Have you ever eaten fried ants? Everett Segner, eighth grader at North Star, said it was the weirdest food he has eaten in Uganda.
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Have you ever heard of Pickle-Ball? It’s a very interesting sport that is a combination of Badminton, tennis, and ping pong… On top of that did you know that NorthStar’s very own Mr. Noel Horneck is very accomplished in said sport?
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When most people hear about Kuwait, they think of the war fought there in the 1990s. Thoughts of a vast, barren desert and the searing heat also come to mind. All that is true, but Kuwait is also so much more. Located in the northeast of the Arabian Peninsula, Kuwait is approximately equal in landmass to the state of Hawaii. Much of Kuwait is desert, but some cities and oases have sprung up. Most of the country’s population lives in Kuwait City, the capital, making this emirate one of the world’s most urbanized countries.
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NSA always has many courses to offer to their students and a few of which are very interesting and surprising. Two examples of this would be Introduction To the Culinary Arts and Criminology.
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NorthStar Academy is used by students all over the globe. Close to 2,000 students in dozens of countries go to our school online. NorthStar is based in Mississippi but is a truly international school. Did you know that NorthStar also partners with a brick and mortar school in Kuwait? Lighthouse Academy is a Christian school that uses NorthStar’s curriculum from grades six to twelve. Graduates receive a NorthStar diploma. Recently, NorthStar’s Dean of Students, Scott Berggren, and Director, Dan Cooley, visited the Lighthouse Academy.
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