10 practices of an exceptionally successful high school

North Star Academy Principal Michael Mann shares the strategies the school has created to ensure that 100% of their students are prepared for four-year college.
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North Star Academy won a GreatSchool.org 2019 College Success Award. Watch videos of 2018 and 2019 College Success Award-winning high schools:

Learn more about our College Success Awards. Want to make sure your high school is doing all it can to prepare students for the future? Read about 6 strategies of award-winning high schools that all high schools should implement.


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