The glass garage door to our new Innovation Lab has been ordered! We are one step closer to turning this dream into a reality!

We are just over halfway to our $50,000 fundraising goal (matched by an anonymous donor to a total of $100,000). We still need to raise $21,614 to meet our $50,000 match to fully fund this first phase of construction in Summer 2022. If you or someone you know would like to support STEM Education at The Summit Prep, please click or share the link below!

Questions? Contact the Front Desk.

Enrollment will be opened up to new families on Friday, April 1, 2022. Secure your spot in the class, and sign your enrollment contract today!

Use these steps to access your enrollment packet:

If you need help logging in to your Family Portal account, please contact the Front Desk. For questions about enrollment, please contact Whitney Wiese or Amy Maas.

All Summit parents/guardians are invited to the next Summit Parent Organization (SPO) meeting TOMORROW, March 24th at 9:00 am.

Please sign in at the front desk, and join us in the first floor Community Room for the meeting.

Dana Thomas, Summit parent, Board member, and botanist was recently published in the Missouri Native Plant Society publication, Petal Pusher, for her article on native gardens on The Summit campus.

Check out the following excerpt, and click the link below to read the full article.

Don't forget the first spring work day for the Friends of The Summit Gardens Club is this Saturday, March 26th!

The garden club will be meeting at The Summit on Saturday, March 26th from 9am-12pm for a spring clean up work day in the gardens.

In case of rainy weather, the back up date will be Saturday, April 9th from 9am-12pm.

Contact Dana Thomas, Summit Parent and Board Member, with questions, or if you would like to join the Friends of The Summit Gardens Club.

- 37 North Expeditions

The Summit is eager to share details of our partnership with 37 North Expeditions this summer! 37 North has carefully curated summer sessions that focus on connection to nature, self, and others. Students will learn outdoor recreation and education skills while incorporating physical activity and social interaction.

To learn more about all of our 2022 camp offerings, morning and afternoon schedules, and pricing, please visit the Camp Raven page on our website. Space is limited, so don’t delay! Click here to register today!

P.S. Don’t forget to invite your friends! We love welcoming new friends to join us for Camp Raven at The Summit each summer. Share the registration form with your friends and family or direct them to www.thesummitprep.org/summer for more information on signing up.

We look forward to seeing you this summer!

In third grade, students have completed a map showing the area of the Louisiana Purchase and the journey of Lewis and Clark. They have learned that Clark was a great cartographer and drew maps of the new land. After reading a book together about the perilous journey, Mrs. Weis and her students engaged in class discussion about the book and what students learned.

Third grade students have been given a choice board to further their studies on Lewis and Clark in different ways. With a mix of "must do" assignments and "choice" activities, students may choose from a variety of interests and learning styles with a mix of technology and non-technology based lessons. Mrs. Weis says, "It’s fun to see the students get excited about feeling empowered to make their own choices!" Check out the collage above for examples of the variety and creativity each students brings to project-based learning shared with their families at their Trimester Celebration!

Before heading into spring break, seventh and eighth graders completed their differentiated projects to capstone their learning of the novel Fahrenheit 451.

Some chose to do a "book trailer," a video, similar to a movie trailer, that highlights the major events and themes of the book. Some chose to compile a soundtrack where they selected at least ten songs and included a written argument about why they chose these songs, which event(s) they reflect, and why they are a good fit to the story. Others chose to do a journal for the protagonist, detailing what happens immediately after the events of the novel.

After completing their projects, students then presented their final work to their classmates to conclude their discussion of Ray Bradbury's famous dystopian novel.

The Summit's accrediting body, The Independent School Association of the Central States (ISACS), is offering a five-part parent education webinar series in Spring 2022.

We hope you consider joining other independent school parents for any of the five evening sessions led by a variety of experts to help you support your children socially, emotionally, educationally, and developmentally as we all continue to learn and grow. Please use the link below to register for the live webinars, which will be held from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Central time.