High School

High School Academics & Offerings

High School at Summit Christian Academy includes 9th to 12th grade levels of study. Standard and advanced academic tracks are available at each level as are many additional enrichment opportunities, including:

Summit offers small class sizes and exceptional access to teachers. Students and teachers get to know one another and build rapport. Such relationships serve to inspire students, impact their success, and develop personal gifts and talents.  

High school students have a range of on-level, dual credit and AP classes from which to choose as well as the opportunity to graduate with a distinguished diploma. Choices abound so students can determine what they want both their transcripts and high school experience to look like. Summit aims to send out students who are academically equipped for life after high school and strong in character, who possess a Christian worldview and have a servant’s heart that desires to impact their world for Christ.

Summit’s ultimate goal is to cultivate graduates who are academically prepared to be lifelong learners, having acquired college-readiness and critical thinking skills that benefit them into college and beyond.

Resources

High School Courses

  • 9th Grade: God's Grand Story I
  • 10th Grade: God's Grand Story II
  • 11th Grade: God's Grand Story III
  • 12th Grade: God's Grand Story IV
  • English I
  • Advanced English I
  • English II
  • Advanced English II
  • English III
  • Composition I - Dual Credit
  • English IV
  • Introduction to Literature - Dual Credit
  • Research Writing - Dual Credit
  • British Literature - Dual Credit
  • Algebra 1
  • Geometry
  • Geometry Honors
  • Algebra 2
  • Algebra 2 Honors
  • Precalculus Honors/Pre-Ap
  • AP Calculus AB
  • Statistics
  • Financial Math
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Advanced Chemistry
  • Physics
  • Advanced Physics
  • Environmental Science
  • World Geography
  • World History
  • AP World History
  • US History
  • US History - Dual Credit
  • Government and Economics - Dual Credit
  • AP Human Geography
Students take the ACT/SAT Prep Course their junior year. Test preparations, college applications, resumes, college essays, and navigating the college application process are covered in the class. A trip to tour colleges is incorporated when possible.
  • Art 1
  • Art 2
  • Advanced Art
  • AP Art
  • Band
  • Choir
  • Theater
  • Spanish 1
  • Spanish 2
  • Spanish 3
  • Spanish 4
High school students are required to take one year of physical education. Athletics is offered during the last period of the day for students who participate in sport teams. This period is used for strength, condition, and training and is incorporated into practice times when sports are in season.
Speech is a required one semester course. This skills-based course helps students become better public speakers through theory and, most importantly, practice.
  • Engineering Principles
  • Engineering Design