"Coolest School" per Parent and Child Magazine
STAR School is Currently Featured in Scholastic's Parent and Child Magazine as one of "The Coolest Schools in America."
This charter near the Navajo Nation is the first public school to be off the electric grid.
Hundreds of solar panels and five wind turbines generate all the necessary power to run its multiple buildings (including one housing a state-ofthe-art media program) as well as an electric well that waters the property's orchards.
Soon, a network of monitors will allow students to help maintain and learn from the system by tracking and graphing production and consumption.
Named for the acronym "Service to All Relations," the school's philosophy is based on the Navajo principles of K'e (all things are inextricably linked) and peacemaking, which promote respect for others and the land.
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