Facilities

Summit’s facilities are built with the same sense of purpose that defines our curriculum. They teach and they inspire.

In our Arts and Technology Building, we bring students to the intersection of technology, creativity, and expression. Our Athletic Center features a variety of spaces: an indoor track, basketball courts, a fitness center, and studios for gymnastics and aerobics.

In gardens and courtyards that are alive with natural growth, we bring the outside world into our curriculum. In our dining halls, we enjoy the “hearth” of Summit with healthy meals and round tables for lively conversation.

And, at the center of it all, we have classrooms and libraries that delight children and adults alike with their state-of-the-art technology and multiple spaces for memorable exchange and individual learning.

A 28-acre campus with eleven instructional buildings includes the following:

• Main Building— houses administrative offices, Early Childhood Program— junior kindergarten and kindergarten classrooms, the Anne Coggan Johnston Dining Room for Young Children, which is used by grades K-2nd, a primary music room, and before and after school programs. A music wing classroom is used by 4th and 5th grades.

• Lower School, First through Third Grades Building—houses classrooms, offices, school support services, and Explorer reading rooms.

•Lower School, Fourth and Fifth Grade Building— includes classrooms and the Miranda World Language Center in which Spanish, Latin, French and Mandarin Chinese classes are held.

• Upper School— classrooms for 6th through 9th grades, offices, the Upper School Counseling Center, the Ninth Grade Lounge, and pottery studio. Adjacent to the Upper School is the Loma Hopkins Theatre.

• Library— 45,000 volumes are housed in the Upper and Lower School Libraries. Facilities include small meeting rooms with SMART Boards, computer labs, and a Screening Room.

• Arts and Technology Center— includes a robotics studio, digital music and digital media studios, a black box theater, a design center, a band and chorus room, music practice rooms, two fine arts studios, and a media production facility which includes a TV studio.

• Doug Lewis Science Building— houses four science classrooms and laboratories.

• Athletic Center— a 34,548 sq. ft. complex with two competition basketball/volleyball courts, an elevated track, exercise studio, weight training room, a competition-level gymnastics studio, offices, 6 locker rooms and a concession stand. There are currently three playing fields, with an additional one under construction.

• Dining Hall— serves 3rd–9th grades and staff. Serves 250–300 students at a single lunch period. Included is a private dining room that can seat 80. The food is provided by Flik Dining Services.

• The Teaching/Learning Center—includes the Office of Admission, the Office of School Support, Parents’ Association Offices, the School Store, a student kitchen, the Lower School science lab, a photography studio, a computer lab, and the Lower School counseling center.

• Gardens—the campus features a number of garden areas, many of which are used as teaching gardens. These include a sculpture garden and an ecology pond, which is incorporated into the science curriculum.