MISSION, BELIEFS AND LONG RANGE GOALS

Our Mission:
Educating every child for success.

Our Beliefs:
Children learn and succeed …
… in a safe environment with challenging and enriching instruction.
… when all students and staff are held to high expectations.
… when each of us supports their intellectual, physical, social and emotional development.
… when they have caring adults in their lives.
… in a community that respects diverse backgrounds and treats everyone equitably.
… when their ideas and involvement are encouraged and respected.
… when families actively support their learning.
… when we work in partnership with families and community.
… when all employees are highly qualified, valued and respected.
… when each of us acts on the conviction that every child can and will learn.

The Redwood City School District offers a variety of program options for Transitional Kindergarten (TK) through 8th grade students at its 16 schools.  All Redwood City School District (RCSD) schools provide students with a rigorous academic program, but each school has its own unique emphasis, classroom approach and personality.  

All students are assigned to a neighborhood school based on their home address and automatically get first priority to attend their neighborhood school.  All students may also apply to attend any school in the district in lieu of their neighborhood schools by filling out a Schools of Choice Transfer Application after they fill out the initial student registration forms.  Students who apply through the Schools of Choice Transfer process are placed or waitlisted according to a random, computerized lottery based on the spaces available at each grade level in January of the preceding school year.  

• There are 17 private schools in Redwood City, CA, serving 2,311 students.

• Minority enrollment is 46% of the student body, and the student:teacher ratio is 11:1.

At North Star Academy we provide an educational environment that is designed to meet the unique needs of high achieving  and gifted students and to enable them to develop to their fullest potential.  The pace of instruction, the depth of the grade level curriculum, the types of assignments, and the range of experience, provide a learning atmosphere that promotes excellence.  We believe that students who are academically talented deserve a place built for their specific academic, emotional and social qualities.

Our vision statement is as follows:  We are the North Star Academy Gryphons, landing place of mighty scholars.  We were drawn here by our shared academic talent and our desire to be of value to others.  Every day we persevere to build a sense of wonder in our community so that we all may soar into a future worthy of our efforts. 

Sequoia High School will provide a stimulating and caring community that encourages respect for diversity and promotes academic and vocational excellence through creative and critical thinking as well as appreciation of the arts. A Sequoia education develops responsibility, communication skills, self-esteem and self-direction, and promotes educational success and lifelong learning for all students.

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