Summit School

2100 Reynolda Rd, Winston Salem, NC, 27106-0271
Tel: (336)722-2777
Grades: PK - 9 | 551 students
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Summit School is a progressive, coeducational day school for Pre-Kindergarten through Ninth Grade, located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Founded in 1933, Summit's challenging, research-based curriculum stresses development of each student's potential. We are privileged to nurture young people in a caring environment designed to evoke maximum individual growth. Summit School provides a challenging curriculum within a caring environment to help students develop their full potential. Our aims are that the school must provide an environment that is physically and emotionally safe for children; the school must provide appropriate stimuli for children's intellectual, aesthetic, physical, emotional, moral and social development in order to help them grow optimally; the school must recognize and respond to the differences in children, their developmental timetables, their needs, their innate and distinguishing characteristics and aptitudes; the school must help children develop healthy self esteem and respect for their beliefs, values, talents and achievements while they learn to value others; the school must reflect diversity among its students, parents, staff and trustees; and the school must give children opportunities to care for other people and for the physical environment, within the school and in other settings.

School Overview:
Summit School
School Membership(s) Southern Association Of Colleges And Schools (SACS)
National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
Other school association(s)
Religious Affiliation Nonsectarian
Grades Offered Grades Prekindergarten - 9
Learning Difference Programs Yes
Learning Programs Supported Yes
Year Founded 1933
Student Body
Total Students 551 students
Student Body Type Co-ed
% Students of Color 19% (NC School Avg.: 23%)
Students by Grade
 
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers 104 teachers
Student : Teacher Ratio 5:1 (National school avg.: 13:1)
% Faculty w/Advanced Degree 38%
Average Class Size 17 students
Classroom dress code Casual
Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline None / Rolling
% on Financial Aid 16%
Admissions Director Katherine Memory
Admissions Associate Donza Friende
Sports
Total Sports Offered 13 sports
Sports
Baseball Basketball
Cross Country Field Hockey
Football Golf
Gymnastics Lacrosse
Soccer Softball
Tennis Track and Field
Volleyball
Extracurriculars
Total Extracurriculars 7 extracurriculars
Extracurriculars
Band Chess Club
Girls On The Run Gymnastics Team
Math Club Summit Afternoon Academy
Summit Summer Camps

School Notes:

  • Summit School is a coeducational day school for Pre-Kindergarten through Ninth Grade, located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Founded in 1933, Summit's challenging, research-based curriculum stresses development of each student's potential. We are privileged to nurture young people in a caring environment designed to evoke maximum individual growth. Summit School provides a challenging curriculum within a caring environment to help students develop their full potential. Our aims are that the school must provide an environment that is physically and emotionally safe for children; the school must provide appropriate stimuli for children's intellectual, aesthetic, physical, emotional, moral and social development in order to help them grow optimally; the school must recognize and respond to the differences in children, their developmental timetables, their needs, their innate and distinguishing characteristics and aptitudes; the school must help children develop healthy self esteem and respect for their beliefs, values, talents and achievements while they learn to value others; the school must reflect diversity among its students, parents, staff and trustees; and the school must give children opportunities to care for other people and for the physical environment, within the school and in other settings.

Nearby Schools:

Summit School
Gr. PK-9 | 0 mi. away
Reynolda Preschool and Kindergarten
Gr. PK-K | 0.1 mi. away
First Assembly Christian School
Gr. K-9 | 1.3 mi. away
St Leo School
Gr. PK-8 | 1.7 mi. away
Kingswood School
Gr. 5-11 | 1.8 mi. away
St. Pauls Episcopal Preschool
Gr. PK-7 | 2.3 mi. away

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