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Rising Stars Academy students eating lunch together in a cafe.
SchoolCenter Line, MI

Rising Stars Academy

Grades and ages

Ages 18+

Enrollment

62 students

Students per teacher

15.5 per full-time teacher

Tuition

Tuition-free

About Rising Stars Academy

Mark and Deb Prentiss founded Rising Stars Academy in 2012 as a public school for young adults ages 18 to 26 with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We are authorized by Central Michigan University and managed by the RSA Foundation, and students can enroll at any time during the year.

Our curriculum is rooted in the culinary arts and built around work-based learning, so students gain the skills to get a job, keep it and live more independently. Our campus includes a 6-acre urban farm, a fresh food processing facility, a bakery, an aquaponics organic growing system, a fiber arts studio and a recording studio, and we field a robotics team. Many students also train at community job sites, and we partner with local businesses such as Detroit Wing Co. to expand employment opportunities.

We follow a school-year calendar from Labor Day through mid-June, and breakfast and lunch are served on campus. Students can apply for ADA transportation through SMART.

Student fit

Who this school serves

Grades and ages

  • Public
  • Young Adult (18-22)
  • Adult (22+)

Learning needs supported

  • Intellectual disabilities
  • Developmental disabilities

Specialties

  • Culinary arts
  • Vocational training
  • Work-based learning
  • Urban farming

Learning and support

Curriculum and therapeutic services

Services and supports

  • Community-based job skills sites
  • Bakery
  • Urban farm
  • Robotics team
  • Fiber arts
  • Recording studio
  • Aquaponics

Programs

Programs at Rising Stars Academy

Other programs and supports

  • Community-based job skills sites
  • Bakery
  • Urban farm
  • Robotics team
  • Fiber arts
  • Recording studio
  • Aquaponics

School facts

Practical details for families

Students per Teacher
15.5 per full-time teacher
School Type
Public charter school

Tuition and funding

Tuition: Tuition-free

  • Tuition-free public school

Enrollment

62 students

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Location and directions

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Physical address

23855 Lawrence Ave, Center Line, MI 48015

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