Summit Preparatory Charter High School

Schools That Work

Summit Preparatory Charter High School

Charter, Suburban

Grades 9-12

Redwood City, CA

At Summit Preparatory Charter High School, students set daily academic goals, deciding what they’ll learn, how they’ll learn, and who they’ll learn with. Through a personalized learning platform, differentiated instruction, coaching in social and emotional skills, choice-based expeditions, mentors, and cognitive skills taught through projects, Summit helps students understand their needs as learners.

Summit students outperformed the district and the state on the Smarter Balanced Assessment for math and ELA in 2015.
In 2015, Summit schools had a 95% graduation rate and a 99% 4-year college acceptance rate.
55% of Summit graduates complete college in 6 years or less—almost twice the national average.

Eight high school students are standing in a row at the front of the class, each ripping a small piece of paper.

Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)

13 Powerful SEL Activities

Build social and emotional skills into any class.

Emelina Minero

Classroom Management
60-Second Strategy: Appreciation, Apology, Aha!
A quick, low-key way to build community in your classroom on a daily basis.
Classroom Management
60-Second Strategy: Professional Courtesy
For anyone who’s ever wondered, “How do I get their attention back in a 1:1 environment?”
Formative Assessment
Real-Time Assessment: Providing a Window Into Student Learning
At Summit Prep, every teacher gathers real-time data—daily. They do this to gain insight into their students’ needs, informing how they teach every day.
Flexible Classrooms
Flexible Classrooms: Making Space for Personalized Learning
How you arrange your seating can be an asset for differentiating instruction. Summit Prep uses different seating configurations for independent work, collaborative work, mini lessons, and large-group discussions.
Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)
Habits, Community, and Culture: Laying the Foundation for Emotional Intelligence
Summit Prep in Redwood City, California, uses a variety of activities in the weekly, 90-minute Habits, Community, and Culture (HCC) class, where students learn Habits of Success and develop social and emotional learning (SEL) skills.
Flexible Classrooms
The Optimal Seating Plan? Letting Your Students Choose
Allowing students to move the furniture can help you differentiate instruction and give your students more agency in their learning.
Emelina Minero
Formative Assessment
Challenging Every Student in the Room
Easy ways to quickly gather student data every day—and how you can use it to reach all of your students, whether they’re ahead or behind.
Emelina Minero
Project-Based Learning (PBL)
Getting Students Into College Is Not Enough
See how one high school shapes its PBL curriculum—available online for free—to help prepare students to progress all the way to college graduation.
Adam Carter
Mindfulness
When Mindfulness Feels Like a Necessity
It’s quick and easy to implement, and has proven benefits including boosted working memory and reduced stress.
Aukeem Ballard

Schools That Work

Summit Preparatory Charter High School

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60-Second Strategy: Appreciation, Apology, Aha!