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2022-23 Online/PBR Registration Form
NorthStar Academy provides a grade 5 through 12 completely online school program for the at-home learner, as well as a partially online program for grade 1 to 4 students. This program especially meets the needs of homeschool families who want an accredited Christian education for their children but want their children to continue studying at home.
NorthStar Academy is intentionally structured to partner with parents, rather than replace them. Parents provide the home learning environment while NorthStar Academy provides the instruction, marking and accreditation. Our NorthStar Academy program is “asynchronous” rather than “real-time” which allows parents flexibility in structuring the school day around:
- Travel
- Part-time student jobs
- Student responsibilities in a family business or farm
- Medical treatments
- Sports and music
- Competition schedules
- Courses are designed to work on five-year-old computer equipment and software
There is a direct relationship between time on task and student learning. Parents and students need to realize that a quality education will require a full school day and a full school year.
Most students require about 5 to 7 hours per day (25-35 hours per week) for 36 weeks a year to complete the NorthStar Academy program. Parents need to ensure that students enrolled in our program have a relatively quiet place to work for this amount of time under their supervision.
Benefits of registering with NorthStar Academy:
- Caring teachers who believe in education from home
- NSA will work with you to ensure students have the resources they need
- Free Field trips
- Learning Clusters - a great way to meet new friends and try new things
- Four exciting choices to help support Christian home learning
- Supportive and dynamic community
- Availability of online lessons and resources
As well as our students and teachers, supervisors (usually parents) are very important members of our learning community. They represent a key element to the success of the NorthStar Academy program. Online education opens up a much greater opportunity (and responsibility) for parents to partner with teachers in the Christian education of their children. Students perform best when supervisors are present throughout the school day.