IQS Authorized Schools

Duluth Edison Charter Schools (DECS) is a PreK-8 public charter school dedicated to academic and personal excellence for every student.  At DECS we offer a varied, rigorous, and personalized approach in our programming that provides our students opportunities to explore and learn about a wide variety of content areas and topics.  We believe in putting the student first and teaching to the whole child.

North Star Academy  is centrally located in Duluth on 270 acres of designated School Forest, serving students in grades PreK-8. We focus on outdoor education, a robust specialist program including art, music, community service learning, musical theater, drumming and Spanish, in addition to a strong core of targeted instruction in reading, math, social studies, and science. We emphasize play-based and project-based learning, small class sizes, and a schoolwide focus on core values, community-building, Restorative Practices and a focus on relationships with students and families.