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MIT Presents… The Griffin Academy: A Summit Learning School

Why Create a New School? Part 1

Why does Vallejo Need a New School? Why Griffin Academy?

Griffin Academy was created to fulfill the following needs:

• Overwhelming demand for MIT Academy.
• To fulfill a promise made to the MIT community four years ago.
• A chance to create the “school of the future.”

MIT Academy

 Founded in 1999;  Maintains a “small school” environment to ensure a personalized experience;  Safe and welcoming environment.  90%+ graduates admitted to 4-year universities;  Recognized as one of “America’s Best High Schools” 3 years running;  In past 2 years, 6 gold medals from the California Department of Education; …so if MIT Academy is so great…

Why Summit Learning? Part 2

Summit Learning used nation-wide

Summit Learning Model

Summit Learning Outcomes

Content knowledge + Cognitive skills + “Habits of Success” + Adult mentorship = SUCCESS! A closer look at the Summit Learning instructional platform…

…and this is why the adult mentorship component is so important! …this is what it “should” look like…

The Blue Line is your pacing guide, you have to stay ahead of it!

Griffin Academy & MIT Together – “Team Griffin”

• The two schools will work together, with MIT providing logistical support

and Griffin Academy instructional innovation;

• Griffin Academy dovetails perfectly into the best of MIT – technology

instruction, grad requirements, community service, Destination D.C., etc.

• Griffin Academy can work closely together – a Summit Learning student

might take Mandarin from MIT, whereas a struggling MIT student might complete a “playlist” to make up a US History class.

Griffin Academy Timeline

• Pilot project underway in middle-school science
• Opening in Fall, 2018, with 140 sixth & seventh graders
• Expanding to 6-8 for 2019-20 school year, then expanding

steadily thereafter, until it’s a complete 6-12 program (like its “big brother,” MIT)

• Long-term location adjacent to MIT Academy (when MIT

construction complete) – temporary housing for 1 or 2 years.

Questions?