Nat'l School Choice Week: StarShine Academy; A School Different

StarShine Academy, since 2002, will celebrate School Choice Week with a community breakfast on
Thurs. Jan 26, 2017, "The 15th Annual 100th Monkey Breakfast" where the students will make and
serve breakfast to supporters. StarShine will also host a ribbon-cutting for their Maker Space
Innovation Center and will unveil a 3D Printer, donated to the students. StarShine is located in an
area of Phoenix with 96% below poverty and war refugee students.
Phoenix, AZ, January 23, 2017 --(PR.com)-- StarShine Academy, a K-12 Charter School in Phoenix, AZ
since 2002, has always done things differently. This week will be yet another grand opening.
StarShine Academy Celebrates National School Choice Week
January 24th marks the beginning of School Choice Week — an awareness effort to highlight the
need for more high-quality school options for all students and families.
Trish McCarty, Founder and CEO of StarShine Academy Schools, released the following statement on
National School Choice Week:
This week, individuals, families, schools, and education organizations unite to celebrate and demand
better school choice. During National School Choice Week, we recognize the growing number of families
who have options for their children's education and how that improves and impacts our nations' future.
We also commit ourselves to work smarter on behalf of the millions of students still waiting for that
choice.
"This year, we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the passage of the first charter public school law. Arizona
had one of the first charter laws in 1997, and has continued to be a national leader of school choices,
including charters, district and private schools. We honor the hard work put forth by the countless
teachers, school leaders, and parents that created opportunities for the nearly 3 million students in charter
schools today.
"Still, as a newly-released demonstrates, we have much more work to do to create enough opportunities
for students nationwide."
About Charter Schools
Charter schools are independent, public, and tuition-free schools that are given the freedom to be more
innovative while being held accountable for advancing student achievement. Since 2010, many research
studies have found that students in charter schools do better in school than their traditional school peers.
For example, one study by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes at Stanford University found
that charter schools do a better job teaching low income students, minority students, and students who are
still learning English than traditional schools. Separate studies by the Center on Reinventing Public
Education and Mathematica Policy Research have found that charter school students are more likely to
graduate from high school, go on to college, stay in college and have higher earnings in early adulthood.

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About StarShine Academy Schools: A School; Different StarShine, opened in 2002 as one of the early
charter schools, continues to be a leader is school reform, advocating teaching human skills in addition to
academic skills as a necessity for the 21st Century, which include an emphasis on gardening, the
environment, the arts, protocol, sports, self-respect, responsibility to others and civics. Mrs. McCarty and
other leaders recently met with Pope Francis and at another meeting at Windsor Castle to discuss how to
improve education for the future of all.
This week celebrations will include, Spring planting in the garden, essay contests and on Thursday, Jan.
26, the 15th Annual 100th Monkey Breakfast, Maker Space Ribbon Cutting For more information, please
visit starshineacademy.org
Trish McCarty
602.295.9493
TrishMcCarty@starshine.us

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Contact Information:
StarShine Academy Schools
Trish McCarty
602-295-9493
Contact via Email
www.starshineacademy.org
Please feel free to call the above number, to reach me immediately by mobile.

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