"Find Your Voice"
September 20, 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. Students have all completed STAR testing in Math and Literacy, and teachers will be taking a look at those scores, as well as their progress in class, to continue to inform their instruction.

REMINDER: FREE DRESS MONDAY 9/23
Upcoming Events:

  • 9/25: Seniors: CAPS Mtg. 3:15-4:30, Room 301 *date change
  • 9/27: Walk-a-Thon (seniors will participate 9/26)
  • 10/18: No School: Conference Prep.
  • 10/24: Mountaintop Breakfast, 8 a.m. (normal school day)
  • : PTS Conferences - Seniors 3:30-6:00
  • 10/25: PTS Conferences - Fresh, Soph, Jr 8:00-12:00
  • : HS Fall Social, 7:00-9:00, Summit Cafeteria
High School Fall Social
Mark your calendars for the annual High School Fall Social, scheduled for October 25 from 7-9, and start picking out your costume. Music, snacks and drinks will be provided. Cost is $5 ahead of time or $8 at the door. All students, grades 9-12, are invited! Tickets will go on sale October 1.
CAPS for benches update
A big thank you to all those in the Summit community who have been sending their plastic caps to the high school. The seniors have begun the task of separating the caps and weighing them. (See below). It takes 250 lbs. of caps to make one bench and we are getting close!
Max and Caleb check the caps to make sure they are clean.
Mo, Hayden and Eden sort the caps into various bins, while parent sponsor, Melody Parks, helps supervise.
Eden, Emily, Ashley, Caleb, Noah, Hayden and Max work as a team to keep everything organized.
Alumni Spotlight: Alex
Alex is a 2019 graduate of Summit Academy High School. Following graduation, he was able to turn his love of basketball into a paid position at All About Kids in Crestwood as an Asst. Basketball Coach. He works with Grades K-3, where the kids look up to him both figuratively and literally! Alex always has a smile on his face and continues to be a role model both on and off the court. Great work, Alex!
Teacher Updates
Mrs. Beach
  • General Information: A link for October Conference sign-ups will go out in next Friday's High School Highlights. For planning purposes, Senior parents will have the opportunity to conference on Thursday afternoon (10/24), between 3:30-6:30, so that Internships can continue on Fridays if desired.

  • Math: Students are working on solving multi-step fraction problems at a variety of levels.
  • Literacy: Students have completed through Ch. 8 of The Giver. This week we will begin Sadlier Vocabulary in conjunction with their reading and writing.
  • Biology: Students have started 2-3 week unit on vertebrates. This will be followed by creating study tools from notes, in class review and test.
Ms. Finn
  • Math: Students are working on Playlists and are working on ratios and decimals.
  • Literacy: We have started reading, "A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World".
  • QUEST: We are talking about conflict resolution and Win-Win thinking.
  • Earth Science: Students are learning about the water cycle and oceanography.
  • Forensic Science: Students are learning what Forensic anthropologists do and how they help communities.
Mr. Harris
  • Career Ed & School to Work
  • Well done to Zach Osbourne who is now working 2 weekend shifts per month at Cracker Barrel.
  • The feedback from 12th grade intern positions is very positive, so well done to everyone who is working hard each week!
  • Our 2nd Career Education project is due on Wednesday, September 25 for the 9th, 10th and 11th grade. Remember that the assignment is posted on Google Classroom, so you have the opportunity to log in at home using your Summit information if you wish to work on the project and improve your grade.
  • Geography & Cultures: Some interesting DNA results so far! Max Braden has a lot of native DNA, which we look forward to researching, and Mr. Harris found out that the majority of Seniors are more English than he is! I think it's time he stopped drinking tea and eating Fish & Chips!
Ms. Miller
  • Spanish : Students will present their projects to the class. We will learn vocabulary related to school and leisure activities we enjoy using the verb gustar.
  • World Civ : We will continue the unit on Mesopotamia with focus on Cuneiform, the Epic of Gilgamesh, Hammurabi's Code, and a number of early empires.
  • Practical Living: Students will continue using the online programs "Future Smart" and "Everfi." Focus area: checking/savings accounts and banking vocabulary.
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 ]