North Star Academy Charter School
North Star Academy Charter School of Newark is a charter school located in Newark, New Jersey that educates students in grades ranging from Kindergarten to 12th. The school was recognized by the Blue Ribbon Schools Program in 2010.
In 2004, North Star Academy College Preparatory High School graduated its first senior class consisting of 19 students, all of whom were accepted into accredited four-year universities.
As of the 2010-11 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,262 students and 110.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.45:1. There were 704 students (55.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 282 (22.3% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
North Star Academy has been mentioned many times in newspapers and magazines all throughout the tri-state area. Currently, there are five campuses: three middle schools (Clinton Hill, Vailsburg and Downtown Middle Schools), one Elementary School (Vailsburg) and a high school located in downtown Newark.
In 2000, New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman and then-Governor of Texas George W. Bush toured the school, hailing it as an example of reform.
North Star recently started a new Elementary school (Principal, Julie Jackson) and Music Program, (Connie Graham.) Graham just completed a recent production featuring North Star's kindergarten of "Magic Drums." based on "Jungle Drums" by Graeme Base.
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