Summit Public Schools is a

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(CMO) that operates eleven schools, eight in the

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and three in

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. The headquarters is located in

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. Summit is the recipient of a grant from the

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Schools

* Summit Preparatory Charter High School in Redwood City, CA * Everest Public High School in Redwood City, CA * Summit Tahoma in South San Jose, CA * Summit K2 in El Cerrito, CA * Summit Shasta in

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* Summit Tamalpais in

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* Summit Sierra in

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, WA * Summit Atlas in

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, WA Prior schools included Summit Rainier in East San Jose, CA (closed in June 2020) and Summit Denali in Sunnyvale, CA (closed in June 2023).

Summit Learning

The pedagogy employed at Summit schools, dubbed "Summit Learning," is a personalized, project-based learning (PBL) curriculum that puts students "in charge" of their own learning. Courses are built around projects done at students' own paces instead of traditional coursework modules, and teachers focus their energy on tutoring individual students as many grading functions are automated.

Schools

Summit Learning

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