Summit Preparatory Charter High School

Infobox School
name = Summit Preparatory Charter High School

motto = To prepare a diverse student population for college and to be thoughtful, contributing members of society
established = 2003
principal = Todd Dickson
director = Diane Tavenner
type = College Preparatory Public Charter
grades = 9–12
city = 890 Broadway Street
Redwood City
state = California
country = USA
enrollment = c. 400
faculty = 33
campus = Suburban
mascot = Husky
colors = Blue, White
website = [http://summitprep.net http://summitprep.net]
picture =

Summit Preparatory Charter High School, part of the Sequoia Union High School District is a college preparatory and charter high school. Summit Preparatory Charter High School replaced Summit Preparatory High School (part of the Summerville Union High School District in Tuolumne County) which closed on Friday, June 14, 2006 when the Sequoia Union High School District refused to renew their charter.

During the summer of 2007, Summit moved to a new campus previously occupied by High Tech High Bayshore.

Summit is the home of the Summit Huskies and is known for its excellent teachers and curriculum. Summit was founded in 2003 and since then has had 2 graduating classes as of June 2008. Summit has received many nobel awards such as being in the top 50 of high schools in the state and is the first school in San Mateo County to receive a 10 out of 10 ranking on the Academic Performance Index [ [http://www.examiner.com/a-1361133~Charter_school_settles_down__draws_praise.html Charter school settles down, draws praise - Examiner.com ] ] .

Summit is located at 890 Broadway St. Redwood City CA, 94063. At present it has about 400 Students and allows 100 students per year. The class size is about 25 students to one teacher. Unlike many typical schools where you have an elective for one period a day, Summit groups it and has 2 full months of that elective. They call it "Intersession" and is a big part of what defines Summit. Intersession is for one month in January and the second in May to June.

Summit's main goal is to have everyone try their hardest and to prepare everyone for college. To help with this, Summit has implement many ideas to further build on this. One thing is the small class size, with only 100 students and 25 per class, the teachers are able to know all the students and know how to help them out. The next is mentor time. Every day for the last 10 minutes, students see their mentor. For all four years the students are at Summit, they get the same mentor and students. This allows students to be more open to their mentor and tell them whats going on with their lives to better help them succeed. The last two are MARS "Mandatory Academic Revision Session" and MASH "Mandatory After-school Study Hall" both of these are ways to help the student out if they are not doing as well as they should. MASH is received if a student does not complete a homework assignment and that student then must spend 30 minutes after school to complete the homework assignment. This allows the student to catch up and to keep their grade up. MARS is received if A) the student receives a failing grade on an mastery assignment or B) when a student receives a failing grade in a subject. MARS helps the student catch up on his/her grade in order to pass the grade. MARS takes place during intersection and the goal is to revise anything to receive full credit.

ee also

*San Mateo County high schools

References

External links

* [http://www.summitprep.net Summit Preparatory Charter High School Official Website]
* [http://www.summitprepathletics.com Summit Preparatory Charter High School Athletics Official Website]