High School Profile

Our campus is a vibrant hub of activity where each day ideas, interests, relationships and connections are forming and refining. Walking by the classrooms, one can hear conversations about the Odyssey, see students binding their own books, the seniors preparing for a play, and others researching mechanical engineering for rockets.

Everywhere one looks there are signs of motion — counters brimming with papers, drawings and science experiments, students huddled over books, teachers engaged in quiet consultation. From early in the morning until late in the afternoon, the high school squad is teeming with it’s own small but incredibly well designed ecosystem that allows the adolescent to have a rich inner life, real relationships with peers and adults, and the opportunity to try and fail, learn, and try again, all while developing the necessary solid foundation for college and beyond.

Our High School Counseling Program, along with our Mentor Program, offers students academic, college, as well as social-emotional support.

Over the last 5 years, close to 83% of Summerfield Graduates have directly attended four-year colleges, 14% have attended two year/vocational colleges (for a total of 97% college attendance directly out of high school), and 3% took gap years before starting college. We continue to send highly qualified students to many liberal arts colleges, as well as Santa Rosa Junior College, many with full Doyle Scholarships. Those who choose to attend the SRJC routinely go on to the four-year college of their choice. Those students who start off at four-year private colleges often receive merit scholarships of up to $20,000 or more per year.

Summerfield High School graduates have attended over 140 colleges all over the world! The following list of colleges includes both acceptances and those attended.

Our program is complex and enriching. Classes with a (P) designation are approved college-preparatory courses that meet or exceed college requirements. Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Earth Sciences all have full labs.  Due to the depth and rigor of our curriculum, 11^th and 12^th grade academics are considered to be on par with Honor courses.  Because of the challenging nature of our curriculum, however, we offer no AP classes. Student GPA’s are unweighted, with no extra grade points designated for honors or college classes.  However, an A+ earns 4.3 points on the 4.0 scale. Community Service and some pre-designated electives are not graded.  PE/Movement and Practical Arts grades are not included in the Academic GPA calculations.

Courses                                  Years    Credits

English & Senior Project (P)         4              44

Mathematics (P)                              4              40

Social Studies/History (P)             3              32

Sciences (P)                                    3.75           30

Foreign Language (P)                   3+            30+

Arts/Crafts (P)                                 4              40

Music (P)                                           4              20

Drama (P)                                        .75            7.5

Physical Education                          4              20

Eurythmy (Movement)                  1.5             15

Electives                                             3              30

Community service (20+ hrs/year)4

Total Credits      300+

Students are encouraged to join an existing club or program, or to create their own student-initiated activities.  Extracurricular activities have included Community Council, LGBTQ Safe Space, the Green Team, musicals, volunteer beach clean up days, as well as a full after-school circus program that includes a seasonal Big Top Tent with a flying trapeze. Students must complete a total of 80 hours of community service before they graduate.

Summerfield offers a balanced sports program, competing in the Small School Bridge League. Athletic offerings include boys’ soccer, girls’ volleyball, and girls’ and boys’ basketball, tennis, and track and field and include several league wins for the boys’ and girls’ basketball teams. Summerfield athletes are student athletes, who are held to the same high standard in sports as they are in academics.

In addition to classrooms, our facilities include a library, physics and chemistry lab, biology lab, movement room, pottery studio,  a new Art Tech Building for our extensive art program, which includes a black-smith forge and studio, weaving and wood-working studios, Sophia Hall – a beautiful performance hall, music practice rooms, outdoor basketball court, running track, soccer field and outdoor volleyball courts, full-sized circus tent and a working beyond organic, biodynamic farm.  Summerfield’s new commercial kitchen provides delicious hot lunches, with many ingredients from our biodynamic farm, for our students 1st – 12th grade.