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Alumni Spotlight: Monika Patel
A Summit School education prepares the next generation of students for success. We love hearing stories about how Summit Alumni are doing since they’ve left the our campus and how they feel that Summit helped them along the way. In this month’s Alumni spotlight, we...
Five Moonshots for Students
Many of us will look up at the moon tomorrow (July 20th) and be amazed all over again that 50 years ago men first set foot there. Mankind’s greatest achievement has many lessons for today’s children. Here are five takeaways from the Apollo program that launched Neil...
Mid Summer Book Recommendations
Summit School's very own Ashley Hare traded her title of 4th grade teacher to that of Admissions Director, but that doesn't mean she has lost her knack for picking out and recommending books. In fact, she loves reviewing books for middle readers on her Instagram...
Alumni Spotlight: Krystal Corrette
A Summit School education prepares the next generation of students for success. We love hearing stories about how Summit Alumni are doing since they’ve left the our campus and how they feel that Summit helped them along the way. In this month’s Alumni spotlight, we...
Making “UnSelfies” Stick
It’s been five years since Oxford Dictionaries chose “selfie” as its annual word of the year. While there’s nothing wrong with snapping selfies, today’s adolescents demonstrate a greater degree of self-absorption (focusing only on “I”, “me”, and “mine” instead of...
Top Summer Reads for Parents
Every magazine has a list of beach reads that are perfect for that summer vacation, time by the pool, or a sunny afternoon in the air conditioner on the couch. Staying cool is the theme here. Most of these lists are full of romance titles and easy reading for...
Four Ways to Make Summer a Springboard to Success
We may not have hit triple digits just yet, but summer is here! In addition to being a time for vacation, family, friends, and camps, summer is also an important time for growth. Research tells us that a summer without academic stimulation can result in as much as two...
Top Summer Reads
Summer is officially here and while picnics at the park and long days in the pool are inevitable, summer is also a great time to pack in some reading. We asked our favorite librarian Ms. Lee to share her top recommendations for every age group. Picture Book: Flight...
Summit PreSchoolers Send Care Packages
Recently the Smart Cookies preschool class at Summit compared two books, A Smokey Night and A Chair for My Mother. Both books included community members who helped others in need. The children observed how the service made others feel and they wanted to do something...
Alumni Spotlight: Taylor Moorman
A Summit School education prepares the next generation of students for success. We love hearing stories about how Summit Alumni are doing since they've left the our campus and how they feel that Summit helped them along the way. In this month's Alumni spotlight, we...
Out of the Classroom: Field Trips at Summit
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,...
Summit 5th Graders Create Audio Tour of Wesley Bolin Plaza
Summit 5th graders have been hard at work trying to make public art spaces more accessible to visitors. Through her project based learning initiative, teacher Kelly Makay encourages students to identify a need in the community and work together to execute a...