Who Are We?
Morning Star Academy is a non-profit 508 micro-school founded by Katie DeMello and Dawnette Willems. We currently have four full time teachers, three part time teachers, two part time aides, and some generous volunteers.
Mission Statement
Morning Star Academy seeks to glorify God by assisting families in guiding all children to transform into their full potential both spiritually and academically. The staff at Morning Star Academy believes in creating an atmosphere based on compassion, mercy, and forgiveness with reconciliation. We strive to cultivate habits of discipline clothed in truth and love; while providing instruction that considers the whole child resulting in a growth that will last eternally.
Curriculum
We are using MasterBooks curriculum to implement our subjects of Math, Science, and Language Arts. For History and Geography we are using the Notgrass curriculum. Additional enrichment classes will and have been created based on teachers and parent’s expertise. Some examples of these enrichment classes include PE, cooking / nutrition, art, book clubs, typing, and music theory. Additionally, field trips in nature, service projects, and events that help to enhance the curriculum taught will be offered at least monthly.
Number Of Students
Morning Star Academy currently has thirty-two 1st through 8th grade students enrolled. As God opens doors, we plan to prayerfully add additional students to our micro-school from 1st-8th grades.
Schedule
Full-time staff are expected to arrive at 8:30am and leave by 4:00pm.
Full-time Students will arrive at 9am and will leave by 3:15pm.
Part-time staff are expected to arrive 15 minutes prior to their scheduled class.
Part-time students will attend 11:45am -3:15pm Monday - Thursday and will be included in all Friday activities.
The below schedule is subject to change.
*Additionally, field trips in nature and within the community, events that help to enhance the curriculum taught, service days, book club, and PE will be scheduled on Fridays for both full-time and part-time students.
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