About Desert Star Community School
In
2004 a group of Sedona parents and educators began networking
and researching to develop a vision for an innovative
new Waldorf inspired charter school in Sedona. A non-profit
was formed, Desert Star Community School Inc., and in
January of 2006 our charter application was approved by
the Arizona State Board of Charter Schools. Desert Star’s
501(c)(3) status as a non-profit, tax exempt educational
organization was approved on Sept. 18th, 2006.
Desert Star has included “community” in its
name to honor and recognize the importance of community
participation and involvement in the creation and maintenance
of a healthy thriving school. Our community school values
and supports parent involvement and requests that families
volunteer a minimum of 50 hours a year in support of the
school if they are able to do so.
Our charter has been approved to accommodate
grades K-7. There will be two multi-age
classes (K-1st grade; 6th-7th grade) for the 2009-2010
school year. All other classes will be single
grade level classes. Multi-age and single grade
classes will strive to provide a developmentally
appropriate Waldorf curriculum for all while also
meeting Arizona state standards. |
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Children start learning
to play the
recorder in first grade.
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School Hours: Classes for grades K-7 will be
8:30-3:10.
At
the heart of Desert Star is the importance of
the teacher’s relationship with the child and his
or her ability to understand, assess, and respond effectively
to the child’s temperament, potentials and intelligences.
We believe that the key to unlocking each child’s
innate intelligence is a caring, supportive teacher-student
relationship that is nurtured over time. To build a strong
class community and reap the benefits of a long-term teacher-student
relationship, each group of children will move through
the grades with their teacher. Our goal is to provide
a strong secure foundation for students with social and
academic consistency from year to year along with the
flexibility to respond to specific needs.
