"Find Your Voice"

March 1, 2020
Welcome back to High School Highlights; a weekly wrap-up of events, designed especially for high school parents and students at Summit Academy, to help keep you in the know.
Upcoming Events:

  • 3/02: Sr. Balfour Orders due to Mrs. Beach
  • 3/06: Bourbon, Bluegrass and BBQ
  • 3/10: Parent/student meeting with Mark Pfeifer from Wigglewow, 7:00 PM (more info below)
  • 3/27: Noon dismissal
In case of an absence...
As teachers, we know that there are going to be times when a student has to be absent. For instance, right now is flu season. If they are contagious (have had a fever within the last 24 hours), please keep them at home. If they don't have a fever, but you know they look too sick to function at school, please keep them at home. Please be sure to call the main office number in the morning any time your child is staying home so that we know they are accounted for. As high schoolers, it is then their responsibility to find out what work they missed when they come back to school and make it up within the parameters given. All high school students have an email and they are welcome to use that to find out their missed assignments so they have a digital record of them. Thank you for your support with this!
Students & Parents:
How can you become a part of Wigglewow?
On Tuesday, March 10 at 7:00 PM, Mark Pfeifer from Wigglewow will be holding a meeting at Summit Academy in room 304 for parents and high school students 16 years of age and older.

Haven't heard of Wigglewow yet? It is an amazing organization that specifically hires young adults with learning differences in paid positions to either make dog treats (Epic chefs) or deliver dog treats (Epic Home Deliverers). Parents also have the opportunity to make $12/hr. if their son or daughter is hired on as an epic chef.

Currently working there from Summit Academy, we have 2019 graduate Epic Chef Derek and Senior Epic Home Deliverer Emily. Wigglewow is a very unique, positive and exciting way to assist students with learning differences to help find employment!

We hope you will join us on March 10 at 7:00 PM to hear Mark speak about this growing business and see if it might be a good fit for your young adult!
Teacher Updates
Mrs. Beach
  • Math: Quiz this Tuesday on converting fractions to decimals to percentages. Next stop: finding these in word problems. So proud of the hard work these math students do every day!
  • Literacy: Weekend homework is finishing Chapter 5 of The Outsiders. Comprehension check on Monday. Students now have their completed slang dictionaries and have nearly mastered the art of writing a character analysis.
  • Biology: Students did an excellent job on anatomical skills check, as well as on quiz over the function of the anatomical parts of the crayfish that will be observed/dissected in the lab. Dissection was moved to Monday. Students who are absent will need to schedule a make-up dissection date.
Ms. Finn
  • Math: We are working on beginning Geometry concepts. We are still reviewing fractions and decimals daily.
  • Literacy: We are on Act IV of Macbeth and have been talking about the significance of the witches in the play. Key Project rough drafts and conferences will be on Monday.
  • QUEST: Students are rehearsing for their PSA, and have been talking more in depth about bullies, victims and bystanders.
  • Earth Science: We are talking about the space race and how we make spaceships exit the atmosphere.
  • Forensic Science: As we continue our foray into Forensic Paleontology, we have been learning about ancient humans and what kinds of jobs people have on archeological digs.
Mr. Harris
  • Career Ed & School to Work
  • JOBS! JOBS! JOBS!
  • Parents of students 16 and over, Mark from Wigglewow has reached out to me about work for WW in a paid position You can deliver awesome dog treats to your neighborhood. Please see more information in the article above. Please respond if you have any questions.
  • Please let me know if you have any questions about the upcoming KY Science Center summer positions as I will begin the application process next week.
  • SummerWorks will be attending Summit shortly so that high school students can upload resumes to see what paid positions are available.
  • Max Warner started his new intern position at Zeggz on Friday. Hope you had a great first day!
Ms. Miller
  • Spanish : Great job on the conjugation test this week! Next week we will focus on family and calendar vocabulary. Students will be creating a family tree, due Thursday.
  • World Civ : This week we learned about the Punic Wars, Hannibal's war elephants, and Julius Caesar. Next week we will begin studying the Roman Empire and the spread of Christianity.
  • Practical Living: Everyone is doing a fantastic job working the afternoon shift at Mr. B's! Next week we will continue to develop our barista skills, while reviewing appropriate workplace behavior and communication.
As always, please let us know if there is anything we can do for you!

Your High School Team ~
Susan Beach [ contact ]
Keeley Finn [ contact ]
Jenny Miller [ contact ]
Ben Harris [ contact ]