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Motivation Meets Manicures

Summit Academy – Toledo Teen Girls to be Showered with Messages of Self-Worth and Empowerment Plus Plenty of Pampering Self-worth, empowerment and inspiration: These are the takeaways girls in grades 8-12 can expect from tomorrow’s “I Am Enough” empowerment program at their school, Summit Academy – Toledo. Principal Marquita Murphy and Community Resource Coordinator Shevella … Continued


Akron Secondary Teacher Keytsa Bishop Named Head of the Class by Cleveland Cavs

Teaching wasn’t part of Keytsa Bishop’s original plan as an artist. She envisioned herself selling art and working as a graphic artist. Then she had a revelation. “I started to learn how powerful art is by sharing it and seeing how I can make a difference in other people’s lives,” says the Summit Academy Secondary … Continued


Request for Proposal and Contract for Multifunctional Device and Service

Summit Academy Management intends to enter a multi-year year contract with a qualified Vendor to deliver MFP devices and services. The bidder is asked to submit pricing for both three (3) and five (5) year contracts. The purpose and intent of this request for proposal is to solicit cost per copy services, and to establish … Continued


Astronomy, Autism and Altruism

Summit Academy Secondary School – Akron Senior Shares His Story Jaden Garvey has a passion for photography. He can often be found outdoors, taking pictures of setting suns, rural landscapes and star-filled nighttime skies. He’s also an astronomy buff, hooked ever since he was a little boy by a Blue’s Clues episode on stargazing. Now … Continued


An Innovative and Mechanical Way to Shine Shoes Transpires from Classroom Lesson

By Tremaine M. Davis Science Teacher, Summit Academy Transition High School – Cincinnati Technology has given us the ability to utilize machines in a variety of practical ways from helping us accomplish simple tasks, such as vacuuming our room spaces (Roomba®) to more complex devices used in medical procedures (robotic surgical systems). I feel these … Continued



Summit Academy Social Workers Support Students Holistically So They Can Live Their Best Lives

Katelyn Thompson, LSW, has what she calls an impact word. That word is love. SAM Executive Director of Special Education Erica Richley-Duda describes the word as “perfectly fitting” for the Summit Academy Secondary School – Middletown behavior specialist. Richley-Duda, MSEd, LPCC-S, CCTP, says Thompson’s love for her work is evident in her “whole-student approach and … Continued


Mosaics Meet Black History – Cincinnati Community Students Inspired to Stay True to Their Visions

Using Trix cereal and paint, third- and fourth-grade students at Summit Academy Community School – Cincinnati are creating mosaics in the spirit of celebrated artist Alma Woodsey Thomas, for Black History Month. Known for her colorful, vibrant paintings which are held in public collections such as those of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and White … Continued


Local author, retired APS teacher shares animated African American history stories with Summit Academy students

With the comfortable style of a veteran teacher and the finesse of the three-time book author she is, Jewell Jones captivated Summit Academy Akron Elementary School kindergarten to second-grade students with her African American history “story sharing” last Wednesday. She will return to Summit Academy on February 22 to read to the school’s third- to … Continued


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