement of education system of the school as well as the students. He encourages and supports innovative strategies and the incorporation of new techniques not only into teaching, but also in the learning activities. He was appointed as the Principal in the year 2013, when there was a great need to transform this non traditional, failing start up charter school to a successful one.

Tim Pivarnik was one of the most successful Principals at Calumet High School. He served the school for 3 years, and brought about many significant changes in the structure as well as the curriculum of the school. He joined the school in the year 2009, and successfully fulfilled his responsibilities. Calumet High School is counted amongst one of the 23 schools that is recognized on academic probation, as one of the 5 State academic probation by enforcing the New Tech instructional model besides a data driven curriculum course to avoid State take over. Tim planned, developed, and executed a freshman academy with a team teaching setting in a block lineup format with an emphasis on a PBL type of pedagogy. He made this academy to roll into 10th grade with looping English and Algebra teachers, therefore, enduring to roll further until the whole high school was transformed into an academy setup with STEM academy development in mind.