G-Star School of the Arts Named Among The Top 5% Most Honored Businesses in America!
“Honesty, hard work, dedication by everyone earned this award,” says Founder.
Palm Springs, FL (August 15, 2016) – G-Star School of the Arts for Film, Animation and Performing Arts has been given many awards over the years including “The Number One High School for Film in the World” by the Raindance Film Festival in London; “Best High Schools in America” by the US News & World Report; and “America’s Most Challenging Schools (Top 1.2 %)” by the Washington Post. Now The American Registry of Best Businesses in America has awarded the G-Star School one of its highest and most prestigious honors it has ever received, “The Top 5% of America’s Most Honored Businesses” award. “We have 100 faculty, staff and administrative people working with over 1000 students every day. These talented and dedicated professionals delivered a 98% graduation rate of our students in 2016 with 97% going on to college. That is no fluke. This is their award. They deserve it!” says Greg Hauptner, the school’s Founder and CEO.
From the American Registry’s congratulatory letter:
Congratulations!
The American Registry of Best Businesses in America recognizes the “Best of the Best” – businesses from just about every industry and profession.
Only those businesses who have been publicly awarded multiple times for their professional excellence by trade groups, peers, clients, and the press are even considered.
And out of hundreds of thousands of businesses evaluated and researched by The American Registry, we are proud to announce…
G-Star School of the Arts for Film, Animation and Performing Arts is in the Top 5% of The Most Honored Businesses in America!
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About: G-Star School of the Arts for Film, Animation and Performing Arts (www.GStarSchool.org) is a public high school located in Palm Springs, Florida, founded in 2003 by the school’s CEO Greg Hauptner.
G-Star students come from across Palm Beach County as well as from all over the world to attend this school. Students study in the fields of film production, 3-D animation, and acting. Students that attend must take art classes as well as their normal academic classes. G-Star offers a complete college preparatory education with honors classes, Advanced Placement classes, and the International Baccalaureate World School Programme. The school also trains students in Writing, Directing, Producing, Acting and all aspects of film and TV production in front of the camera and behind the camera.
Accolades: G-Star has been awarded the prestigious title of “High Performing High School” by the Florida Department of Education for 7 years in a row. It is academically in the top 1.2% of all high schools in the nation according to the Washington Post. The U.S. News & World Report named G-Star one of “The Best High Schools in America”. G-Star was awarded “The Number One High School for Film in the World” in London by the Raindance Film Festival, Europe’s largest independent film festival. G-Star graduates 99% of its students with 97% going on to college. G-Star students have been accepted into Juilliard, Oxford University (England), West Point, Naval Academy at Annapolis, NYU, USC, UF, FSU, UM and many more. Where are our graduates today? Here’s a brief list: Sound Engineer for the Jimmy Fallon Show, Universal Studios, Warner Bros. Studios, Disney, reality star of Syfy Channel’s FACE OFF, Jim Henson’s Creature Shop (Muppets), Hulu, several own their own production companies, traveling the world doing documentaries, and much more. G-Star has partnered with the Palm Beach International Film Festival as their mission aligns with dedication to making a difference in the lives of future filmmakers.