About Stark High School

Stark carefully selects curriculum, programs and other activities that are tied to its vision and mission. To this end, all programs for Stark students fit into one or more of the following categories:

Relevant – programs that directly teach ideas and principles that will be useful during life after high school.

Rigorous – programs focused on cognitive and academic development.

Rewarding – programs that provide intermittent rewards as students reach selected benchmarks.

It is the belief of Stark High School that the right combination of relevant, rigorous and rewarding programs creates a school synergy that promotes students’ ability to meet the highest expectations. Simply put, the relevance and rewards provide students with the drive to meet the challenges of the rigor.

Mission Statement

To provide students the academic and life skills needed for post-graduation success by incorporating research-based best practices in an innovative and safe learning environment.

This mission will be served by providing the School’s students with a personalized academic plan including post- secondary exploration implemented in an environment that is responsive to its students’ needs, and by providing an educational experience that leads to a high school diploma (not a GED) and post-secondary success.

Vision Statement

To educate, engage and inspire students in a learning environment that models the values of integrity, teamwork, perseverance and personal responsibility, and where respect is the foundation of productive relationships, such that each graduate possesses the knowledge and character to meet the challenges of learning, working and living in the 21st Century.

The School will provide a comprehensive, positive educational experience that will impart to each student the knowledge, desire, and confidence needed to succeed in reaching his/her goals. The School will strive to motivate, teach, and guide each student through his/her educational growth and development. This will be accomplished by emphasizing the development of both cognitive and social skills. Stark offers a safe, secure, clean environment, and researched field-tested educational programs that have proven very successful in educating at-risk students