Star International Academy

Wow, suddenly a whole lot of forced positive reviews popped up to rock the scale..... Most by teachers, soon they will with same kind of English and style of writing will show up as parents, good job administrators getting a parade of reviews to make your school look better..... Thule down.
—Submitted by a parent

As a staff member here at Star I know that the teachers are doing everything they can to see our students succeed. We are fully adopting the International Bachelorette program to teach our students skills they will need in the modern workplace. We are doing everything within our power to make this school and our students something to be proud of.
—Submitted by a teacher

As a teacher at Star International Academy, I consider that we have Highly Qualified teachers, hardworking teachers, and great team spirit!
—Submitted by a teacher

As a staff member in Star I highly recommend it, it s one of the hard working schools. We offer different programs that would attract students and would enhance their knowledge. We are proud of what we offer and will work hard to build knowledgeable generation
—Submitted by a teacher

As a teacher I can say that the eduacators in this school are doing everything in their power to make sure the students have the skills they need to make it past high school and into college and the workforce. We are an IB school with high standards for the students.
—Submitted by a teacher

The staff at Star is very highly qualified, We attend a great deal of PD's throughout the year to ensure the best strategies are being used in the classroom.
—Submitted by a teacher

Star international academy. As a teacher at star academy I want to respond to parents that are saying that teachers do not communicate with parents, Thank you for your comment, but i would like to let you know that we try to call home all the time and parents never respond to our calls. Parents play a big role in the learning process of their kids and if they do not support we can not succeed. As for people that are talking about boyfriends and girlfriends, we live in a western society and we do no live under the rock , we teach teenagers our culture but this is part of growing up. We ca not monitor what students do outside of school and parents have to monitor what their kids are doing. if you do not like the school than you need to go outside and experience other schools to know the difference between our school and other schools.
—Submitted by a teacher

Teachers are some of the most hardest working I have seen. They truly go above and beyond for their students and are very knowledgeable about the subject matter. There are many extracurricular events students can participate in and helps foster the child at a holistic level.
—Submitted by a teacher

The teachers and administrators at Star International Academy are very passionate and greatly dedicated to student achievment and success.
—Submitted by a teacher

I am a parent at this school and honestly, I love this school. The teachers are open and honest and they make expectations clear from the get go. The school follows the National Common Core Standards what every school is required to do by next year. They are ahead a game!!!!
—Submitted by a parent

Star has a great early childhood program and the students are put through a primary years program that teaches them to be active learners by being risk takers, caring, and responsible.The curriculum is developmentally appropriate and differentiated for individual students. Students are being prepared for the 21st Century with smartboards, laptops, tablets, and e-readers.
—Submitted by a teacher

As a parent, Most of our students graduate out of high school and they all end up with good scholarships. Our seniors got over 2 million dollars in scholarships even though we only have about 60 seniors. This shows that our school is a good school. Let us be reasonable and stop blaming the teachers, parents and students play a big role in the learning process as well.
—Submitted by a parent

The staff and administration here at Star International have created a stress free learning environment for me and the students. With the encouragement and support I am given I feel that I am learning and enforcing something new everyday.
—Submitted by a teacher

Great school, lots of fun and educational activities, and great teachers. My kids attended Pre K, KG, 1st and 2nd grade. I have to admit, you need to do your homework looking for a good teacher. As any school, there are great teachers and not so good. Overall, I am happy with this school. It is conservative and promotes tolerance and diversity
—Submitted by a parent

I highly recommend students and parents to not come to this school. By far, this is the worst school I have ever been to. There is a lack of communication between teachers and students, teachers and administrators, and administrators and parents. Parents have no idea what is going on in the school because of the lack of parent involvement in the school. There are not many extracurricular activities for the students to do. The school only focuses on meaningless issues like students violating the rules and giving them chances instead of the academics. I feel like the school s educational level is not that high because of the constant changes they make. A plethora of students feel like they are lab rats because every year, the school board makes some changes. In the 2010-2011 school years, the school changed from quarters a year to trimesters. In the 2011-2012 school years, the school changed all classes and electives to being yearlong classes. In the 2012-2013 school years, the school changed the entire grading system. Thus, creating many students to have difficulty maintaining the good grades they had from previous years.

Never in my life have I seen a school like this. I've been a student for about 4 years are this school and I have to say this is the worst school I've been to. During my first month the bullying was outrageous and nobody listened. My teacher, I felt, had little to no experience and all. If she did any actual teaching I was absent. The name calling is a major issue at this school and it is never addressed. . The guidance counselors are a joke and the Arabic teacher make the students stop learning all together. The staff is careless and as for the whole IB program it's nothing to be proud of. The learning is slow and I have A's and B's without even trying. The learning in general is below average, and I wouldn't recommend this school to anybody. The uniform is the most uncomfortable fabric and the rules for clothing are strict. I mean you can't even wear your own color jacket or shoes that aren't dark. The administration is a bigger joke, all they do is walk around yelling at people. As for parent involvement it's little to none. The lunch is disgusting. The students never have a good experience and it's too much drama. This is why I am moving to another local high school, sadly.

Wow, I have never read so many poor reviews for a school that is supposed to be "great!" If so many students are left unprepared for college after attending SIA, how is it possible this school manages to keep its accreditation? Personally, I would be wary of sending my own children here! I am not speaking as an uninformed person either. My son is graduating this year from a regular (but outstanding) public high school where we live in Arizona. He has taken all honors and AP classes during his four years (we do not have an IB program), and he has consistently excelled in them. AP classes have final tests that are given by the College Board and give college credit if you pass with a high enough grade. He has been accepted at Harvard for the fall of 2013 and will also be playing football for them. I would tell parents who have children who are independent thinkers and really WANT to learn to send their kids to a regular public high school in their area which offers honors and AP classes (an IB program would be great, but it is NOT mandatory). Teach them to let the "Golden Rule" guide their lives, get involved with helping others, play a sport, join a club.
—Submitted by a parent

The school is a trap, they hire teachers with no experience or keep teachers with low salaries... Force the kids to go to summer school to get government funding and grants... Very low educational level... Students don't get text books, very cheap school... And all u see is CEO Superintendent Nawal Hamadeh's sons wearing expensive suits wandering inside the school building or in their expensive cars blasting their trashy music!! The school doesn't even deserve 1 star!!!!

I have taught at Star International Academy for only 1 year!!! I really think the students are stressed and discouraged and, so are the teachers. Everyone lacks communication and the bullies are not taken care of. They are either threatened, have a detention, or they get suspended which happens rarely. No one ever gets expelled. Please go to Bryant Middle School. I teach there and it is the best school I have ever taught at!!!
—Submitted by a teacher

As. for Arabic. and other languages they are supposed to teach. They did. But not enough people signed up for the classes, so the IB program removed it. And as for the boyfriends, that MILLIONS of girls have. That is there problem, we can't stop them. We can tell them, but that's them being bad people. We can't really stop hormones, but we can control them. Some choose to, but some don't. Teachers, are ones of the best in the entire country. There, young, nice, understanding, and funny, and well, there good at teaching. Try going to public schools, and being called at terrorist, every step you walk! At star, there is no competition, no racism, we're all like family, at star. So, if you hate it fine by me. But next time try seeing how it is for others. Star, kind of saved me, and one day I hope to graduate from it, and get a scholarship to become a surgeon. And one day I will. Inshallah.