The Campaign for North Star ExpansionSHINE BRIGHTLY FOR OTHERS

YET ONLY 55% OF NEWARK PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL.

Of Newark adults have a college degree.12% Of Newark public school

students graduated from high school in 2009-10.55%

Of Newark residents were unemployed in 2010.15% Newark households

lives below the poverty line.31in

THEY DESERVE EVERY CHANCE TO SHINE.

SOME OF THE NATION’S BRIGHTEST STUDENTS ARE HERE IN NEWARK.

THE MISSION OF NORTH STAR IS TO PREPARE EACH STUDENT TO ENTER, SUCCEED IN, AND GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE.

OUR COLLEGE GRADUATION RATE IS FIVE TIMES THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR LOW-INCOME STUDENTS.

FOCUSED ON LITERACY

SERIOUS ABOUT SYSTEMS

JOYFUL

14 YEAR RECORD OF CLOSING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP

RIGOROUS

COLLABORATIVE

DRIVEN BY DATA

NORTH STAR WILL GROW TO 14 SCHOOLS SERVING 5,000 STUDENTS.

NORTH STAR WILL SERVE 13% OF NEWARK’S STUDENT POPULATION.

TODAY

AT SCALE

NUMBER OF STUDENTS

1997 TODAY AT SCALE

AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE HISTORY

North Star has the rare opportunity—with a talented group of teachers and leaders, a supportive political environment, a collabor-ative district, and the systems to replicate successfully—to double in size over the next several years. To get there, North Star needs philanthropic support.

To make a lasting impact on public education in Newark, each North Star school’s core operational model is sustainable on the public dollar at full enrollment. Investing in North Star now leverages public funding to start schools that will support 2,500 additional students a year in perpetuity.

TIME TO GROW

A PLAN FOR SUSTAINABILITY

PROJECT BUDGET

SHINE WITH NORTH STAR. SHINE FOR NEWARK.

$7M

$8M+$7M

$22M+

SECURE THE BASE: EQUITY TO ACQUIRE AND RENOVATE VAILSBURG CAMPUS

BUILD THE FUTURE: SUPPORT FOR CAPITAL RENOVATION PROJECTS AT FUTURE SCHOOLS

TOTAL

GROW TO SCALE: SCHOOL START-UP AND SCALE-UP FUNDING

The Campaign For North Star ExpansionSHINE BRIGHTLY FOR OTHERS

CAMPAIGN COMMITTEERICK RIEDER, CO-CHAIRSCOTT SLEYSTER, CO-CHAIR

NORTH STAR ACADEMY BOARD OF TRUSTEESRICK RIEDER, CHAIRMAN NICOLE BEARCE ALBANOPAUL BAMBRICK-SANTOYORAVI BELLURBOB HOWITTMICHEAL LYTLEGIA RYS O’KEEFETRICIA SCIPIO-DERRICKCRYSTAL D. WORTHAM

FOR MORE INFORMATIONBRIGID GANLEY Director of DevelopmentUncommon Schoolsbganley@uncommonschools.orgnorthstaracademy.org/shine

PHOTOGRAPHY: JACOB KRUPNICK

MAKE A GIFT AND SPREAD THE SHINE.www.northstaracademy.org/shine

NORTH STAR STUDENTS ARE GOING TO COLLEGE WHERE THEY WILL CONTINUE TO SHINE BRIGHTLY FOR OTHERS.

SHINE WITH NORTH STAR.SHINE FOR NEWARK.