Daystar School
Daystar School
1550 S State St
Chicago, IL 60605
1550 S State St
Chicago, IL 60605
Categories: Elementary & Secondary Schools, Schools
Private Christian School Pre-K to 8th Grade
Daystar School offers a faith-based culturally-engaged education in an urban setting for grades Pre-K through 8. Includes: High academic standards, small class sizes, engaged hands-on learning, extensive use of Chicago resources, modern spacious facility, differentiated curriculum, tuition based.
Keywords: school Daystar prek pre-k middleschool christian
Daystar School offers a faith-based culturally-engaged education in an urban setting for grades Pre-K through 8. Includes: High academic standards, small class sizes, engaged hands-on learning, extensive use of Chicago resources, modern spacious facility, differentiated curriculum, tuition based.
Keywords: school Daystar prek pre-k middleschool christian
Customer Reviews for Daystar School
Maria Freedmar on 7/22/2014 9:34:28 AM
Maria Freedmar on 7/22/2014 9:34:28 AM
Daystar School has been the perfect fit for our two children. Our children are learning - retaining - the principles and gaining core understanding of the material they are presented and not just memorizing for a test and forgetting the material a week later. The Learning Excursions they go on for each unit helps the kids to get a hands on, real world understanding of what they are learning. The teaching staff really cares about the students. When you walk into the building, you can just feel a sense of peace and calm.
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Interview Q&A
How long have you been in business?
Since 1997.
What is your primary product or service?
Daystar School provides a faith-based, culturally-engaged academic education for students in grades PK through eighth.
How did you first become interested in your line of business? (if owner) - What is your background? (If owner or store manager)
Many years prior to 1997, a group of educators, business people, ministers, and parents gathered regularly to discuss what the ideal Christian school in downtown Chicago should look like. For years, they evaluated best teaching methods and practices. Eventually, the fully formed Board hired a founding principal that was a visionary with years of experience as a teacher, curriculum writer, and principal.
How do you differentiate yourself from other businesses in your category and area?
Daystar students are challenged to reach their highest academic potential to secure as many educational options as possible. Students pursue inquiry-based projects and other learning activities that require their own initiative, engagement, exploration, problem-solving, and creativity. Daystar's differentiated program provides students with opportunities for academic support and acceleration through tiered assignments, independent challenges, learning centers, flexible grouping, and adapted assignments. At Daystar, students develop a worldview with perspective on life - how it works, what it means, what is discernment in a world that is both miraculous and challenging. As followers of Christ, students learn to love God, serve others, and care for the creation. Daystar students live and grow in a community of intentional cultural, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity. Students learn, play, worship, celebrate and work together in ways which enhance personal, social, and academic growth. They harness the power of community intentionally and successfully. Daystar students experience a thoughtful, respectful, safe environment where differences are accepted, where all can take the necessary risks of their work without fear, where staff and peers offer guidance and support. Students take learning excursions into the community and invite experts into their classrooms. By tapping these resources, they receive an education with a breadth and depth that no single institution can match.
How many locations do you have and do you have plans to expand?
Currently, we have a large building in Chicago's South Loop neighborhood. The building is so large that we have been renovating parts of the building as the school grows and we still have lots of undeveloped space to accommodate anticipated growth for many years to come.
Provide detailed directions to your location
We are located at 1550 S State Street in Chicago's South Loop neighborhood. The school takes up a full city block on W 16th Street from Dearborn to State Street. The main school office entrance is located at 26 W. 16th St, under the blue awning, between Dearborn and State Streets.
What type of payments do you accept?
Cash, check, money orders, credit and debit cards.
Which areas do you service?
Our students live in over 36 zip codes in Chicago and in the nearby suburbs including: Oak Park, Evanston, and several south suburbs. Many students live nearby neighborhoods including: South Loop, Prairie District, Museum Park, Dearborn, China Town, Bridgeport, UIC Village, Pilsen, Taylor-Roosevelt, West Loop, Loop, Hyde Park, Bronzeville, etc.
Who owns your company or runs daily operations?
Daystar School is incorporated and run by the principal/CEO and governance oversight is done by a Board.
What are your hours of operation?
Office Hours: 7:30 am - 4:30 pm., School Hours: 7:30 am - 6:00 pm, including before and after school care
What is the best compliment anyone can give you?
Many families remark about the peace and love that they feel when they walk through our building.
What is your favorite quote or Bible verse?
Our Mission: To provide children of Chicagoland parents a pre-kindergarten through eighth grade education in a faith-based, culturally-engaged manner using curriculum and programming structures consistent with both our Christian philosophy and the best available education theory and practice.
Since 1997.
What is your primary product or service?
Daystar School provides a faith-based, culturally-engaged academic education for students in grades PK through eighth.
How did you first become interested in your line of business? (if owner) - What is your background? (If owner or store manager)
Many years prior to 1997, a group of educators, business people, ministers, and parents gathered regularly to discuss what the ideal Christian school in downtown Chicago should look like. For years, they evaluated best teaching methods and practices. Eventually, the fully formed Board hired a founding principal that was a visionary with years of experience as a teacher, curriculum writer, and principal.
How do you differentiate yourself from other businesses in your category and area?
Daystar students are challenged to reach their highest academic potential to secure as many educational options as possible. Students pursue inquiry-based projects and other learning activities that require their own initiative, engagement, exploration, problem-solving, and creativity. Daystar's differentiated program provides students with opportunities for academic support and acceleration through tiered assignments, independent challenges, learning centers, flexible grouping, and adapted assignments. At Daystar, students develop a worldview with perspective on life - how it works, what it means, what is discernment in a world that is both miraculous and challenging. As followers of Christ, students learn to love God, serve others, and care for the creation. Daystar students live and grow in a community of intentional cultural, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity. Students learn, play, worship, celebrate and work together in ways which enhance personal, social, and academic growth. They harness the power of community intentionally and successfully. Daystar students experience a thoughtful, respectful, safe environment where differences are accepted, where all can take the necessary risks of their work without fear, where staff and peers offer guidance and support. Students take learning excursions into the community and invite experts into their classrooms. By tapping these resources, they receive an education with a breadth and depth that no single institution can match.
How many locations do you have and do you have plans to expand?
Currently, we have a large building in Chicago's South Loop neighborhood. The building is so large that we have been renovating parts of the building as the school grows and we still have lots of undeveloped space to accommodate anticipated growth for many years to come.
Provide detailed directions to your location
We are located at 1550 S State Street in Chicago's South Loop neighborhood. The school takes up a full city block on W 16th Street from Dearborn to State Street. The main school office entrance is located at 26 W. 16th St, under the blue awning, between Dearborn and State Streets.
What type of payments do you accept?
Cash, check, money orders, credit and debit cards.
Which areas do you service?
Our students live in over 36 zip codes in Chicago and in the nearby suburbs including: Oak Park, Evanston, and several south suburbs. Many students live nearby neighborhoods including: South Loop, Prairie District, Museum Park, Dearborn, China Town, Bridgeport, UIC Village, Pilsen, Taylor-Roosevelt, West Loop, Loop, Hyde Park, Bronzeville, etc.
Who owns your company or runs daily operations?
Daystar School is incorporated and run by the principal/CEO and governance oversight is done by a Board.
What are your hours of operation?
Office Hours: 7:30 am - 4:30 pm., School Hours: 7:30 am - 6:00 pm, including before and after school care
What is the best compliment anyone can give you?
Many families remark about the peace and love that they feel when they walk through our building.
What is your favorite quote or Bible verse?
Our Mission: To provide children of Chicagoland parents a pre-kindergarten through eighth grade education in a faith-based, culturally-engaged manner using curriculum and programming structures consistent with both our Christian philosophy and the best available education theory and practice.
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