"Find Your Voice"
September 9, 2018
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. It's been a great week in the high school and there are several important events to get on your calendar. So grab your planner, get comfortable, and enjoy!
On next week's calendar:
  • Monday: Information coming home about Picture Day and High School ID's
  • Thursday : Picture Day - this will include ALL High School Students (formal Senior pictures are scheduled for 11/8), Back to School Night - 7:00 p.m.
  • Friday : Sr. Internships

Freshmen Spotlight
The Freshmen enjoyed several days at Camp Nuhop learning about working together and inner strength. They participated in team building activities, as well as hiked, canoed, swam and learned survival skills. They had the opportunity to face their fears on the giant swing and the high ropes course and finish it off by flying through the sky on the zip line. Way to soar, Freshmen!
Caring Thoughts

Best wishes to Senior, Dianne, on a full recovery from her second surgery! Hang in there and know that your teachers and classmates are here for you!
Teacher Updates
Mrs. Beach
I am beginning to make calls to schedule Individual Transition meetings with parents of Seniors and Juniors, if your form has been turned in. I am still missing a few forms. If you need a new one, just let me know .
  • Math: STAR assessment this week to get a baseline, as well as quiz on mean, median, mode and range on Weds.
  • Literacy: Vocab quiz Thurs on Unit 2. STAR assessment this week to get a baseline.
  • Economics: Learning small business vocabulary; voicing over commercials
  • Biology: Classification of Living/Non-Living Things - Chapter 2 in book - Why is it important for scientists to classify?
Ms. Finn
Please check my website for updates about what your student is doing in class this week, homework assignments, upcoming tests or quizzes, and exciting news about my classroom. https://msfinnsclassinfo.weebly.com

 Thank you, and have a good weekend.
Mr. Harris
Senior Internships:
  • Congratulations to the 12th graders on another successful internship day!
Mrs. Hoagland
  • Math: Continue our study of operations by generating a number or shape pattern that follows a given rule.
  • Literacy: Assigning novels to read independently, we will continue our understanding of the different parts of speech and we will practice letter writing skills.
  • Health: Begin Chapter 2: Managing Our Emotions.
  • Practical Living: Busy week! Housekeeping jobs on Tuesday, school recycling on Wednesday, Ashley prepared a dish on Thursday (which was enjoyed by all) and we practiced writing checks.
  • Physical Science: We are in the process of doing a lab experiment on volume and will finish up on Monday. Next week: we will begin talking about the properties of matter.
Ms. Miller
I am looking forward to seeing everyone at parent night this coming Thursday! We used this shorter than normal week to get everybody caught up, while reviewing what we have learned so far.

  • Math: We will continue to work with fractions, factors, and multiples.
  • Literacy: We will begin studying Greek myths and will have a quiz over Hero's Journey vocabulary and archetypes.
  • Spanish 1: We will begin watch the BBC learning series "Mi Vida Loca" and discussing the vocabulary used.
  • Spanish 2: We will continue to focus on our listening and reading comprehension.
  • Senior Seminar: Our class will be practicing using tools, while we help a local church assemble some furniture. 
We are looking forward to seeing you at Back to School Night on Thursday. As always, please let us know if there is anything we can do for you!

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