About Star Academy

We believe Star Academy offers one of the most comprehensive, multi-sensory, hands-on Bay Area special education programs. We incorporate proven-effective teaching methods throughout the curriculum.

Experiencing daily success is central to the philosophy of Star Academy. Star is a place where students learn to recognize and develop their competence, and where parents and their children can feel hope about the future.

Star Academy is a non-profit organization.  The Shining Star Foundation in San Rafael, a 501(c)3 charitable organization, operates Star Academy.

Certification

Star Academy is a private, non-profit school and also a State certified Non-Public School (NPS) by the California Department of Special Education.

Star Academy is FULLY Accredited by the Schools Commission of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).

Western Association of Schools and Colleges
Accrediting Commission for Schools
533 Airport Blvd., Suite 200, Burlingame, CA 94010
Phone: (650) 696-1060

Non-Discrimination Policy

The Shining Star Foundation and Star Academy do not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, gender, sexual orientation or national origin.

 


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An extraordinary characteristic of the program is the amount of one-on-one and small group support students receive, depending on their needs.