Privacy Policy

Last Updated: August 7, 2026

Foothills Educational Foundation, doing business as Summit School (“Summit,” “Summit School,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), respects the privacy of our students, families, prospective families, employees, applicants, donors, alumni, and other members of our community.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect personal information through the Summit School website and related online forms, features, and services (collectively, the “Website”).

This Privacy Policy applies primarily to information collected through our public Website. Additional policies, agreements, notices, or consent forms may apply to enrolled students and families, employees, applicants, donors, or users of particular school systems and services.

1. Information We Collect

The information we collect depends on how you interact with Summit School and the Website.

Information You Provide to Us

We may collect information you voluntarily provide, including:

• name;
• email address;
• telephone number;
• mailing address;
• parent or guardian information;
• student or prospective student information;
• student age, birth date, grade level, or anticipated enrollment year;
• admissions and enrollment information;
• information submitted when requesting information or scheduling a tour;
• information submitted through applications, registrations, surveys, or other forms;
• employment application and professional information;
• donation and fundraising information;
• event registration information;
• communications you send to Summit School; and
• other information you choose to provide.

Some school-related forms or services may request additional information when reasonably necessary for admissions, enrollment, financial assistance, student services, employment, donations, events, or other legitimate school purposes.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the Website, certain information may be collected automatically by our Website systems or service providers, including:

• Internet Protocol (IP) address;
• browser type;
• device type;
• operating system;
• referring website or source;
• pages viewed;
• links clicked;
• approximate geographic information derived from an IP address;
• dates and times of Website visits; and
• other technical or usage information.

We may use cookies, pixels, tags, scripts, and similar technologies to collect some of this information.

2. How We Use Information

We may use personal information to:

• respond to inquiries and requests;
• provide information about Summit School and its programs;
• schedule and manage school tours or visits;
• administer admissions and enrollment processes;
• communicate with prospective and current families;
• administer school programs, events, activities, and services;
• process registrations, donations, payments, or other transactions;
• administer fundraising and donor relations;
• evaluate employment applications and manage recruiting;
• operate, maintain, secure, and improve the Website;
• understand Website usage and performance;
• troubleshoot technical issues;
• prevent fraud, misuse, security incidents, or unlawful activity;
• maintain appropriate school and business records;
• comply with legal, regulatory, contractual, accounting, and reporting requirements;
• protect the rights, safety, property, and interests of Summit School, our students, families, employees, and others; and
• carry out other purposes disclosed when information is collected or with appropriate authorization.

We may also use aggregated or de-identified information for statistical, planning, operational, or analytical purposes when the information does not reasonably identify an individual.

3. Admissions and Prospective Family Information

When a parent, guardian, or prospective family requests information, schedules a tour, submits an application, or otherwise contacts Summit School regarding admission, we may collect information about the parent or guardian and prospective student.

We use this information to respond to inquiries, provide requested information, coordinate visits, administer the admissions process, communicate regarding Summit School, and perform related administrative functions.

Submitting information through the Website does not guarantee admission, enrollment, financial assistance, or any other outcome.

4. Student and Family Information

Summit School may maintain information concerning enrolled students and their families as necessary to operate the school and provide educational and related services.

Information maintained in connection with an enrolled student may be governed by additional enrollment agreements, handbooks, policies, notices, permissions, consent forms, or other school documents.

This Website Privacy Policy is not intended to replace those documents or comprehensively describe all information maintained by Summit School as part of its educational operations.

Summit School seeks to handle student and family information responsibly and with appropriate safeguards, regardless of whether a particular federal or state student privacy law applies to a specific record or activity.

5. Children’s Privacy

Summit School serves children and families, but the public Website and its inquiry, admissions, employment, giving, and similar forms are generally intended for parents, guardians, prospective families, employees, alumni, donors, and other adults unless otherwise indicated.

Children under 13 should not independently submit personal information through the public Website without the involvement and authorization of a parent or guardian, except through a feature specifically designed and administered for authorized student use.

Summit School may use third-party educational technology and online services in connection with school-authorized educational activities. We seek to select and administer these services with appropriate consideration for student privacy, security, and the purposes for which student information is collected and used.

Where parental consent, notice, school authorization, or other protections are required by applicable law or an applicable service, Summit School and its service providers will address those requirements as appropriate.

Parents or guardians who believe a child has submitted personal information through the public Website without appropriate authorization may contact Summit School using the information below.

6. Cookies and Similar Technologies

The Website may use cookies and similar technologies to operate properly, remember preferences, understand Website usage, measure performance, maintain security, and improve the Website.

These technologies may include:

• cookies necessary for Website functionality;
• analytics technologies that help us understand Website traffic and usage;
• security and fraud-prevention technologies;
• preference or functionality cookies; and
• other technologies associated with Website features or third-party integrations.

Some browsers and devices allow you to limit or block cookies. Disabling certain cookies may affect Website functionality.

Where applicable, Summit School may provide additional cookie choices or consent tools.

7. Analytics, Advertising, and Website Measurement

Summit School may use analytics, measurement, and advertising technologies to understand how visitors find and interact with the Website, evaluate the effectiveness of communications or outreach, and improve our Website and admissions efforts.

These technologies may collect information such as Website visits, page views, referral sources, device information, approximate location, and interactions with Website content.

Third-party analytics or advertising providers may process information according to their own privacy policies and our arrangements with them.

Summit School does not knowingly use personal information collected directly from children under 13 through school-authorized educational activities for targeted advertising.

8. Donations and Payments

When you make a donation, registration payment, tuition-related payment, purchase, or other financial transaction through or in connection with the Website, information may be collected by Summit School and by third-party payment processors.

Depending on the transaction, this may include:

• name;
• contact information;
• transaction amount;
• billing information;
• donation designation;
• donor recognition preferences; and
• transaction or payment confirmation information.

Payment card and banking information may be collected and processed directly by third-party payment providers rather than stored by Summit School.

We use donation and transaction information to process payments, maintain financial and donor records, provide acknowledgments or receipts, administer fundraising activities, and comply with applicable accounting, tax, and legal requirements.

9. ESA, STO, Financial Assistance, and Affordability Information

If the Website provides tools, forms, or resources concerning Educational Savings Accounts (ESA), School Tuition Organizations (STO), scholarships, financial assistance, tuition, or affordability, information submitted through those features may be used to provide requested information, estimates, assistance, or related administrative services.

Information submitted to independent government agencies, scholarship organizations, School Tuition Organizations, or other third parties is also subject to those organizations’ privacy practices.

Summit School does not control the privacy practices of independent third parties.

10. Employment Information

If you apply for employment or submit professional information through the Website, we may collect information such as:

• name and contact information;
• résumé or curriculum vitae;
• employment history;
• education;
• professional qualifications;
• references; and
• other information submitted in connection with an application.

We may use this information to evaluate candidates, communicate with applicants, conduct appropriate hiring processes, maintain recruiting records, and comply with applicable employment requirements.

11. Photographs, Videos, Student Work, and Community Content

The Website may include photographs, videos, testimonials, student work, accomplishments, stories, or other content involving members of the Summit School community.

Summit School’s use of identifiable student images, student work, or similar content may also be governed by enrollment documents, permissions, releases, policies, or other applicable authorizations.

If you have a privacy concern regarding content appearing on the Website, please contact Summit School.

12. How We Share Information

We may disclose personal information when reasonably necessary to operate Summit School and provide Website or school-related services.

Recipients may include:

• Website hosting and technology providers;
• admissions and enrollment service providers;
• payment processors;
• communications and email service providers;
• analytics and Website performance providers;
• educational technology providers;
• professional advisors, including attorneys, accountants, auditors, and consultants;
• contractors or vendors supporting school operations;
• government agencies or authorities when required or permitted by law; and
• other parties when authorized by the individual or parent or guardian, as applicable.

We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to protect the rights, safety, security, or property of Summit School, our students, families, employees, Website users, or others, or to investigate fraud, security incidents, or unlawful activity.

We do not disclose personal information to third parties merely because they request it.

13. Third-Party Websites and Services

The Website may link to or integrate with services operated by third parties, including application systems, payment processors, scheduling platforms, educational resources, maps, social media platforms, video services, or other providers.

When you interact directly with a third-party website or service, that provider may collect information according to its own privacy policy and terms.

Summit School does not control the privacy or security practices of independent third-party services.

We encourage users to review the privacy practices of third-party services before providing personal information directly to them.

14. Data Security

Summit School seeks to maintain reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards appropriate to the nature of the information we maintain.

These measures are intended to help protect personal information against unauthorized access, acquisition, disclosure, alteration, loss, or misuse.

No website, information system, transmission method, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of information transmitted to or maintained by Summit School or its service providers.

15. Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected and for legitimate educational, administrative, operational, financial, legal, security, archival, or recordkeeping purposes.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the relationship between the individual and Summit School.

We may retain certain information for longer periods when required or permitted by law, necessary to establish or defend legal rights, required for financial or tax records, or appropriate for legitimate school recordkeeping.

When personal information is no longer reasonably necessary, we may delete, destroy, anonymize, or otherwise dispose of it consistent with applicable requirements and our recordkeeping practices.

16. Your Choices and Requests

Depending on your relationship with Summit School and applicable law, you may contact us to:

• ask questions about personal information you have provided;
• request correction of inaccurate contact information;
• update communication preferences;
• unsubscribe from certain promotional or informational emails;
• request that we review or delete information submitted through the public Website; or
• raise a privacy concern.

Certain information may need to be retained for educational, contractual, financial, legal, security, archival, or other legitimate purposes.

Unsubscribing from optional communications will not necessarily prevent Summit School from sending administrative, transactional, safety-related, enrollment-related, or other communications necessary to our relationship with you.

17. Email and Electronic Communications

If you provide Summit School with an email address or other contact information, we may use it to respond to your request and communicate with you regarding school programs, admissions, events, fundraising, enrollment, or other matters relevant to your relationship with Summit School.

You may unsubscribe from optional marketing or promotional email communications using the unsubscribe mechanism provided in those messages, when available.

18. Information About Other People

If you provide Summit School with personal information about another person, including a child, family member, emergency contact, reference, or other individual, you represent that you are authorized to provide that information for the applicable purpose.

Please do not submit sensitive or unnecessary personal information through general Website contact forms or email when a more appropriate secure method has been provided.

19. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our Website, technology, services, information practices, or applicable requirements.

When we update this Privacy Policy, we will revise the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page.

Material changes may also be communicated through additional means when appropriate or legally required.

20. Relationship to Other Summit School Documents

This Privacy Policy governs privacy practices associated primarily with the public Website and related online interactions.

Additional agreements, policies, notices, consent forms, handbooks, employment documents, enrollment documents, or other Summit School materials may govern information collected or maintained in connection with a particular relationship or activity.

If this Privacy Policy conflicts with a more specific applicable agreement, authorization, notice, or policy governing particular information or activity, the more specific document controls with respect to that subject matter.

21. Contact Summit School

Questions, requests, or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or Summit School’s Website privacy practices may be directed to:

Summit School
Foothills Educational Foundation dba Summit School
4515 E. Muirwood Drive
Phoenix, Arizona 85048
Phone: (480) 403-9500