The Problem

Every school day in the U.S.

7,000 students drop out

“The crisis we face in public education is a threat
to the very core of who we are as a nation…
it is the civil rights movement of today!”

– Condoleezza Rice

Sixteen years ago, Five Star Life embarked on a journey to fight the silent epidemic: the student dropout rate. 7,000 kids were dropping out of school every school day based on the Department of Education’s figures. Condoleezza Rice said we were in the middle of creating a two-class society: the educated and uneducated.

 Five Star Life’s mission is to change the face of culture by changing the mindsets of kids. Research shows that at the core of each person’s success or failure is a mindset.  Research also shows that kids drop out because they do not value education and ultimately do not value themselves.  Five Star Life attacks this root issue by infusing our proprietary curriculum that teaches kids how to develop successful mindsets which is the beginning of their transformation!

The Solution

The Five Star Solution

With Five Star Life’s character, leadership, and mindset Video Curriculum as the driving force of all programming, we are serving over 17,000 kids a week. For ten weeks during the shutdown, we released our Video Curriculum to schools for free, impacting 278,139 kids across the country. We have helped as many as 80% of entire school populations raise their GPA or maintain a 3.0 or above and have worked with schools that have decreased the number of discipline referrals by as much as 70%. Research shows that kids who participate in Five Star Life see academic increases, better school attendance, and less behavioral issues.  

All programming focuses on 5 key areas:

 

 

Our Stats

Memorial Health Foundation funded a three year grant to measure impact and found the longer kids participate in Five Star Life the higher child’s grades rise, the better their school attendance, and fewer behavioral problems occur. Our latest data reveals that over 70% of our kids raised their GPA or maintained a GPA of 3.0 or higher and schools decrease their discipline referrals by as much as 70%! In addition to discipline referrals, schools see upwards of 80% of their student body raise their GPA or maintain a 3.0 GPA. Kids who participate in Five Star Life see academic increases, better school attendance (decrease in truancy), and less behavioral issues!

Our Vision

For years, Five Star Life has received inquiries about establishing its program in cities across the country to help combat the national epidemic. In the spring of 2014, this vision became a reality with the acquisition of Summit, our leadership training facility in Union, Michigan. Now, educators and kids can be trained at Summit and bring the Five Star Life model back to their communities, thus continuing the ripple effect.