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Who We Teach

The Summit School serves bright students in grades 1 - 8 whose learning differences have made success difficult in traditional educational settings.Summit students are intelligent, motivated learners who have struggled despite their best efforts. With the right support, specialized instruction, and learning environment, these students can build confidence, strengthen skills, and achieve meaningful academic success.

Our program is designed for students who: 

  • Have been identified with dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, or other language-based learning differences
  • Demonstrate challenges with language processing, working memory, comprehension, organization, or executive functioning
  • Are bright, capable learners who are not reaching their full potential in a traditional school setting
  • Struggle with reading, writing, spelling, mathematics, organization, or self-management
  • Benefit from individualized instruction and targeted support
  • Learn best through active, multisensory teaching methods
  • Thrive when educators understand and adapt to their unique learning profile
  • Need an environment that builds confidence alongside academic skills

Many families come to Summit after years of watching their child work harder than their peers while experiencing frustration and limited success. At Summit, students discover that their learning differences do not define their potential.

Understanding Our Students

Summit students are bright learners with dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, and other language-based learning differences that impact academic performance despite strong potential. Many students who thrive at Summit may experience:
  • Dyslexia
  • Dysgraphia
  • Dyscalculia
  • Language processing difficulties
  • Working memory challenges
  • Reading comprehension difficulties
  • Written language weaknesses
  • Organization and executive functioning challenges
  • Attention-related concerns that occur alongside a learning difference

Our specialized program is designed to help students strengthen foundational skills, develop confidence, and build their self-advocacy skills needed for future success. The goal is for students to leave Summit prepared to transition successfully to high school and beyond.

Is Summit the Right Fit?

We specialize in serving students whose primary challenge is a language-based learning difference.

While some Summit students may also have ADHD or executive functioning challenges, our program is not designed to serve students whose primary diagnosis is ADHD. Likewise, Summit is not equipped to meet the needs of students whose primary challenges include Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), severe communication disorders, significant behavioral disorders, or cognitive disabilities that fall below the average range of intellectual functioning.

If your child is not progressing in their current school setting or has been diagnosed with a learning difference such as dyslexia, we invite you to learn more about how Summit can help.

FAQs

Summit removed the fear, from my son, that he could not read and write in his 4th grade. Summit met him where he needed to be and used their unique way to teach him how to read and write. At the same time Summit recognized my son’s strength in Math and placed him in the higher-level classes so he continued to be challenged there while he was working to get on track with his reading and writing fundamentals. A totally personalized and custom learning plan.”

Current Parent

Prior to coming to Summit, our son was leaving school each day feeling defeated and would share very little details about his day. Since coming to Summit, our son's confidence is soaring with his academics. He is a confident reader and continues to willingly share the excitement of his day at school.”

Current Parent