Kindergarten

Summa International Schools (SIS) is an education management organization that specializes in ​personalized learning implementation that is inclusive of all learners.  We believe in practitioner-based leadership that models instructional expectations in the classroom, with proven results.  Schools that serve diverse student bodies require highly skilled leadership, and here at SIS, we recruit and retain strong professionals who care deeply about the quality of their work. 

I consider myself an educator, a chef with a farm-to-table philosophy, and a play advocate. I teach mindfully and compassionately, and encouraged children to explore all that surrounds them.

When it comes to our outdoor classroom, I am passionate about keeping it exciting and enticing and a space for everyone. Whether the children need time to decompress, time to explore, or time to learn to be gentle; The outdoor experience and garden space can be all of that and so much more.

Our public charter school is focused on using the arts, including visual, music, dance and theater. We aim to teach all subjects in our K-8 school through project-based methods with arts-integration. Our school was founded by parents in 1994, and it is one of the oldest charter schools in California. It is a high-perfoming non-profit school with a highly diverse group of students. We use ideas adapted from studies including Harvard's Project Zero with regard to arts integration.

Our hopes are high, and by them we are bound together.

We are creating an extraordinary and unique school, the first truly modern institution serving children from age three to 18 and the first global one. We want to change for the better the lives of those students who attend and, beyond our own campuses, contribute to the cause of education on every continent. We measure our merit not through the narrowness of exclusivity but through the breadth of our impact.