Tag: Summit Academy

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Summit Academy stays in Red Hook

Summit Academy got good news from the New York State Board of Regents in May. Earlier in the spring, the future of Red Hook’s Summit Academy Charter School (grades six through 12) was unknown, but a new partnership with the Center for Education Innovation (CEI), a self-described “non-profit education organization and recognized leader in advancing meaningful reforms in public education,” […]

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Summit Academy boys basketball team dominate in home opener, by Nathan Weiser

The Summit Academy boys basketball team dominated their first home and conference game of their season as they beat the Cobble Hill School of American Studies, 85-45. Coach Phil Grant’s team came into the Monday, November 19 home opener, that had the gym packed with fans, after recording two convincing wins the previous two days to open the season. On […]

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A youth fashion show comes to Red Hook

Led by Belgian model Elise Crombez and RHI youth jobs developer and event organizer Sheryl Nash-Chisholm, a much-anticipated fashion show for youth came to Red Hook for the very first time. This was the fifth annual Red Hook Today event hosted by Red Hook Labs (133 Imlay Street). In addition to the fashion show there was photography and video on […]

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Summit’s Analeza Edore wins school’s first athletic scholarship, by Nathan Weiser

Summit Academy Charter School senior Analeza Edore is a trailblazer for her school as she is the first student athlete who has received an athletic scholarship to college. This Nigerian young woman lives in East New York, spent her first three years of high school at Nazareth Regional High School in East Flatbush, and has spent her final year of […]

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Summit Academy’s Dorien Williams has been nominated for an award from the Brooklyn Nets

Dorien Williams, who is on the Summit Academy Middle School (27 Huntington Street) basketball team, was recently announced as one of six finalists among junior high school basketball players for the Brooklyn Nets Ultimate All-Star Award presented by Hospital for Special Surgery. Williams and the other five finalists from the tri-state area (New York, New Jersey and Connecticut) will be […]

Education

School News, by Sofia Baluyut

PAVE will be hosting back-to-school nights for their families throughout August. Dates are as follows: Wednesday, August 23rd, Middle school back-to-school night 5:30-6:30; Thursday, August 24th, elementary school back-to-school night 5:30-6:30 PS 58 parents should also make note that registration for Carroll Kids aftercare and after school enrichment programs will begin August 1. Register at ps58.org. Brooklyn Acting Lab houses […]

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Summit seniors receive full college scholarships, by Emily Kluver

On February 9, the Ellen Show aired a segment in which host Ellen DeGeneres presented a $25,000 check to administrators at Summit Academy Charter School in Red Hook. Summit Academy executive director, Natasha Campbell, along with Principal Cheryl Lundy Swift, made a surprise guest appearance on the show to discuss their students, their faculty, and the Red Hook neighborhood. Campbell […]

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Red Hook’s Summit Academy collects water for Flint, by Kimberly Gail Price

Summit Academy Charter School is collecting water that will be sent directly to Flint, Michigan, where the water supply has been contaminated since early 2014. “Sharing is caring,” the school wrote in a Facebook post. “Help us help our brothers and sisters in Michigan.” The initiative started with Devon Smith, a Park Slope resident and neighbor to Summit’s Executive Founder, […]

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Summit Academy banquet a huge success, by George Fiala

The Summit Academy one of Red Hook’s two local Charter Schools. They work to be a college preparatory academy, teaching grades 6 – 12, including special education students. Summit was founded in 2009 by Executive Director Natasha Campbell and is located in the former PS 27 building on Huntington Street. Their first ever awards dinner was held on Saturday, April […]