Private K-12 School in Santa Clara County, CA

Stellar Learning Academy, Silicon Valley:
Located in Campbell, in Santa Clara County CA, Stellar Learning Academy is a small, private school providing a fun, unique and efficient educational approach for Kindergarten to 12th Grade students. Our school offers open enrollment 12 months a year, and utilizes Applied Scholastics and Study Technology teaching methods. Serving families from Santa Clara, Saratoga, Los Gatos, Campbell, San Jose, and throughout Silicon Valley, our experienced staff oversee the classroom and progress of the students and their work.

Academic Programs for Students in Kindergarten - 12th Grade:
- Kindergarten program- Elementary School program
- Junior School program
- Middle School program
- High School program

Study Technology Method:
Stellar Learning Academy is an Applied Scholastics™ school. This means we have the right to use Study Technology developed by L. Ron Hubbard. Students study a course on how to study. Based on the student's reading level, the student takes "Learning How to Learn," "Study Skills for Life" or "Basic Study Manual course." They will also study "How to Use a Dictionary" or "Grammar and Communication" courses to learn the basics of Grammar.

Each new student is tested and placed at the correct gradient in his or her academic subjects, especially in reading, math and vocabulary. A student can be in 9th grade, for example, and doing some 3rd grade math that was confusing or missed. Once the missing bits are learned, the student is brought quickly forward, and most frequently, ahead of their current grade level in any given subject. 

We work with the student to use Study Technology in each one of the subjects he or she studies. Where it is needed, we bring the student up to grade level. We frequently assist a student to move significantly ahead of grade level.

Subjects are studied at the student's own speed, using academic textbooks and study programs created for the individual student. The student can go as fast as he or she wants and can take the extra time to resolve a confusion, clear up challenging subjects, or to learn more about subjects of particular interest to him or her. Help is available from trained and very interested faculty when the student needs it.

This is a really fun way for a student to learn! We help each student find his or her own reasons for learning something, how that particular student plans to use that particular material, in that particular student's life. If you, the parent, think about it, you will see you do not very often easily learn something just because somebody tells you that you should.

When you have a strong purpose for learning something you have a use for, then you will persist at and overcome obstacles in order to learn the skills you want to learn. Spending the time to work with a student in developing a purpose for learning is time we consider very well spent.

School Year:
The school year is 12 months because we have found, from experience, that students truly like to be involved in productive fun activity over the summer. There are monthly field trips from September to June. We have school holidays including a 2 week Winter Break, a 1 week Spring Break and a week off at the beginning and at the end of each summer.

Summer:  
At Stellar Learning Academy, summer is educational and very fun! During summer, students study in the mornings and do activities, games and projects in the afternoons. Summer students enjoy weekly field trips and weekly trips to the swimming pool.