WHO WE ARE • How We Started
Hundreds of people quickly engaged in an effort to create an innovative and replicable model for secondary education.
They came together to reimagine the American high school. They envisioned one that achieves the promise of providing a high quality public education to every child, regardless of family circumstances or background.
In 2003, Summit Preparatory Charter High School was born. It did not look like, act like or perform like a typical high school – as a result, all Summit students were succeeding.
From there, the vision and the work continued. Overwhelming community demand led to the opening of Summit schools across the Bay Area. The need extended beyond high school, resulting in Summit's first 6-12 school opening its doors in 2013.
Today, Summit is a leading charter management organization serving the Bay Area's diverse communities. Through six schools serving 1,600 students are realizing the vision of Summit's founders over a decade ago.
Summit will continue to grow to provide a high-quality public school option to more communities. Summit will be opening its seventh school in the Bay Area in the fall of 2014, as well as intends to open schools in Washington State.
