STAR Academy

Dear Friend’s and Family!

In the time preceding the winter holiday break, our students have been learning the Paragon Holiday Guide, a curriculum supplement focusing on the wisdom traditions, specifically those of the world’s primary religions as rich and diverse as Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Kwanzaa, which is not a religion, but a winter festival that honors the past and reaffirms the future. In the guide are general lessons that provides a look at the winter celebrations. Beyond the factual accounts of other cultures and diversities throughout our world, another very important part of your child’s education is having an awareness and understanding of our core belief that we are all a part of a world community. This is the foundation of the Mosaica program, and what we strive as teachers to inspire at STAR Academy. Through this culture awareness, we hope to pass on the valuable lessons of tolerance and acceptance, for this is what frees our world, hopefully, of violence, judgment, and global “dis-harmony.”During this joyful holiday season, we invite you to a very special Holiday Festival on our last day of school before our winter break on December 18th at 2:00 pm. Everyone will gather in the gym, whereupon all grades will present their celebrations from around the world. We encourage parent and community involvement at this splendid time of joy, unity and coming together in comm-unity. We wish you a joyful holiday jaunt around the world! Please join us in the celebration.

Happy holidays!

STAR academy