STAR Program

Star Program Scholarship Fund for Challenged and At Risk Youth

In 2001, The Culture House created the STAR Program to educate challenged and at-risk youth in the arts, personal growth, life skills and civics. Today the STAR Program reaches over 200 youth in the Kansas City area on a weekly basis. In 2004, The Ozanam School contracted with The Culture House to teach the STAR Program to its student body as part of their daily curriculum. In addition to Ozanam, the STAR Program works with a growing list of local youth organizations.

Our Mission:
To give young people opportunities to realize their purpose, develop their drive, and gain discipline through the performing arts.

Our philosophy:
We strongly believe that every child is born with a unique set of gifts and talents, and a purpose to pursue.

“We’ve had the unique opportunity to work with a group of people who can tell the kids that they can do something with their lives…. I’ve watched them blossom to the point where , not only are they able to do what the class requires in singing, dancing, and acting, but they carry it (confidence and success) over into the classroom…. (The STAR Program) has enabled the kids to have enough confidence in themselves to start to dream. They’re sharing ambitions and goals. They want to go to college…. It’s been a really good addition to our program.”
Teachers from Ozanam Home for Boys and Girls