​Summit Shasta in Daly City celebrates graduates

Summit Shasta in Daly City recently celebrated it second graduating class--98 percent of which were accepted to at least one college.

“At Summit, we believe in self-directed learning and empowering students to learn through exploring their passion and building skills needed for purposeful lives,” said Summit Public Schools Chief of Schools Andrew Goldin. “My faculty colleagues and I are proud of them and are excited for what they will accomplish in college, where they will further continue to grow as scholars and citizens.”

Summit Public Schools (Summit) seniors have been accepted to some of the most prestigious institutions of higher learning in the country, including Princeton University, Columbia University, Tufts University, Baylor University, Amherst College, University of Southern California, Virginia Tech, New York University, UCLA and UC Berkeley.

Summit’s innovative personalized learning model allows students to engage in deeper learning projects and become self-directed learners, helping them to develop the habits and skills that lead to academic and personal success, including college acceptance. Summit alumni are twice as likely to complete college than their peers.

Among this year’s graduates is Summit Shasta senior Lauren Lopez who resides in South San Francisco and will attend Notre Dame de Namur on an academic scholarship this fall to study criminology.

“Summit has helped me be more independent academically and personally, which will be helpful when I go to college and am no longer depending on anyone else to help me,” said Lopez, who is a first-generation college student.

To learn more about Summit Shasta, please visit http://shasta.summitps.org/.