Character Education
Summit provides an environment where children grow in their ability to meet challenges, take risks, and transform their lives. The Counseling staff supports the entire faculty in preparing students to reach their full potential by helping them become responsible friends, teammates, classmates, family members and citizens.
Counselors partner with parents, teachers, and administrators to foster students’ emotional, social, moral, and cognitive development. In turn, students feel confident and in control.
Counselors lead guidance activities at all levels of the School. They also provide individual cognitive and social/emotional assessments, individual and small group counseling, family counseling, student observation, and consultation.
Character Education is an important component of the Counseling Program. Summit believes that education has to do with growth not only of the mind, but of the whole person; therefore, Summit seeks to create a moral, caring climate in the school community that encourages the development of admirable character. The focus of the Character Education Program is the promotion the practice of respect and responsibility among students, staff, and parents. Counselors help parents and staff work in partnership to create a strong moral climate that encourages children to do the right thing.
The Character Education Program supports children at each stage of their development. We know that a successful student must conquer quizzes and essays while learning to work happily, productively, and compassionately with others. Our goal is to bring children that balance and help them take responsibility for themselves, their community, and the environment.
To that end, the following core tenets are emphasized through the Virtue of the Month program, which operates on a two-year cycle:
| Goodness | Tolerance |
| Compassion | Forgiveness |
| Thankfulness | Humility |
| Faith | Reverence |
| Courage | Justice |
| Charity | Loyalty |
| Perseverance | Patience |
| Honesty | Stewardship |
| Hope | Peacefulness |
We invite you to learn more about our counseling program on insidesummit.org.
