Summit Charter School - Cashiers, North Carolina

Seeking Excellence

Phone: (828) 743-5755
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Each day in my words and in my deeds I will do my best to live these seven virtues...

Honesty
Respect
Responsibility
Self Discipline
Compassion
Perseverance
and Giving

Janis Brannon

Seventh Grade
Home Room

Everyday begins and ends in homeroom. During these short spans of time we discuss schedule changes, upcoming events, hold class meetings, and address any issues that may arise. The more exciting stuff happens between these times.

Summit Charter School follows the current North Carolina curriculum standards with added integration of place-based education.

What is place-based education?
Placed-based education is the process of using the local community and environment as a starting point to teach concepts in language arts, mathematics, social studies, science, and other subjects across the curriculum while emphasizing hands-on, real-world learning experiences.

Middle School Science

6th, 7th, and 8th Grade
The middle school participated in the State wide “Trash Pickup” program. The students collected trash in the surrounding community. This activity was integrated into all aspects of the curriculum. Students sorted the trash according to recyclable and non-recyclables in science class, calculated the percentages in math class, and wrote newspaper article in language arts class about our activity that was published in the local paper.

6th Grade Science
The students participated in an Adopt-A-Hemlock program sponsored by the Jackson-Macon Conservation Alliance. The program provides chemicals to treat trees infected with the hemlock woolly adelgid that is currently threatening the hemlocks in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. The students measured the diameter of the trees, calculated the amount of chemical to use in order to treat each tree and assisted in the treatment of the trees. The trees are located on the property where our new school is being built.

7th Grade Science
Judaculla Rock is a rock covered with petroglyphs of unknown origin. The seventh grade visited the site, listened to Cherokee Legends and theories about the origins of the carvings. Afterwards they wrote essays about their own ideas as to how the pictures were created.

8th Grade
The 8th grade participated in World Wide Water Monitoring Day. The students camped overnight at Standing Indian Campground and tested the water sources at six different sites on the Appalachian Trail with the help of Bill and Sharon Van Horn, representatives of the Nantahala Hiking Club.