Polaris Charter Academy

The mission of Polaris Charter Academy is to educate students to be self-motivated, creative, critical thinkers, with the ultimate goal of shaping life-long learners and citizens with a strong sense of personal and civic responsibility.

Polaris Charter Academy fulfills its mission by engaging students in innovative, “hands on” curriculum and emphasizing positive school culture and authentic learning experiences that develop the “whole child.”

There are five focus areas that contribute to Polaris’s unique approach to education:

«  Expeditionary Learning (EL) curriculum and professional development

«  EL Design and Measurement

«  Balanced Literacy/Everyday Math curricula

«  The Five Points of Polaris

«  Afterschool, Exploratory and Intersession Programming