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Graduating Seniors Summit Chirripo

12/16/2016

Eight proud program graduates (five of them also high school grads) recently embarked on their culminating Aventura at New Summit Academy: summiting Chirripo, the highest peak in Costa Rica.

Their journeys began more than one year ago, when they participated in the first of their Integrated Aventuras, learning about and serving the Costa Rican community which would become their second home.

Throughout the following months, these students have worked hard, developed the skills they need for success, and now move forward to college or to finish high school.

On Friday, December 16th, New Summit Academy celebrated their efforts at our Winter Graduation Ceremony. Congratulations to our graduates, we look forward to hearing about your many upcoming successes!

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Academic Fair and Project-Based Learning

12/15/2016

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Classes at New Summit Academy engage students through project-based learning: a collaborative, hands-on method of meeting learning objectives while developing student ownership of academics. Teachers and students collaborate in setting an end-goal – the completion of a project or solving of a problem each semester.

By working together to set goals, teachers and students are able to create an atmosphere of curiosity and inquiry, which NSA has found provides the context students need to drive learning. This December, our community celebrated the students’ efforts in project-based learning at our biannual Academic Fair.

Student presented their projects in front of peers, teachers, and our NSA families, showcasing the results of their learning this semester.

This semester’s projects included:

Video “Survival Guides” for Challenging Math Problems
Our Humanities Class Documentary Film on Sustainable Agriculture
Shakespeare Presentations from Literature and Composition
A Presentation of NSA’s Literary Magazine Clarion Call
Intermediate Spanish Students’ Film Highlighting Their NSA Experiences

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Holiday Festivities with Hogar de Vida & Homestay Families

12/15/2016

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NSA students and staff have been getting into the holiday spirit by giving back to two of our most important Costa Rican community connections: Hogar de Vida and our Homestay families.

Hogar de Vida, a home for orphaned children in our neighborhood, has embraced our school and provides our students with once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to develop unique relationships. NSA hosted a Christmas party for these children and the aunties who care for them, featuring a clown that made balloon hats, plenty of presents and a delicious lunch.

Our Homestay families provide our students the opportunity to create meaningful bonds as they engage with their “second families” in cultural activities, sporting events, parties and daily life around the house. NSA students and staff invited families to campus for a celebratory picnic of arroz con pollo and picadillo, and gave gifts to these families as small tokens of how much they are appreciated.
Happy Holidays to Hogar de Vida, our Homestay families, and our entire NSA community!

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Graduating Seniors Summit Chirripo

Academic Fair and Project-Based Learning

Holiday Festivities with Hogar de Vida & Homestay Families

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