Embedded Files
The STAR School is a dynamic, award-winning K through 8th Grade Public Charter School -- primarily serving Native American students, near Flagstaff and Leupp, AZ.
Attention Families : STAR School has new Family Guidelines for Student Illnesses.
Director / Principal
Director / Principal
Jeanene Marie Krantz Gross
Jeannie has been at STAR School since July 2021 and started as Principal and co-leader with Andy LaFrate. In 2022, Dr. Sorensen resigned as Director and appointed Jeannie to take his place as Director. Jeannie oversees academics, teaching staff and students as well as working with the Arizona Department of Education and the State Charter Board on compliance, required documentation, and funding grants. Jeannie holds two masters degrees, one in Education and the other in Educational Leadership. STAR is the second school where she has served as an administrator. She currently lives off grid, and is in the process of building a home near the school. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her husband and family and enjoys the beautiful outdoors the area has to offer.
Assistant Principal
Assistant Principal
Loretta Eltsosie
coming soon
In accordance with A.R.S. Section 15-189.05 (Laws 2018, Ch. 285, Section 3), The STAR School hereby reports average teacher salaries:
Average salary of all teachers employed in the year 2026 56,243
Average salary of all teachers employed in the budget year 2025 54,386
Increase in average teacher salary from the prior year 2025 1857
Percentage increase 3.4%
Location: 145 Leupp Rd. Flagstaff, AZ 86004
phone: 928-415-4157
email: info@starschool.org
Public Records Request Point of Contact: Beverly Paddock, beverly.paddock@starschool.org phone: 928-415-4157
STAR School's board adopted visitor, tour and observation policy
Anonymously Report Safety, Bullying, Harassment, Discrimination Concerns
any public meetings will be posted under news or board meetings on this website and on a board at the front desk in our office building
FY2024 LCQ
For Staff Use Only
STAR School - Film Making
Traditional Navajo Spider Woman story retold through Lightbox Animation by STAR School students: Larissa Luther, Taylor Long, and Makyla Allison. Story learned through the Voices Native Literature program: “Zinnia: How the Corn was Saved” by Patricia Hruby Powell. Demonstration of integration of Native Literature, Literacy, and Place-Based Media Arts, produced by Media Arts Educator Rachel Tso, Youth Mentors Camille Manybeads Tso and Kira Butler. Winner 2nd place in the Middle School Animation category of the 2014 "My Hero International Film Festival" -- and an official selection of "The Red Nation Film Festival" (in Los Angeles); the "The American Indian film Festival" in San Francisco; and "The Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival" -- and shown as a part of the Museum of Northern Arizona "Navajo Show"; and the NAU "Native American and Indigenous Film Series". This film and the STAR Media Arts Program was featured in the documentary “Valdagno, Arizona” and screened at the 2011 Venice Film Festival. This Film was made for Non-Commercial, Educational Purposes Only.
Page updated
Report abuse