Dear Families, A Summit education is a unique opportunity.  Our students represent a diverse cross section of San Jose.  Our education is personalized, helping students to develop the cognitive skills, content knowledge, and habits of success necessary to succeed in college and in life.  100% of our graduates have been accepted to college.  But we…

  Dear Families, Seven years ago, hundreds of San Jose parents rallied together to find a public school option that ensured our children would have the opportunity to go to college – and Summit Tahoma was born.  Parents value Tahoma’s strong sense of community, its mentoring program, and its safe space.  Parent involvement is essential…

Dear Families, At Summit, each student has a Personalized Learning Plan (PLP) that allows students to take on academic challenges at their level of readiness.  This video shows Summit students describing to Mark Zuckerberg why they value this unique learning opportunity. Students and parents should sit down together and review their student’s PLP on a weekly basis…

Dear Families, As of last Friday, almost all Tahoma students completed at least one Power Focus Area – great job!  To keep the momentum going, we want to share upcoming dates related to academic progress. Back to School Night is Thursday, September 7 from 6:30-7:30 PM.  All families should attend.  We’ll begin in mentor rooms at…

Dear Families, What an amazing start to school!  We were thrilled to welcome our new students last Monday.  Our camping trip was a wonderful time for community building.  And we began our first full week of instruction with a solar eclipse! We want each student to make a strong start, so this week our goal is…

Dear Families, We often think of summer as a season that passes too quickly! Summer is also the bridge between the accomplishments of our past school years and the opportunities for new students and new successes. We’re proud of Tahoma’s 52 graduates who were all accepted to college. We’ll be following their successes as their…

THE POWER OF EXPRESSION: A 12th grade Political Activism project, a 10th grade Genius project, and the Advanced Acting performance      Students have reinvigorated our campus the past couple of weeks with the power of their voices: public interest campaigns, new recycling bins, public art, and outstanding performances. The inspiration continues with 9th grade Persuasive…

THANK YOU PARENTS!!! You helped make Career Day a success, and you showed us a lot of love during Teacher Appreciation Week Your voice counts!  We truly value your feedback.  Let us know what we are doing well and what we can be doing better. We want to make sure the improvements we make to our school…