Out of the Classroom: Field Trips at Summit

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,...

Summit 5th Graders Create Audio Tour of Wesley Bolin Plaza

Apr 17, 2019 | 5th Grade

  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...

The Scholastic DINO-MITE Book Fair: Stomp, Chomp, and Read

Mar 21, 2019 | News

Have you heard? The Scholastic DINO-MITE Book Fair: Stomp, Chomp, and Read is coming to Summit School April 1-5th. Join in the fun to support Summit’s Knowledge Center! Hours are: Monday-Thursday, 8 – 9 a.m.; 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.; and 3 – 6...

Community Connections – February 19, 2019

Feb 19, 2019 | Community Connections

Praise and Potholes on the Road to SuccessWe all know that productive praise is essential to our students’ academic success.  Research shows that the most effective praise focuses on students’ effort and perseverance on a particular challenge, rather than overall...

Community Connections – November 20, 2018

Nov 20, 2018 | Community Connections

At Thanksgiving, we pause to think about how fortunate we all are to have all that we do, and to celebrate with the people we love.  There’s also football.When it comes to past pro football greats, Tony Richardson isn’t exactly a household name. That is because Tony...

Summit CARES – Inspired 2nd Graders

Nov 6, 2018 | 2nd Grade

Summit CARES 2nd Graders Were Inspired by the CARE Lifelong Guidelines As A New Year Began At the beginning of school Mrs. Anderson explained to her new batch of second graders that coming to Summit School was like receiving a GIFT.  The parents and teachers work hard...

Community Connections – Nov 2

Nov 6, 2018 | Community Connections

Ted Dintersmith, one of the country’s most successful venture capitalists, is also a leading advocate for innovation in education. In his book What School Could Be, Dintersmith seeks to “reimagine education to prepare students for a world marked by innovation.”  He...

The Incredibles Class Song

Nov 6, 2018 | Preschool

Who needs American Idol when you’ve got the Summit Preschoolers!  Summit’s self-named “The Incredibles” students were paid a visit from talented musician, Bill Partlan.  Bill was inspired to visit after student Lauren Wolfe, wrote the lyrics to a special...

Summit Students Pay it Forward

Mar 13, 2018 | Learning Resource, News

Haz lo mismo a alguién más.  If your Spanish is a bit rusty, that’s “paying it forward,” which has been one of our CARE/Be Kind themes through the year.  Applied learning in real-world settings is also the Summit way.  Last week our Spanish Honor Society (Sociedad...

Teacher Spotlight: Tina Charney

Mar 12, 2018 | Teacher Spotlight

Tina Charney has been teaching preschool and elementary children in Minnesota and Arizona since 1996. She has a BA in Latin American Studies from Columbia University in NYC, an Early Childhood teaching license from Crown College in Minnesota, and holds an Arizona...