Welcome to the Saint Paul Star High Schools

At a Saint Paul Star High School, students find a place that values them as individuals, while preparing them for college, careers, and active participation in their communities.

Star High Schools are small, public charter schools that are open to any student that meets the grade and age requirements. Star Schools do not charge tuition.

The Star High Schools have received support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation through the Center for School Change at the University of Minnesota's Hubert H. Humphrey Center for Public Affairs.

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The Star Schools

Each of the Saint Paul Star High Schools is creating an important model for small school excellence. Together, they are also creating a highly innovative collaborative model that will strengthen their academic programming and reduce administrative costs. By pooling their resources, the star schools will spend less money on routine business operations. This will mean more money for programs that directly impact students.

Augsburg Academy for Health Careers: The Augsburg Academy will serve high school students from diverse communities who are motivated to pursue a rigorous high school academic program. Students will be prepared for a vocation in health care, for post secondary studies leading to a health care career, or for advanced studies in any program that has high standards for student academics. The Academy is affiliated with several large faith-based organizations including: Fairview Health Systems, Augsburg College, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Lutheran Social Services, Luther Seminary, and Central Lutheran Church. The Academy is committed to addressing health disparities within communities of color and helping students from these communities pursue careers in the health professions.
Phone: Linda Packard, 612-672-6322

F. Scott Fitzgerald Writing Academy: The vision of the F. Scott Fitzgerald Writing Academy is to create an exemplary writing school for high school students in the greater St. Paul metropolitan area. The Academy will be a powerful network of students, teachers, and community members who love writing - a small school in which writing is a tool to enhance communication and learning in all subject areas. The FSF Academy will open in September 2005.
Phone: 651.415.5405

Great River School: Great River School will provide middle and high school students (grades 7-12) with an authentic Montessori learning environment. There are currently only a handful of authentic Montessori high schools in the world, and none in Minnesota. An internationally recognized expert in adolescent Montessori philosophy is designing the Great River School pedagogy and curriculum. This pedagogy and curriculum will strongly influence the other Star Schools.
Phone: 651.305.2780

Minnesota North Star Academy: The Minnesota North Star Academy will be the first and only non-residential high school in Minnesota to provide a bilingual-bicultural, student-centered curriculum for students who communicate using American Sign Language (ASL)--primarily those who are deaf, deaf/blind and hard-of-hearing. North Star Academy is working closely with Gallaudet University and CSD (Communication Services for the Deaf), and has strong support from the national deaf community. The North Star curriculum will provide an important new model for deaf education.
Voice Phone: 651.771.2000
TTY: 651.771.2112

Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists: The Conservatory will provide a world-class, professionally guided academic and artistic environment to train aspiring pre-professional artists in the areas of instrumental and vocal music, theater, dance, and film and television production. The Conservatory is affiliated with several large arts organizations and the city of Saint Paul, and is sponsored by the Ordway Center for Performing Arts.
Phone: Director Stephen O'Connor, 651.290.2225