Northstar Academy

Northstar Academy serves young people grades k-12 with a wide variety of disabilities. We ensure an educational experience that is both traditional and unconventional, recognizing the unique needs of each student. We serve students with disabilities in 12 of the 13 categories defined by the individuals with disabilities education act. Northstar Academy is strategic in selecting educational programs that complement our approach to learning. Each program uses strategies that appeal to students with a variety of learning styles such as visual, auditory, or tactile. Our flagship programs include discovering abilities through art, lindamood-bell language and math programs, and specialized social skills instruction.

Northstar career Academy is a career and technical education program for students with disabilities ages 16-24. At the career Academy, we prepare youth with disabilities to be productive citizens. The career Academy is a transformative and innovative workforce development model that builds on Northstar Academy's years of expertise working with high school aged and young adult students. The program includes three components: job skills, specialized workplace social skills called countdown to employment, and productivity. Through both classroom instruction and off-campus worksite experiences with business partners in our community, we are empowering students to develop the self-determination and self-advocacy skills necessary for achieving independent living, employment, and/or post- secondary education.