(Lee’s Summit) – Last year Summit Christian Academy (SCA) hosted fifteen international students from across the world. Host families are needed for the more than 20 international students interested in moving to Lee’s Summit and being part of Summit Christian Academy. Hosting an international student is an exciting adventure and has many benefits including the [...]
(Lee’s Summit) – Summit Christian Academy (SCA) recently recognized Senior Luke Hammer as the Student of the Year. Hammer has attended SCA for 5 years and will be attending Drake University. Hammer plans to major in Business Management and International Relations. Hammer is the son of Rodney and Debbie Hammer of Lee’s Summit. Hammer was [...]
(Lee’s Summit, MO) – Summit Christian Academy (SCA) will host its first annual International Festival from 4:30 – 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 30 at the SCA Elementary School (1450 SW Jefferson in Lee’s Summit). The Lee’s Summit Human Relations Commission is one of the sponsors of this community-wide event and members from the Kansas [...]
SCA Senior Lauren Solito joined the Medical Explorers Program offered through Truman Medical Center Lakewood and is now a part of their leadership. Program participants meet once a month throughout the school year and discuss and explore interesting topics such as Sports Medicine/Casting, Suturing, Emergency Medicine/EMS, Nursing, and Anesthesiology. “Lauren has always enjoyed science, but [...]
To Inspire Students…These are the first three words of the SCA mission statement. We have for many years sought to inspire your students to achieve their God-given potential. The many articles in this newsletter are evidence of ways in which we are accomplishing our mission. From national spelling bees, to fine arts performances, to the [...]
Two students from SCA’s band recently scored a 1 at the 61st State Music Festival in Columbia, MO. The students were among more than 1,000 high school students competing for a 1 rating. Pictured here are SCA Senior David Martin and Junior Susi Song. Martin received a 1 (the highest rating possible) on his [...]
SCA students recently collected $1,237 in loose change to make a difference half way across the globe in Uganda. Joan Nanfuka Hartzler recently shared with SCA elementary students about her journey from a Uganda to Lee’s Summit. She shared about her life in Uganda and the incredible series of events that brought her to SCA [...]
Summit Christian Academy (SCA) recently welcomed over 40 area pastors at a Pastor Partnership Luncheon. Head Administrator Linda Harrelson shared with attendees the global impact of SCA’s international program. Pictured here: SCA international student Joan Nanfuka Hartzler, keynote speaker at the luncheon, shared her journey from Uganda to Lee’s Summit and Summit Christian Academy. Hartzler [...]
Summit Christian Academy’s (SCA) International Program Director, Kathy Tharp, was invited by the United Students Association (USA) to present information about the school’s academic program to high schools in seven different cities in China this month. USA is an international student exchange agency headquartered in Mansfield, Texas. The agency has sponsored thousands of international students [...]
The Summit Christian Academy (SCA) halls were quiet on Wednesday, January11, as the entire high school student body attended a missions conference in Lenexa, KS. SCA, in partnership with other area Christian schools, is committed to exhorting and encouraging students toward a global responsibility for the gospel through meaningful conferences. One of the featured speakers [...]
