Academics

Steller Secondary School is a lottery school of choice that provides students with the opportunity to be self-directed, independent, and responsible learners. Steller offers personalized education for grades 6–12 where students can define their own educational goals with the help of parents and staff. Steller Secondary School fosters an educational environment based on student responsibility and freedom.

Steller classes focus on the development of leadership skills, problem-solving proficiency, self-assessment abilities, decision-making skills, and goal setting. Self-directed learning is a vital part of the Steller program. As an alternative school of choice, we differ from a traditional setting in curriculum, instructional methods, grade level organization, student assessment, educational philosophy, and requirements. Active involvement within both the Steller community and the community of Anchorage is also vital to our program. Steller follows ASD guidelines for education content and behavior expectation.

Steller has various High School and Middle School requirements that vary from other traditional settings:

• Students must complete 3 passages during their 9th–12th grades.
• Students must fulfill a Speech requirement in both Middle School and High School.
• Students must maintain a GPA of 2.0 or higher or they would be placed on probation and potentially deselected from the program.
• Students must participate in an Intensive twice a year as part of the school year curriculum.