Advantages of Co-Education

Given The Summit's mission of teaching the whole child, we strongly believe in coeducation. We endeavor to develop well-rounded leaders of character who will be able to improve the world they inherit. 

• Coeducation is a more natural, real world experience.
• We think our children will be better prepared to compete in and contribute to the world if their education takes place in an environment similar to what their experiences will be during the rest of their lives.
• Coeducation contributes to diversity of thought and point of view. Boys should be exposed to works of Brontë just as girls should read Tolkien.
• Class discussions are enriched when girls and boys express their intellectual and emotional reactions to what they read.
• Our experience is that girls can excel in math and science and boys can excel in the arts if they are taught by experienced teachers in an environment which encourages equal opportunity. 
• Social development is one of the key "pillars" of a Summit education. Learning how to manage relationships and talk with each other is critical to the development of emotional intelligence in children.