Starling Academy

**Starling Academy** is the main setting of the Star Darlings book series and its YouTube adaption. It is a boarding school for female Starlings, teaching them how to grant wishes and more.

## Information

Starling Academy is a respected four-year all-girls school dedicated to wish granting and its associated talents. The entrance exam is super challenging, and getting accepted is quite an honour. The good news for parents is that the cost of such star-studded education is mere Cosmic rays!

Being Starland’s most esteemed boarding school, students learn energy manipulation, wishful thinking, shooting star travel, and more. The academy teaches its students how to grant wishes made on birthday candles, shooting stars, and dandelion puffs by Wishworld occupants. The all-girls academy boasts the starriest staff members, faculty, and students.
 Of course, not everyone who attends wants to be – or will qualify to be – a Wish Granter. But no matter what their majors are, students at Starling Academy can count on getting the universe's most stellar education.

In Starling Academy, among more than 1,800 students, you will find every type of personality you can imagine. But all the female students have one thing in common: they are brilliant and highly motivated to succeed. It is natural for the most prestigious educational institution of Starland that attracts the best instructors to its campus.

When not busy illuminating the world's brightest minds, the members of the teaching staff relax in their on-campus homes, located behind the Radiant Recreation Center. This area is referred to by the students as StarProf Row. Each house has a small yard, garden and a fantastic view of the Crystal Mountains.

## Starling Academy Manual

The Student Manual is a holo-book containing a list of the rights of the students of the Starling Academy. The highest function in the government of the Starling Academy is performed by the Light Leader.

## Rules of a Star Student

There were rules in the Student's Guide that the students had to follow.

* Think carefully, creatively, and courageously.
* Act in the best interest of all Starlings.
* Follow your own unique path.
* Give more than you receive.
* Be a shining light for others.
* Do not be critical about your friends in the group.
* You should be nice and helpful.
* This is how an atmosphere of kindness and support is created, which encourages open dialogue and sharing of experiences. (one of the guiding principles of the Academy)

## Touring Campus

There are various fruit orchards outside the school grounds. Constellation Lane leads to the school building, and the Cosmic Transporter allows students to move around the campus. The following buildings are located on campus:

* Astral Auditorium - The first stop for new students. It's where Lady Stella welcomes every incoming first-year class and introduces them to campus life. The interactive auditorium, which uses technology that stimulates the five senses, is also where general assemblies, shows, and graduation ceremonies take place.
* Halo Hall - An extensive star-shaped building where classes for Starling Academy are taught. It is one of the most famous buildings all over Starland. Halo Hall has five main stellations, each of which branches into a different part of the academy.

1. The first corridor leads to the offices of staff, principals and a psychologist.
2. Within the second passageway are rooms relating to Starland technology. These rooms include Star-Zap Repair & Maintenance, IT Department, Rapid Transit Services, Wish Energy Management, and a Bot-Bot Lodge.
3. In the third hallway, there are rooms for data about students. This includes a Teachers' Lounge and Student Holo Files.
4. The fourth pathway brings students to their classrooms.
5. The fifth and final hallway houses the science department and classrooms.

* Wishworld Surveillance Deck - a soaring tower located high above campus. Students of Starling Academy go here to observe Wishings through a high-powered telescope.
* Star Quad - The central court in Starling Academy that connects to every part of campus. There is a Dancing fountain in the middle and the Band Shell and Hedge Maze nearby.
* Celestial Café - A cafeteria where students from Starling Academy visit to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner.
* Illumination Library - The massive library of Starling Academy. It holds nearly every holo-book ever written.
* Student Dormitories
	+ Little Dipper Dormitory - A building where first and second-year students live.
	+ Big Dipper Dormitory - A building where third and fourth-year students live.
* Radiant Recreation Center - a sports and fitness center belonging to Starling Academy. It is where students take their Physical Energy (P.E.), health, and fitness classes.
* Teachers' residences - An estate of single-family houses with gardens. It is the quarters of the teaching staff of Starling Academy.

## School Grades

Ratings, competitions and awards and known grades from the school grading scale.

### Grading Scale

* I (Illuminated) - The highest school grade
* A (Almost Glowing) - score lower than I by two degrees
* G (Gloomy)
* D (Dim) - The lowest school grade
* Shining Star
* Smooth Star

### Competitions

* Astro Science Fair
* Wish-Science Fair

### Awards

* The Silver Shining Star - Also known as Triple S award for short, it is the highest award in the entire Starling Academy. It is given to a student who has received the highest star ratings in the class, the school community and its hometown.

## School Staff

* Lady Stella (headmistress)
* Lady Astrid (former headmistress )
* Lady Cordial
* Professor Findley Claxworth
* Professor Dolores Raye
* Professor Illumia Wickes
* Professor Lucretia Delphinus
* Professor Margaret Dumarre
* Professor Nicola Cecelia
* Professor Rupert Dag
* Professor Elara Ursa

## Students

* Vega
* Sage
* Scarlet
* Vivica
* Astra
* Tessa
* Prudence
* Leona
* Piper
* Adora
* Libby
* Cassie
* Clover
* Gemma
* Ophelia (formerly)
* Aerabelle
* Violetta
* Gloryah
* Mira

## Classes

Starling Academy keeps students moving at light speed with a super-full constellation of classes. They're expected to sign up for between eight and ten classes each semester. Of course the focus is on wish granting but there are plenty of other subjects that students can pursue.

Classrooms are located in the Starling Academy building and in a few other places around campus. Holo-walls, holo-books and superstar computers are standard in every classroom. The bigger rooms are for the classes everyone has to take, such as Wisher 101 and The Golden Days, a class about Starland’s history. The smaller classrooms are for more advanced classes and seminars.

### Known subjects and courses

The subjects at the academy are taught in three levels: "Introduction to ...", "... for advanced", "... for extremely advanced" (Introduction to, Advanced, and Exceptionally Advanced)

* Lighterature - knowledge about Wishworld.
* Wishers 101 - also wish studies- room 113
* Wish Identification - classes about recognizing wishes
* Intro to Wish Identification - classes for the first year
* Wishful Thinking
* Intro to Wishful Thinking - classes for the first year
* Astral Accounting
* Wish Fulfillment/Wish Fulfillment
* Intro to Wish Fulfillment
* The Golden Days - the history of the Starland The Golden Days, Literally meaning Golden Days.
* P.E. (Physical Energy) (the universe and physics)
* Aspirational Art - Star art
* Wishworld Relations - classes for the third year and up
* Wish Statistics
* Wish Probability
* Advanced Wishworld Lighterature
* Wish Theory
* Advanced Wish Theory
* Astronomics
* Wishology (2) (Starlings' Wishology)
* Astrophysics
* Wish History
* Innerlight Meditation
* Chronicle Class
* Color Catching
* Wish Wrangling - catching wish orbs
* Intuition
* Wishling History
* Comparative Creatures life and behavior of wishling people
* Star Wrangling - Catching Stars
* Practice Wish Orb Lab
* Practice Wish Orb Mastery
* Light Casting
* Wish Energy Capture
* Music Jam

## School Class Schedules

### First Year Students

* Wisher 101
* Intro to Wish Identification
* Wishful Thinking
* Astral Accounting
* Lighterature
* Intro to Wish Fulfillment
* The Golden Days
* P.E. (Physical Energy)
* Aspirational Art

### Second Year Students

* Wishful Thinking
* Wish Theory
* Astral Accounting
* Chronicle Class
* Color Catching
* Practice Wish Orb Lab II
* Aspirational Art
* Light Casting
* Advanced P.E.
* Astronomics

### Third-Year Students

* Advanced Wish Theory
* Wishworld Relations
* Wish Fulfillment
* Wish Energy Capture
* Wish Wrangling
* Advanced Astral Accounting
* Wish Orb Tending
* Practice Wish Orb Mastery
* Intuition
* Music Jam

## Events

* **Shining Star Dance** - The Shining Star Dance is an event where the girls from the Starling Academy and the boys from the Star Preparatory can have fun together. According to tradition, a bracelet of flowers matching the color of the dress should appear on the wrist of each school prom participant.

## School Clubs

* Wishology Club
* Holo-book Club
* Explorers Club
* Puzzle Club
* Meditation Club
* Future Farmers Club
* Ultimate Frisbeam club
* Drama Club

## Interactive Map

*Main article: Map:Starling Academy*

The following is an interactive map of Starling Academy. Click on each marker to find more information about specific places and a link to the relevant page.

## Gallery

A map of Starling Academy.Students in Halo HallThe exterior of the Student Dorms.The interior of Lady Stella's office.The Band ShellThe exterior of Illumination LibraryThe exterior of the Radiant Recreation CenterThe interior of Celestial CafeThe Star Quad