Summit Preparatory Charter High School
| Summit Preparatory Charter High School | |
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890 Broadway Street Redwood City, California 94063 USA |
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| Coordinates | 37°29′12″N 122°12′37″W / 37.4868°N 122.2102°WCoordinates: 37°29′12″N 122°12′37″W / 37.4868°N 122.2102°W |
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| Type | College Preparatory Public Charter |
| Motto | To prepare a diverse student population for college and to be thoughtful, contributing members of society. |
| Established | 2003 |
| School district | Sequoia Union High School District |
| Director | Penelope Pak McMillan |
| Faculty | 33 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 412 (2015-2016) |
| Campus | Small Building |
| Color(s) | Blue, White |
| Mascot | Huskies |
| Website | http://www.summitps.org/schools/california/summit-prep |
Summit Preparatory Charter High School, part of the Sequoia Union High School District, is a college preparatory and charter high school. Everest Public High School is a sister school to Summit, also in Redwood City.
Summit was listed as the #132 high school in the country in Newsweek's 2011 America's Best Public High Schools and among the top three in Northern California.Newsweek counted Summit among the 10 Miracle High Schools for "taking students at all skill levels, from all strata, and turning out uniformly qualified graduates."
Summit was named in the top 100 public high schools in the US and top 10 public high schools in California in the 2010 Newsweek ranking. It is one of five schools to which families are applying in the 2010 documentary Waiting for Superman.
Summit was founded in 2003 and was known for its excellent teachers and curriculum. Now, the school has a high turnover rate and teachers only stay an average of 2 years since the change in curriculum in 2012. For school year 2010-11 it has 425 students, and accepts about 100 per year. The class size is about 25 students to one teacher. Unlike many typical schools with an elective for one period a day, Summit spreads it throughout the school year. Called "Expeditions", it is now taken in two-week periods, which are broken up by six weeks of regular classes in between.
During the summer of 2007, Summit moved to a new campus previously occupied by High Tech High Bayshore.
Summit's main goal is to have everyone try their hardest and to prepare everyone for college. To help with this, Summit has implemented many innovative practices to further this goal. One thing is the small class size, with only 100 students and 25 per class, allowing the teachers 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 mentor group students. This allows students to be more open to their mentor and tell them what's going on with their lives to better help them succeed.
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