Summit School (Queens, New York)

Summit School
Established 1968
Type secondary
Principal John Renner
Students approx. 200
Grades 9-12
Location 187-30 Grand Central Parkway,
Jamaica Estates, Queens, New York, New York, USA 11432
Website http://www.summitqueens.com/

The Summit School is an approved private school in New York City.[1] It operates on two campuses in Queens, New York, USA. The Lower School educates elementary and middle school children, is owned by the Hillcrest Jewish Center[2], and the Summit's Upper School serves high school students. Formerly directed by Judith Gordon,[2] it is now directed by John Renner and Richard Sitman. Summit currently enrolls 275 children. Summit accepts students from all five boroughs of New York City as well as Westchester, Nassau, Suffolk, and Rockland Counties. The school employs a faculty and clinical staff of 150 professionals, and has a student-teacher-assistant teacher ratio of 12:1:1.5.

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Notes
  1. ^ "APPROVED PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS IN NEW YORK CITY", New York State Education Department, accessed 27 July 2009.
  2. ^ a b Laurie Dubos & Jana Fromer, A parents' guide to special education in New York City and the metropolitan area p. 130-31 (Teachers College Press, 2006)(ISBN 978-0807746851)