"Find Your Voice"
February 16, 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. Hopefully you are enjoying your 4-day weekend and found some time to join some of your friends at the Summit Skate Party! We are looking forward to spending time with all of you at conferences this week as well.

Upcoming Events:

  • 2/16: Champs Skating Party 6-8 PM
  • 2/17: No School
  • 2/20: Winter Conferences for 12th grade, 3:15-6:15
  • 2/20: Sr. Walking trip to Evergreen Animal Hospital for Service Project 1:00-2:00 (re-scheduled from 2/6)
  • 2/21: No School: Winter Conferences for 9th-11th grade, 8 a.m. - 12 noon
  • 3/6: - Bluegrass, Bourbon & BBQ
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Winter Conferences and Coffee
Thanks to all of you who have signed up for your conference times. You can check the link below if you need a reminder as to when your conference time is. You will also receive an email reminder this week. Conferences will be in Rooms 300 and 301. We will try to stay on time with our conferences ( 20 minutes per conference), but we do appreciate your patience if you have to wait a few minutes. While you are waiting, please take advantage of our cart from Mr. B's set up in the hallway with coffee, tea and hot chocolate options.


Teacher Updates
Mrs. Beach
Beginning Tuesday, all High School students who come for Early Morning Drop Off should get dropped off at Mr. B's Coffee Shop. A separate email is being sent to Early Morning Drop Off parents about this as well!

  • Math: Students will be using their purple books and moving into Ch. 6: Percents/Decimals/Fractions this week.
  • Literacy: Students have started reading The Outsiders. Weekend homework is to complete the rest of Ch. 1, pages 9-18. They may use audio version to assist with reading.
  • Biology: Students are studying Arthropods; they are specifically learning the internal and external anatomy of the crayfish and how it compares to human body systems to prepare for their dissection lab.
Ms. Finn
  • Math: Students are learning about one step equations and inequalities. We are also stepping back and doing some review based on STAR testing results.
  • Literacy: Students are working on Key projects and are on Act IV Scene 3 of Macbeth. We are also working on Vocabulary.
  • QUEST: Students are working on making a commercial for restorative circles for our community and are writing the script. We expect to start practicing next week.
  • Earth Science: We are excited to be starting a unit on space and the solar system next week.
  • Forensic Science: We are working on STEAM activities in Forensic Science. Students are building a 3D model of Alcatraz and the Golden Gate Bridge.
Mr. Harris
  • Career Ed & School to Work: Parents of 9th, 10th and 11th grade students. Next week I will begin the process of applying for summer volunteer positions for our students at the Kentucky Science Center. This is a great way for Summit Students to put some work experience on their resume. Please reach out to me with any specific questions, and look out for an email from me with more information.
  • Well done to all high school students who took part in interview role plays with a real HR department brought in during our Thursday Path Forward class. (see photos below!)
Zach's Interview
Hayden's Interview
Ms. Miller
  • Spanish : We will continue with Unidad 3 next week. We will focus on "er" and "ir" verb conjugation. Students need to practice at home using Duolingo and Quizlet.
  • World Civ : Everyone did well on the Ancient Greece test. Next week we will be working on our new unit covering Ancient Rome.
  • Practical Living: Next week the students will continue to work at Mr. B's in the afternoons cleaning, preparing deliveries for afternoon carpool, and prepping for the next day. We will also continue to work on organizational skills.
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 ]