Summit Academy Management and Malone University Partner to Repurpose Campus Residence Hall to House 2 Community Schools

Summit Academy Community School for Alternative Learners – Canton and Summit Academy Secondary School – Canton will relocate to Malone University’s DeVol Hall during the 2022-2023 school year. The public, nonprofit, tuition-free community schools, which serve students in grades K-8 and 9-12, respectively, are operated by Summit Academy Management (SAM). SAM CEO John Guyer describes … Continued

Summit Academy Presents New Canton School Leaders

Summit Academy Secondary School – Canton and Summit Academy Community School for Alternative Learners – Canton welcome Tiffany George as director. In addition, longtime Summit Academy Community School for Alternative Learners – Canton IEP coordinator, general education teacher and intervention specialist Lisa Merry is advancing as the new assistant director for Summit Academy Community School … Continued

Canton Elementary Staff Prepares Homemade Thanksgiving Feast for Students

Mashed potatoes smothered in gravy, roasted turkey, sweet pumpkin pie and all the other traditional Thanksgiving Day fixings made their way to Canton Elementary on Tuesday, courtesy of Principal Robert Housel and school staff members. “We’re a big family here. We care about our kids, staff and community. We want everybody to sit together in … Continued

Winning in the Classroom

Borrowing her mother’s words, Tria Hummel says she “was born to teach.” The Canton Elementary Summit Academy Community School for Alternative Learners teacher seems to defy common-day perceptions (perhaps, misperceptions) about teaching: that it lacks creative freedom, that students who previously slipped through the cracks cannot catch up, that teachers must be as tough as … Continued