Dr. Joan

About Joan Arbisi Little

Joan Arbisi Little surrounds herself with art, children and civic work. She has experience teaching at the elementary and middle school levels, and change leadership at the graduate level. As an educator, Joan promotes experiential and project based learning, and assessments that include portfolio, standard-based, qualitative and narrative methodology. Joan is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities College of Design and the University of St. Thomas School of Education. joan@cpathmn.org

OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL

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Middle schoolers have welcomed in-person learning with enthusiasm and curiosity!  After a long year of distance learning, our middle schoolers have thrived with being with one another and engaging with teachers and peers.  They are growing each day during these challenging times but have all thoroughly enjoyed being back in school.  We as the staff

Career Pathways Goals

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Career Pathways goals are to provide a safe learning environment that fosters the soft skills necessary to become career and college ready.  We start with an emphasis on Professional, Appreciative, Thoughtful and Helpful actions that promote empathy and social justice. We work to increase students’ perceptions of autonomy, belongingness, goal orientation, academic press, engagement and hope.  

Elective Options

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At Career Pathways students have the option to choose a new elective each month. Electives are a variety of topics and include activities that range from Basketball to Board Games. Students and teachers work together to create the elective options. This month our science teacher Ms. Luna is using her passion for plants and animals to introduce

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