Summit Preparatory School is accredited by the State of Montana, Office of Public Instruction (OPI), the Northwest Association of Accredited Schools (NAAS), and is a Pacific Northwest Association of Independent Schools (PNAIS) candidate school.
Of the “Special Purpose" schools serving approximately three to five thousand students in Montana, Summit is currently the only school to receive OPI accreditation. If you would like to visit the Montana OPI website, click on the link below.
Founded in 1917, the Northwest Association of Accredited Schools is a voluntary, nongovernmental organization for the improvement of educational institutions and for the development of better working relationships among schools and post-secondary institutions. Membership follows accreditation by either the Commission of Colleges or the Commission of Schools.
The Northwest Association of Accredited Schools is one of six similar regional associations in the United States which accredits schools and colleges. The Northwest region includes Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. Control of the Association is vested in its institutional members who meet annually in convention to transact the business of the Northwest Association of Accredited Schools.
If you would like to find out more about the Northwest Association of Accredited Schools, please feel free to visit their website by clicking on their logo to the left.
The Pacific Northwest Association of Independent Schools is a voluntary membership organization that promotes high educational quality for its schools through the establishment and advancement of comprehensive accreditation standards. In administering the accreditation process for independent elementary and secondary schools in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming, the Association assists schools with the process of school improvement. Key to this process is the recognition that each school has a unique mission and philosophy. The Association does not try to impose a specific set of criteria that each school should meet; rather, the Association's standards are based upon those qualities that have been deemed necessary in a quality institution.
If you would like to find out more about PNAIS, please feel free to visit their website by clicking on their logo above.
Our College Entrance Exam Board Code is 270529.
Summit Preparatory School is also a member of NATSAP (National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs). "NATSAP was created in January of 1999 to serve as a national resource for programs and professionals assisting young people beleaguered by emotional and behavioral difficulties. The Association is governed by an elected, volunteer Board of Directors comprised of representatives from the NATSAP membership." Click on the logo to the right to find out more information about NATSAP on their website.
High School graduation is predicated on program graduation, and requires students to have a minimum total of 20 credits reflecting the minimum subject area requirements shown below:
4 credits in Language Arts
2 credits in Mathematics
2.5 credits in Social Studies (1 credit each Global History and U.S. History, 0.5 credit of Government or Economics)
2 credits in Science
1 credit in Health Enhancement
1 credit in Practical Arts
1 credit in Fine Arts
The recommended minimum subject area requirements for college-bound students are as follows:
4 credits in Language Arts
3 credits in Mathematics including Algebra 1, Geometry, and Algebra II
3 credits in Social Studies (1 credit each Global History and U.S. History, 0.5 credit each of Government and Economics)
3 credits in Science including at least two lab sciences
2 credits in Foreign Language
1 credit in Health Enhancement
1 credit in Fine Arts
1 credit in Practical Arts