Inquire, Tour, Apply
Summit School continues to take action to limit the spread of COVID-19. To reduce potential exposure to our students and staff, we are limiting visitor presence on our campus.
Thus campus tours are suspended until further notice.
To meet virtually with our Admission Team and explore other ways of seeing our campus, please email Director Cindy Kluttz at ckluttz@summitmail.org.
Please submit an inquiry for more information. And if you are ready to apply, you may begin the application online here.
All grade levels at Summit School are currently full with wait pools established for the 2020-21 school year. Please complete an application to be considered for the wait pool. If space becomes available, applications from the wait pool will be reviewed for potential enrollment.
Applications are being accepted for all grade levels for the 2021-22 school year. The deadline for first-round consideration is January 31, 2020.
Inquire Now
Want to find out more?
Prospective parents may request an Information Packet online here, or by telephone (336.722.2777), or email (admissions@summitmail.org).
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Campus Tours
Come visit!
The best way to learn more about Summit is to visit and tour our campus. Personal tours are available by appointment during school hours.
Parents are required to visit and tour the school and meet with a member of the Admissions staff as a first step in the process. During the Parent Visit, you will have an individual meeting with a member of our staff. This is your chance to tell us about your child and to ask any specific questions about our program or particular areas of interest. It is recommended that for this first meeting, parents come without their children.Families interested in Triad Academy should schedule tours with Karen Pranikoff at 336-722-2777, x1508.
To book an appointment online, please schedule below or click here to be taken to our electronic scheduler. If suitable times are not available, please call or email to schedule a convenient time.
Apply Online
Thank you for your interest in Summit School!
We accept new students in all grades each year if space is available.
Our typical entry points are Eaglets, Junior Kindergarten, and Kindergarten.
General deadlines and important dates:
| October 1 | Online applications open for New Families |
| Winter | Selected applicants invited for student visit day |
| Jan 31 | Deadline for first round consideration & financial aid applications due |
| Early March | New student acceptances sent via email |
| Late March | Enrollment deposits due for new students accepting offers of enrollment |
- Apply to Early Childhood (Eaglets, JrK & K)
- Apply to Lower School (Grades 1-5)
- Apply to Upper School (Grades 6-9)
- Apply Triad Academy at Summit School (Grades 1-8)
Apply to Early Childhood (Eaglets, JrK & K)
Applicants for Eaglets should turn three by July 1 of the year of entry.
Applicants for Junior Kindergarten should turn four by July 1 of the year they would enter.
Applicants for Kindergarten should turn five by July 1 of the year they would enter.
Ideally applications should be on file by January of the calendar year of entry. Applicants considering financial aid are encouraged to apply by December.
- Begin your application online here. You will be able to download supplemental forms from the Online Application.
- Student Visit: After the application and related forms are received, we will review the file and invite selected applicants for a Student Visit. Applicants for Junior Kindergarten visit with their parents in small groups. All other applicants visit in the classroom for a full day at their current grade level.
- Assessments and Testing: Applicants to grades K-3 will be given an age appropriate screening for reading and written language during their visit.
- Decision: Following the Student Visit, we will notify the family of our decision in early March.
Apply to Lower School (Grades 1-5)
Ideally applications should be on file by January of the calendar year of entry. Applicants considering financial aid are encouraged to apply by December.
- Begin your application online here. You will be able to download supplemental forms from the Online Application.
- Student Visit: After the application and related forms are received, we will review the file and invite selected applicants for a Student Visit. Applicants visit in the classroom for a full day at their current grade level.
- Assessments and Testing: Applicants to grades K-3 will be given an age appropriate screening for reading and written language during their visit. Applicants to grades 4-9 will be given informal math and writing assessments during their visit.
- Decision: Following the Student Visit, we will notify the family of our decision in early March.
Apply to Upper School (Grades 6-9)
Ideally applications should be on file by January of the calendar year of entry. Applicants considering financial aid are encouraged to apply by December.
- Begin your application online here. You will be able to download supplemental forms from the Online Application.
- Student Visit: After the application and related forms are received, we will review the file and invite selected applicants for a Student Visit. Applicants visit in the classroom for a full day at their current grade level.
- Assessments and Testing: Applicants to grades K-3 will be given an age appropriate screening for reading and written language during their visit. Applicants to grades 4-9 will be given informal math and writing assessments during their visit. A writing sample is a required piece of the application to grades 6-9.
- Decision: Following the Student Visit, we will notify the family of our decision in early March.
Apply Triad Academy at Summit School (Grades 1-8)
Testing
Students applying for admission to Triad Academy at Summit School have a documented need for specialized instruction in reading and written language. Applicants must have a comprehensive psychoeducational evaluation, current within three years, which describes the student’s strengths and weaknesses, and provides evidence that academic difficulties are not the result of behavioral or emotional problems.
Students will be considered for admission based on:
Average or above average range cognitive abilities, as measured by an individually administered intelligence test, preferably the WISC-IV. Significant evidence of underachievement in one or more academic areas such as reading, written language, or math; or basic learning processes, such as visual/motor perception, or language or auditory processing difficulties.
Triad Academy is not able to appropriately serve students with a primary diagnosis of autism, emotional disabilities, or conduct disorders. While some of our students may also have ADD or ADHD as a secondary diagnosis to dyslexia, no one is admitted with only a diagnosis of ADD or ADHD.
Parent Visit and Tour
We ask all parents to make an appointment to visit the school as a required part of the admissions process.
To make an appointment, call 336-722-2777 and ask to speak with Karen Pranikoff at extension 1508.
Applicant File
We welcome applications at any time of the year. Ideally applications should be on file by January of the calendar year of entry. Applicants considering financial aid are encouraged to apply by December.
Student Visit
If we determine that your child’s learning needs and our program are an appropriate match, he or she will be invited to spend a day with us. After the visit day, parents will be called about our decision to admit your child into the Triad Academy Division. If there is not available space in the prospective student’s grade, the child will be placed in a waiting pool pending an opening at his or her grade level, or the child will receive priority consideration for next year.
Policies
Admissions Policies
1. We use no single criterion to evaluate applicants. We seek a student group diverse in talents, background and outlook. The school encourages students of any race, religion, color and national or ethnic origin.
2. We give first consideration to brothers and sisters of students currently enrolled at Summit and to children of Summit staff. We expect parents of each sibling applicant to apply and enroll at the earliest date of entry offered; otherwise we will include the applicant in the next categories of children to be considered.
3. We give special consideration to children from racially diverse backgrounds.
4. We also give consideration to children of brothers and sisters of our alumni.
5. We try to keep an even balance of boys and girls in each class.
6. The date of application is not a primary criterion for consideration. However, early application is encouraged as the full admission process may take several weeks to complete.
7. We give first consideration for tutoring services to currently enrolled Summit students. Second consideration for tutoring is given to students who have been accepted to a division of Summit School but are in a waiting pool for enrollment. More information about tutoring services can be found under the Triad Academy Divsion admissions policies.
Title IX Notice
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (“Title IX”) prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program or activity. Sexual harassment, which includes sexual assault and other sexual misconduct, is a form of sex discrimination. Under the School’s Policy, the School prohibits sexual harassment, sexual assault, sexual exploitation, stalking and retaliation. The School complies with Title IX and has appointed Yvonne Mushayamunda as the Title IX Coordinator with overall responsibility for Title IX compliance. She can be reached at (336) 722-2777 and yvonne.mushayamunda@summitmail.org.
Any student, employee or applicant for employment or admission to the School who believes that he or she has been discriminated against on the basis of sex, in violation of Title IX, or has been a victim of sexual assault, sexual harassment or other sexual misconduct, may file a complaint with the Title IX Coordinator. The Title IX Coordinator will assist the complainant in identifying the appropriate School policy (with its grievance procedure) to resolve the complaint in a prompt and equitable manner. The Title IX Coordinator may consult with other School administrators, as needed, to resolve the complaint in the most effective manner.
The Title IX Coordinator is knowledgeable and trained in state and federal laws that apply to matters of sexual assault, sexual harassment or other sexual misconduct, as well as School policy and procedure.
