Our stunning campus, with a physical plant valued at $44 million sits on 28 acres in the heart of Winston-Salem. Known as the Reynolda Corridor, the tree-lined Reynolda Road is home to Wake Forest University, the Reynolda House Museum of American Art and Reynolda Gardens, the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), Graylyn International Conference Center, and Summit School.
COVID caused us to reconfigure our campus to accommodate in person learning. As it turned out, some of the changes we made resulted in a better student experience, so we've decided to make those temporary changes more permanent. As a result, our map is s little out of date. We are working to update this map and the names of buildings to reflect these changes.
Click on a number below for a brief description of each building.
Original watercolor by Betsy McNeer, Summit School Librarian
| The Main Building houses our Admission, Development and Business offices. You'll also find The Nest, our school store. It is also the main entrance to our Early Childhood classrooms and our Nurses' Office. It is one of the original school buildings. Constructed in 1945 based on a design from the Museum of Modern Art in New York City with a sawtooth ceiling designed for optimal lighting. |
| Seated dining for children ages 3 to Second Grade. Hot meals served by FLIK Dining. The spaced was named in honor of former Associate Head Anne Coggan Johnston. |
| Constructed in 2009, our Arts & Technology building houses our black box theatre, a TV and radio production studio, a digital music studio, studio art classrooms, music practice rooms, a photography studio, and a design studio/maker space. |
Added onto the Main Building in 1968, this wing is constructed with interior risers and an acoustically designed ceiling.
| This building houses Lower School Science Labs, 6th Grade Triad classes, Latin, Chinese and Spanish classrooms, and some offices. |
| Seated dining for grades three and up. Daily options include salad bar, soup bar, panini bar and hot lunches with a variety of beverages to choose from. Students eat with grade levels. |
| In ancient times an agora was a meeting place for the citizens for community activities. The Agora in the 4, 5, 6 grades building is designed as a flexible teaching and learning space. Students may be found working in small groups on projects, classwork, or enrichment activities. |
| Built in 1985, this wing of the 4, 5, 6 building is named for former French teacher Juliette Miranda. Students choose to learn Spanish, French, Latin, or Mandarin Chinese in grades 6-9. In Junior Kindergarten - Grade 5, all students take Spanish and a teacher comes to those homerooms. |
Built in 1976 and named for former Head of School Doug Lewis. Four classrooms and a central lab-prep corridor. Greenhouses behind with vegetable beds and sometimes chickens!
350-seat theatre, full backstage area and dressing rooms. Used for upper School morning assembly, 9th grade speeches and major performances. Named in honor of former music teacher Loma Hopkins. A pottery studio is attached.
| Most of the classrooms used by grades 6 - 8 are on the first floor of this building. Most of Triad Academy's classes (grades 2-5) are located upstairs. As a nationally accredited Orton-Gillingham program, they are committed to helping students overcome the challenges of print-based reading and written language difficulties. Students in the Triad division blossom into self-assured creative thinkers, problem solvers, and vibrant lifelong learners. We are one of two schools in North Carolina, and one of only 16 in the U.S. to receive the Orton-Gillingham Academy accreditation. |
The Summit library has 45,000 volumes. It was built in 1998.The three story building has study/teaching areas (with cozy gas fireplaces!) on each level. Most 9th grade classes are on the 3rd floor of the library.
This beautiful wood floored, traditional gym was built in 1974. It is used for daily physical education classes and athletics.
The Summit Athletic Center includes 3 basketball courts, a fitness facility, a dance/aerobics studio, a gymnastics studio, and a track. It is also used for all-school assemblies.
Completed in 2008, this building is Silver LEED certified. The spacious classrooms are filled with natural light.
Overlooking gardens and the playground, our first graders enjoy a large, comfortable space with plenty of natural light--perfect for their first year with a "real desk."
Our early childhood classrooms are furnished with carefully chosen equipment and resources for teaching young children and we think they are the best kindergarten spaces anywhere. All classrooms have a second-level loft that serves as a playhouse, office, or anything the children can imagine together.
