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Exploring the Wonderful World of Wheels

Summit Academy students who are currently participating in our automotive-related trade class had the opportunity to attend the 2020 Pittsburgh International Auto Show at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. The auto show featured some of the hottest vehicles on the market, exotic and luxury cars and classics! No doubt these boys enjoyed checking out how it felt behind the wheel of these cool rides.

PARTNERS IN HOPE & LOVE BECAUSE ANYBODY CAN SERVE

Once again, Summit Academy students volunteered with the Foster Love Project. The mission of this exceptional organization is to provide love in action to foster children, as well as support to the foster families who are providing care for them. Summit students Ismael C. (Franklin Co.) Lewis H. (Sacramento, CA), Marquise H. (Montgomery Co.), William K. (Blair Co.), Philip M. (Chester Co.,) and Demetrius M. (Westmoreland Co.) loaded several hundred bags of clothes and school supplies onto vans for delivery to the site.

Thanks to the Foster Love team for continuing their valuable work and including our young men in the effort!!!

“Everybody can be great. Because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve…. You don’t have to know the second theory of thermodynamics in physics to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.”
~Martin Luther King, Jr.

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT ASSEMBLY

New Outlook Academy recently held another awesome Student Achievement Assembly. This event recognizes student accomplishments across many diverse activities, including earning Honor Roll status and achieving outstanding participation in the STEAM Program, as well as the Photography and Bakery classes. Additional recognition went to students who earned their GED, OSHA certification or completed a college course.
It was a great day to celebrate all the hard work and achievement of the young ladies of New Outlook Academy. Congratulations to all!!!

EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN ACTION

Ms. Erin's chemistry class in incorporating STEM into her classroom through experiential learning. The first activity that the students worked on was creating boats from tin foil to see how many pennies could be supported! The winning boat was able to support 105 pennies!

Learning through living at Summit Academy.

"Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn"
Benjamin Franklin

EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN ACTION

Ms. Erin's chemistry class in incorporating STEM into her classroom through experiential learning. The first activity that the students worked on was creating boats from tin foil to see how many pennies could be supported! The winning boat was able to support 105 pennies!

Learning through living at Summit Academy.

"Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn"
Benjamin Franklin

TUBMAN… A Modern Look at History
Students at New Outlook Academy had the amazing opportunity to see the show TUBMAN at the August Wilson Cultural Center in Pittsburgh! This one woman show presents the story of Harriet Tubman reimagined as a young woman growing up in Harlem through a theatrical lens. Harriet Tubman is a heroine and American legend in her own right. This session takes the story of Harriet in the 19th century and places her in the 21st century; laced with the problems facing African-American youth all over the country, especially focusing on the mistreatment of black girls in schools. What would happen if a young woman like Harriet became a leader in this new world? Would her struggle be the same? Would she know her power? This play examines the centuries old fight with race, gender, and equality through a theatrical lens centered around the most influential female leaders in American history.

Students Palace S.( Maryland), Ceasie J. (Philadelphia), Lia H. (Philadelphia), Janida V. (Delaware), Kareema B.(Philadelphia) and Anna J. (York Co.) enjoyed learning about this piece of history!!!

AWESOME ALUMNI ALERT!
Summit alumni Zach G. has gone on to graduate from the Tulsa Welding School in Jacksonville Florida. Zach was one of the first students at Summit Academy to earn an American Welding Society (AWS) D1.1 flat plate welding certification. He currently holds two job offers and is deciding which one best fits his future plans!
So proud of this young man and we wish him all the best. We look forward to hearing great things from him in the future.

CREATIVE SCIENCE
Miss Marcella's biology students are learning about how fossils provide change in organisms over time. The students were asked to create an organism that they wish could have existed in history. Requirements for the project included naming the organism, drawing what it would have looked like alive, drawing it as a fossil, and identifying where it would have lived and its diet. They also had to give a short description of their organism.
Omar M. (Montgomery Co.) and Antonio E. (Philadelphia) proudly display their posters!
Summit students bringing biology to life…

CREATIVE SCIENCE
Miss Marcella's biology students are learning about how fossils provide change in organisms over time. The students were asked to create an organism that they wish could have existed in history. Requirements for the project included naming the organism, drawing what it would have looked like alive, drawing it as a fossil, and identifying where it would have lived and its diet. They also had to give a short description of their organism.
Omar M. (Montgomery Co.) and Antonio E. (Philadelphia) proudly display their posters!
Summit students bringing biology to life…

Combining learning and fun during a trip to the Carnegie Science Center and Sportsworks, New Outlook Academy students were all smiles for the day. Exploring science in a new way!!!