Pieter Hoekstra is the principal of Insight School of Michigan. As a childhood immigrant to the United States, his family appreciated the importance of education to lifelong success and understood that there are many different models for school. Pieter’s own career has allowed him to come into contact with multiple models of education, each of which meets the needs of particular students in different ways. He began his teaching career working with middle school students both in Kalamazoo, Michigan as well as in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Over time, Mr. Hoekstra came to love alternative education, working with at-risk students in Marshall, Michigan. He served as a principal in a traditional high school, and as an education specialist for the Michigan Department of Corrections.
Mr. Hoekstra has a passion for helping struggling students succeed while empowering them to overcome many of the challenges they face on the road to graduation. Mr. Hoekstra feels very honored to play a critical role in helping each family he supports fulfill their educational goals.