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North Star Academy

A Unique Learning Experience

Inside the Classroom: A Look at Academics

Philosophy

Extra Curricular Activities

North Star Academy provides a stable environment for gifted students to learn. Our philosophy includes:

- Unparalleled respect to others.

- To provide students with a set of learning tools for future success.

- Growth can be measured in many different ways: intellectual, emotional and moral.

Our teachers are amazing mentors that help prepare us well for the future.

- Each student has anywhere between 4 and 7 teachers throughout the week who teach subjects ranging from US History to World Sports, or Gardening to Advanced Algebra

- Each teacher specializes in a subject or two and also teaches an enrichment period.

- The students are able to take classes based on their ability and interests.

-We are a project based school that uses technology in the classroom.

Middle School Music Class

At NSA we are able to improve all different aspects of ourselves!

  • P.E. is fun and educational,
  • Teaches teamwork and skills
  • Spanish gives a great jump start at learning new languages.
  • Music class creates self-confidence and the ability to express oneself.
  • North Star's esteemed enrichment program provides a fun yet educational class at the end of the day!

Music

3rd-5th Grade Music

Student Council

Our Teachers Are Amazing!

- Us!!!

- Help to represent the student body to the school administration

- Field Day

- Our teachers provide a nurturing environment where everyone can learn.

- They are very understanding, and easy to talk to.

- They give help willingly!

iPad apps in the classroom

We are supported by faculty and friends

  • Teachers are a great support system!
  • We all have friends and "buddies" to talk to.

The Poetry Wall

"Caught Being Good"

Buddy System

- When a student is caught by a teacher or member of faculty performing a good act, form sent to office

-Principal Crane commends people that were caught being good at Flag Salute

-Given a prize for Caught Being Good and slip posted in office.

- strengthens pride in good behavior

  • younger kids can go to older kids
  • creates stronger community
  • gets older students to embrace younger students

Shakespeare rehearsal

Flag Salute

- the Poetry Wall was started project by the Paper, Art, And Poetry Enrichment.

- Anybody can post their poetry on the wall, conveniently located in a place where anyone can read it.

Every Friday, all students and staff meet in the school yard.

- daily announcements

- school events, fundraisers, etc.

- "Caught Being Good"

Fit To Learn

Enrichment

Paper Art and Poetry

- To ensure students are healthy and fit to learn, every morning before school they can run laps on the blacktop.

- The laps are counted on their card, which is for each class.

- There are teams made up of two classes from different grades (e.g. 3rd and 8th), and your team's laps are counted on the posters located throughout the school.

- Every week one class wins the Golden Shoes, an award for the most people participating in a class.

- North Star students are running to go around the world!

School Plays and Musicals

Caring Teachers

We're proud of our performing arts!!

PE!

  • is a special time of the day for all students
  • get to do something that we are passionate about
  • teaches a variety of good skills
  • able to express ourselves
  • get to achieve something great, and be proud of what we have done
  • have fun putting on a great performance with our friends
  • get to boost self-confidence while gaining knowledge of historical literature and public speaking

Why we like

enrichment

Musicals

Spanish

we log our miles so we know when we go around the world!

We have ran over 10,000 miles!!!

Conclusion

Our Goal is to make it around the world in 40 days! We can do it!

Spanish Restaurant Field Trip

Gardening

NSA ROCKS!

North Star students are proud of their school and their work.

Hawaiian Applique

Robotics

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