Alternative Education Schools
Star Academy Middle School
Star Academy serves middle school students in grades
6 through 8. The school’s mission is to help students
progress academically and develop the social skills
and work habits which will be beneficial throughout
their lives.
The purpose of Star Academy is to provide students
with an alternative learning environment, supported
by a low student-to-teacher ratio, where they can
successfully continue their middle school education.
A major focus is on strengthening academic competence and enhancing self-worth.
This structured setting provides students with individual academic attention to
maximize achievement. Core subjects include English language arts, science, social
studies, health and physical education.
A collaboration of service agencies provides students with resource specialists,
on-site counseling, as well as enrichment courses in technology, nutrition and
wellness, and fine arts. Current enrichment programs include Body, Mind and Spirit
Physical Education – Aikido, Organic Gardening, and Ceramics.
Our purpose at Star Academy:
- Supporting each student to become a positive, self-sufficient and
informed community member;
- Providing each student with the opportunity to receive a middle-school
advancement certificate;
- Preparing students to enter and succeed academically and socially in
high school;
- Building self-confidence, self-esteem, and character through hands-on
individual, small-group, and whole-class activities.
Star
“There are obviously two educations.
One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.”
—James Truslow Adams
Expected Student Learning Results
SCCOE Alternative Education will prepare its graduates to be:
- Academic Achievers
- Problem Solvers
- Effective Communicators
- Collaborative Workers
- Responsible Community Members
- Productive, Self-directed Adults
"Destiny is not a matter
of chance, it is a matter
of choice;
It is not a thing to be
waited for, it is a thing
to be achieved."
- W.J Bryan 1899
Directions
From the Santa Cruz
County Office of Education
take Encinal to River St.
- Turn right on River, then left
onto Highway 1 South
- Take the Morrissey Exit
- Turn left onto Fairmount
- Turn right onto Morrissey Blvd
- Turn left on Soquel Ave.
- Turn right onto Frederick St
and proceed to the
Star Academy Middle
School which is located at
the Star of the Sea Church.
Also visit the Alternative Education Programs Career Center.
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