Completed Grade 9- Free Skiing!

Hannah put the final touches on her Grade 9 courses around January 18th and she is now moving forward with Grade 10. She is tackling Math and Science first. We are also signed up for Skiing through ArtSmarts. Let me share with you a lttile about the benefits at Summit. There are three things I want to tell you about:

ArtSmarts: These are fully paid for by the school- they are opportunities for students to experience learning opportunities outside the home and classroom. Skiing/Snowboarding is by far the most popular and it is offered in Jan/Feb one day per week including a lesson, a lift ticket, and equipment rental- all at no cost to my daughter. All I have to do is get her up to the ski hill (Hemlock.) Other ArtSmart classes include dance, drama, pottery, making your own mini movie, music lessons, etc.

 
Allotments: When your child is registered with Summit as a full time student, you are also entitled to an educational allotment which you can spend on items or programs to support your child's education. For elementary students you can spend $500 or $1000 for each student depending on the program you choose. It changes a little at the secondary level but it works out to $500 if they complete 8 courses. My daughter has spent her allotment on a printer for her work and on dance lessons at Fraser Valley Academy of Dance. This was a great help to our family.


Internet Expense Subsidy:  Because Summit is distance education, there is a need to connect through the internet and so this subsidy is made available to parents schooling their children in this method. All you need is a copy of a monthly invoice from your Internet Service Provider, fill out the application and they will reimburse you up to $40/month for every month your child is at Summit. The forms are collected by March 1st and the parent will receive their cheque usually in late April or May. Another benefit of up to $400 for my family.



The greatest benefit for me has been the time I have spent getting to know my daughter better, but what a bonus to get to ski with her at such a low price (parents get a great discount too) and to have the monetary support to make Hannah's educational experience at home more exciting and rewarding. Skiing is a big part of why Hannah wanted to do Summit in the first place. That's all for now....

Scott