Something Has Got to Change

North Star parents speak about their experience in choosing North Star.

Parent Jodi Cutler speaks about "How North Star Saved her Family."

Journey from miserable 10th-grader to world traveler and Amherst College student.

Dan was bright but angry about the rules and constrictions of school.

Summer, 2003. School’s out…and I know that I am not going back to Holyoke High School again.

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Matt knew life is too short to waste time. At North Star, he found his time was his own.

Stream of consciousness: waking up knowing that today would be another day of just going to high school; knowing that I'm going to be confined to these mandatory classes that have very little meaning to me;

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