Responding to community demand, Summit Academy opened its doors to its first class of 9th graders in the fall of 2015, as the only independent high school in the Louisville area to work with students with learning differences. Over the course of the next four years, each high school class helped establish traditions of a typical high school experience, while staying true to Summit’s core values. These traditions include events such as Freshman retreat, school dances, a talent and awards show, monthly social events, service projects, clubs, Junior Ring Ceremony, Prom, Sr. Experience Day and, of course, graduation.