Shine Brightly For Others - Newark Expansion Campaign

SHINE BRIGHTLY FOR OTHERS

The Campaign for North Star Expansion

SOME OF THE NATION’S BRIGHTEST STUDENTS ARE HERE IN NEWARK. THEY DESERVE EVERY CHANCE TO SHINE.

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

55% 13 in

Of Newark public school students graduated from high school in 2009-10.

Newark households lives below the poverty line.

12% 15%

Of Newark adults have a college degree.

Of Newark residents were unemployed in 2010.

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.

14 YEAR RECORD OF CLOSING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP

FOCUSED ON LITERACY

DRIVEN BY DATA

COLLABORATIVE

JOYFUL

RIGOROUS

SERIOUS ABOUT SYSTEMS

AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE HISTORY NORTH STAR WILL GROW TO 14 SCHOOLS SERVING 5,000 STUDENTS.

1997

TODAY

AT SCALE

TODAY AT SCALE

NUMBER OF STUDENTS

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

SHINE BRIGHTLY FOR OTHERS The Campaign For North Star Expansion

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

A PLAN FOR SUSTAINABILITY 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.

PROJECT BUDGET SECURE THE BASE: EQUITY TO ACQUIRE AND RENOVATE VAILSBURG CAMPUS GROW TO SCALE: SCHOOL START-UP AND SCALE-UP FUNDING BUILD THE FUTURE: SUPPORT FOR CAPITAL RENOVATION PROJECTS AT FUTURE SCHOOLS TOTAL

$7M $7M $8M+ $22M+

SHINE WITH NORTH STAR. SHINE FOR NEWARK.

CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE RICK RIEDER, CO-CHAIR SCOTT SLEYSTER, CO-CHAIR

NORTH STAR ACADEMY BOARD OF TRUSTEES RICK RIEDER, CHAIRMAN NICOLE BEARCE ALBANO PAUL BAMBRICK-SANTOYO RAVI BELLUR BOB HOWITT MICHEAL LYTLE GIA RYS O’KEEFE TRICIA SCIPIO-DERRICK CRYSTAL D. WORTHAM

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BRIGID GANLEY Director of Development Uncommon Schools bganley@uncommonschools.org northstaracademy.org/shine PHOTOGRAPHY: JACOB KRUPNICK

NORTH STAR STUDENTS ARE GOING TO COLLEGE WHERE THEY WILL CONTINUE TO SHINE BRIGHTLY FOR OTHERS. SHINE WITH NORTH STAR. SHINE FOR NEWARK. MAKE A GIFT AND SPREAD THE SHINE. www.northstaracademy.org/shine