Jan 24, 2020 | 4th Grade, A Summit Education, Academics
Missions and Projects At the start of my first year as a principal in California, I heard a lot about the fourth grade California mission projects. It lasted a full nine weeks, and there were plenty of stories about staying up past midnight to finish the California...
Oct 14, 2019 | A Summit Education
“A state of well-being in which the individual realizes their own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to their community.” Any educator or parent would want this for a child....
Aug 15, 2019 | A Summit Education
Over the summer, I wrestled with this question: if schools exist to prepare students for the outside world, why do most schools look so different from it? At Summit we are continuing to connect school to the world in order to deepen students’ capacity for...
Apr 23, 2019 | 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, A Summit Education, Kindergarten
Not all lessons are best taught from inside the four walls of a classroom. Sometimes, students learn best when they’re piled into a school bus and taken off site where they can engage in experiences for themselves. According to an interview in Education Next,...
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