
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
Map
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