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Academics at Summit


Community

Summit Christian Academy is located in Virginia’s Hampton Roads region, which spans a 40 mile radius that encompasses several historic cities from the Virginia Beach oceanfront to the first English speaking settlement at Jamestown.  It is a bustling community that includes one of the world’s busiest harbors, the world’s largest naval base, the world’s largest private shipbuilding operation, a nationally ranked golf course, and nearly one hundred museums that cater to art enthusiasts, maritime and military history buffs, scientists, athletic fans, and children’s interests. Hampton Roads is also a thriving business sector whose major employers includes Huntington-Ingalls Industries, NASA, and several universities and military installations.

School

Established in 1996, Summit Christian Academy is a classical and Christian school.  We have about 200 students in grades K4-12.  Summit’s classical curriculum includes Latin in grades 3-8 followed by French and Spanish in High School and courses in Formal and Informal Logic, Debate, Speech, Research and Thesis. During the Dialectic years students construct and critique arguments, recognize fallacies, identify underlying assumptions, and develop sound reasoning skills. At the Rhetoric stage, the curriculum emphasizes the synthesis of ideas, research, independent thinking, creativity, and eloquent persuasive communication. Each senior is required to present and defend a Senior Thesis before a board as a capstone to their education.  Students hone higher order thinking skills by synthesizing information and evaluating disparate ideas.

Senior
​Thesis

The senior thesis provides graduating students with a unique opportunity to research, prepare, present, and defend a thesis in front of an adjudication panel.  Not only does the senior thesis require our students to defend an issue about which they feel strongly before a live audience; it also forces students to comprehensively research both sides of an issue, to seriously consider alternative viewpoints, and to vigorously defend their findings in an engaging oral and visual presentation.

Grading
​Scale

Summit uses a 4.0 grading scale for all standard courses. Classes that meet daily count as one full credit and those that meet one semester or every other day throughout the year count as ½ credit. Honors level courses (weighted by .5) are available in English, Pre-Calculus, Calculus, Spanish, French, United States History, Economics, Chemistry and Physics.

Advanced
Diploma

Students who earn an advanced diploma are required to take:
  • four years of science, math, English, and history
  • three years of a single foreign language or two years of two languages
  • four honors level courses
  • one additional elective credit

School Comparison
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Grammar School [K4 - 6th Grade]
Located at: Immanuel Baptist Church


69 Saunders Road
Newport News, VA 23601


grammar@scaschools.org

757.599.9424 ​

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Upper School [7th - 12th Grade]
Located at: Peninsula Community Chapel


4209 Big Bethel Road
Yorktown, VA 23693


upper@scaschools.org

757.867.7005 

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  • Who We Are
    • About Us
    • School Calendar
    • Our Team
    • Employment Opportunities
  • Academics
    • Academics at SCA
    • Educational Enrichment
  • Admissions
    • Admissions Information
    • Request Info
    • Apply Online
    • Tuition & Fees
    • Tuition Assistance
  • ATHLETICS
    • Athletics at Summit
    • Calendar
  • Current Families
    • Family Resources
    • FACTS Family Portal
  • Support Summit