"Find Your Voice"
November 15, 2019
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 cold outside, so we are gearing up for our annual winter service project. Read more below!
Upcoming Events:

  • 11/18: Mitten Tree Service Project begins
  • 11/25: Seniors: mandatory CAPS meeting 3:15-4:30
  • 11/27-29: Thanksgiving Break
  • 12/6: Seniors: Save the Date: CAPS meeting/pizza party


FREE DRESS MONDAY for HIGH SCHOOL 11/18
Summit Academy Mitten Tree
The high school will be collecting donations of mittens, gloves, scarves, hats, socks, gently used coats and blankets for St. Vincent de Paul's Shelter from Wednesday November 18 - Wednesday, December 11. Collection boxes will be placed in each hallway of the school for daily contributions. After Thanksgiving, a Christmas tree will be set up in the High School where the mittens will be hung to show the progress we are making as a school each day. Please consider donating to this worthwhile cause!
Internship Spotlight
Well done to Emily and Caleb. They both received very good reports from their senior intern positions for the work they have done over the past 3 months. Caleb works at the YMCA and Emily works at Carriage House. We are very proud of the effort you have been putting in each week!
Teacher Updates
Mrs. Beach
  • General Information:
  1. Senior Parents/Students: Please add the next 2 CAPS meetings to your calendar now. Attendance is required.
  2. Junior Parents: Don't forget to order your rings. Let me know if you have questions!

  • Math: This week everyone worked on mixed numbers and improper fractions. Finishing up Chapter 4 next week and STAR testing.
  • Literacy: Great job on The Giver Assessment! Test grades are in SAM and tests have been passed back. We will watch the movie next week and STAR test.
  • Biology: This week we are moving on to studying the anatomical structures and functions of the eyeball in preparation for cow eyeball dissection after Thanksgiving.
Ms. Finn
  • Math: Students have retaken the STAR test, and more than half of the class has shown growth. I would like to see that percentage show growth, so we will be working hard toward our goals!
  • Literacy: Students should be turning in a Key Project on Monday. We are on Ch. 18 of A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World. Students are very interested in the book and have great comments and annotations.
  • QUEST: We have been talking about ATOD (Alcohol, Drugs and Tobacco) and what risk and preventative factors are.
  • Earth Science: Students have been studying climate and have learned what it takes to work in Antarctica.
  • Forensic Science: We are learning about DNA, cell structure and RNA transcription and translation. Next week we will be extracting DNA from a strawberry.
Mr. Harris
  • Career Ed & School to Work
  • Only 2 more intern Fridays this year: November 22 and December 6.
  • Geography & Cultures
  • We have been looking at the Roman Empire, all the way up to modern day Italy. The students have shown a great knowledge of Italy, but somehow the class conversation did manage to end up about pizza.
Ms. Miller
  • Spanish : Next week we will continue working with the verb "tener" and telling/asking the time. We will also begin working on the conjugation of regular present tense verbs.
  • World Civ : Next week we will continue Ch. 6 Ancient India, with special emphasis on the belief systems of Hinduism and Buddhism.
  • Practical Living: Next week we will continue our unit on Personal Health and Safety, and will focus on reading food labels and meal planning.
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 ]