Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire At Interlochen

The past several months have been a very traumatic time for me with regard to Interlochen, and the past few weeks have been the most wrenching.

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The “Challenges” Facing Interlochen Part 4

At the conclusion of Part 3 I left off with the promise of presenting a challenge system designed to maintain the benefits of the old system as well as address some of the observations and concerns expressed to me by the more than 80 Interlochen faculty members I interviewed.

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The “Challenges” Facing Interlochen Part 1

Picking up where I left off from the end of the decision making articles (Part 1 & Part 2), I am now going to begin examining Interlochen’s challenge system in detail. We’ll begin by examining the challenge system that has been eliminated as well as the current system the Interlochen administration has created to replace it. In later installments of this series we’ll hear from faculty members, alumni, parents, and students …

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The “Challenges” Facing Interlochen Part 2

To continue where I left off in The “Challenges” Facing Interlochen Part 1, I’ll now focus on the specific rationale behind why the old challenge system (hereto referred to as “challenges”) was eliminated and list the goals of the new audition policy.

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